Do you have time for this?

My blog's most devoted reader--perhaps the only reader!--sent me a SlashDot.org link a couple of days ago.

The SlashDot mob marked a story from Wired magazine about people who are fascinated by high-tech time devices and measuring time on the most fundamental and precise level possible. There's a quote in the article that you have to read:

If you have one clock ... you are peaceful and have no worries. If you have two clocks ... you start asking, "What time is it, really?"

The perfect way of thinking about timekeeping!

And the subjects of the Wired program call themselves the "Time Nuts". Couldn't they call themselves the "Time Lords" or another cool name?

By the way, I think the reason he sent it to me was to establish once and for all that I have OCD--despite my denials. In my defense, I only keep my Mac on accurate time by synchronizing it with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) time server, which is pretty effortless. I can live with that! If you're interested in learning more and getting your computer synced up, visit the NIST page for more. Although I admit that when I look at my watch and then compare it with my cell phone's time, it really annoys me when they don't match ("what time is it, really?").

But do visit the SlashDot.org page about the story and read the users' comments. There are a lot of puns and cracking wise worth reading there!

CDs listened to today:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus
  
• Fiona Apple: When The Pawn Breaks...
• My Morning Jacket: Z
• Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto
• Elvis Costello: All This Useless Beauty
• Jesus Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica
• Elliott Carter: The String Quartets, disk 2
• The Futureheads: (eponymous)
• stellastarr*: (eponymous)