#speakingclock — Public Fediverse posts

When the speaking clock was first launched calls to the service cost one penny from home. Today a call costs about 40 times that much. 10 things you might not know about the speaking clock.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/02/14-february-speaking-clock.html

#SpeakingClock #Time

#speakingClock done!

Hmm. Except… I’ve only just noticed a bug that puts it in 24hr mode, when it should be 12hr

That bug has been there since I wrote this in 2017 - how has no one ever noticed this?

It’s also a bit quiet on the internal speaker, but I’ll be using the headphone jack when I install it in the #strowger #TelephoneExchange at the #DeanForestRailway #museum display (next time I’m there)

I recently scored three dell thin clients for under £8 each.

Spec is similar ballpark to a raspberry pi, but with an x86 chipset and so much cheaper!

One of them will become a standalone #speakingClock system for the #DeanForestRailway #strowger #telephoneExchange (replacing a #museum exhibit that went offline in ~ 2019)

One of them will probably become a remote control host for my #icom #ic7300

The last one is likely to be kept as a spare for now, unless I can come up with another project.

Hackaday Podcast 042: Capacitive Earthquakes, GRBL on ESP32, Solenoid Engines, and the TI-99 Space Program - Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys talk turkey on the latest hacks. Random numbers, ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/01/hackaday-podcast-042-capacitive-earthquakes-grbl-on-esp32-solenoid-engines-and-the-ti-99-space-program/ #earthquakedetector #kerbalspaceprogram #hackadaycolumns #speakingclock #softrobotics #earthquake #grbl_esp32 #podcasts #entropy #podcast

Retrotechtacular: The Speaking Clock Goes Silent - It used to be that time was a lot more relative than it is today. With smartphones synced to GPS a... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/10/30/retrotechtacular-the-speaking-clock-goes-silent/ #retrotechtacular #hackadaycolumns #speakingclock #soundtrack #photocell #telephone #optical #clock #telco