"O'Clock" by Nadine Grenier, a student at ESAD Strasbourg in France, is a kinetic installation made from 300 analog clocks set in sequence to display this sentence every 12 hours when their hands come into alignment: "le temps passe, et chaque fois qu'il y a du temps passe, il y a quelque chose qui s'efface." The quote is from Jules Romains, a French poet, which roughly translates in "Time passes, and every time the time passes, there is something that fades".

"O'Clock" via Today and Tomorrow

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Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Released: Aug 16, 2008
Price: $9.99

Description:
Sleep Therapist analyzes your sleep patterns: you will see when and for how long time you were in deep sleep and when you were rolling around. Background noises are visualized also, so you may check if and how they affect your sleep. SleepTherapist also includes a bio-ergonomic alarm clock. Set the alarm time when you need to wake up, and set the earliest time when alarm should start (e.g. half hour earlier). If you are just rolling around in the bed between earliest and target time, the alarm will start and your time is not wasted in bed. You will gain more active time, and sleep better the following night. Place iPhone besides your pillow before going to sleep - you may put it to Airplane mode if you want to ensure no electromagnetic waves. Connect to charger and set auto-lock state to 'Never'. Use your time in bed wisely!

Website: http://www.broadbit.com/sleeptherapist
Support Website: http://www.broadbit.com/sleeptherapist

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Get it on iTunes: Sleep Therapist

Category: Games
Released: Nov 30, 2008
Price: $0.99

Description:
Special Introductory Offer! Now through December 7, 2008, inFact USA is available for a special introductory price of $0.99, which is $2.00 less than the regular price of $2.99. Is the capital of Missouri Kansas City or Jefferson City? Does the Arkansas River run through Colorado? Is Nathan Hale associated with New York or Virginia? Can you pick the flag of Wisconsin out of 3 choices? These and hundreds of other questions await you in inFact USA. The game contains hundreds of facts pertaining to the states, including capitals, nicknames, famous persons, flags, flowers, and state shapes. There are geographical features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and more. Choose the right answers to ace the quiz and advance your level, or turn off scoring to use the game as a learning tool. Customize the game by choosing only the categories you want. For example, you can enable capitals, flags, and state shapes to use the game as a study aid. Leave all the categories enabled to enhance your overall knowledge of the states. The people associated with the states have historical significance. You won't find celebrity names here. This is an ideal educational game that can be shared by the entire family. The choices presented for each question are dynamically created at the time of play, so hundreds of facts are presented in thousands of different combinations, keeping the game fresh, lively, and challenging for each session. Play to win. Play to beat your last score. Play to beat your children's score. Or play to discover new facts. With inFact USA, you'll have fun and learn at the same time. A winning combination! FEATURES: � Three difficulty levels. � Scoring mode with clock, levels, and lives. � Learning mode for leisurely play and education. � Top 10 high scores saved for each level of difficulty. � Optional sound effects. � Game is saved upon exit or phone call. � Over 1,000 source facts, used to generate tens of thousands of questions. � Dynamically created (not canned) questions. � Choose from 1-12 categories. Play only those categories that interest you. � Categories include capitals, flags, state shapes, nicknames, flowers, birds, colleges and universities, people, water (rivers, lakes, bays, islands), mountains, other landforms (canyons, caverns, valleys), and national parks and monuments.

Website: http://www.infactgame.com
Support Website: http://www.infactgame.com

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Get it on iTunes: inFact USA

Category: Games
Released: Nov 21, 2008
Price: $2.99

Description:
"Reversi sister", is whole new reversi that you have never seen! Once download it, you can enjoy reversi with your cheerleader, called 'Riko-chan'. Riko-chan is Japanese styled cute animation character. She is always with you and cheers you up with her nimble dance and cute voice while you play the game. Not only she cheers you up but sometimes helps you win the game! If you are losing a game, don't be panic. Just look at the gauge next to Riko-chan, tap the blinking button on the gauge, then she would help you with her killershot!! We hope you have a brand new experience of playing reversi! Even the users who get tired of playing standard reversi, we recommend you to try this game. (Feature) - You can compete only with computer (CPU) - You can choose two game mode. Easy mode and Normal mode. - You can select three voice mode. Riko-chan cheers you as you take game actions. You can choose how often she speak to and cheers you. - When you pose the game, it automatically turns in clock mode. You can use it as desk clock. - During the play, you can get the help from Riko-chan when you tap the blinking button on the gauge shown in the screen.

Website: http://digidock.co.jp/iphoneapplicat...sisister/world
Support Website: http://digidock.co.jp/iphoneapplicat...sisister/world

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Get it on iTunes: Reversi Sister

Easywakeup,

The authors about Easywakeup;

We would like to bring to your attention the new program for iPhone called EasyWakeup. EasyWakeup is a much better alternative to a traditional alarm clock.

Have you ever slept your normal amount, but still felt horrible when you woke up? Or slept only five hours, but then woke feeling fine? Every night you pass through several stages of sleep. And your feeling in the morning depends on which stage you're in when you wake. It's much easier to wake from a phase of light sleep. Smart EasyWakeup alarm clock determines your phase of sleep from your movement, and wakes you at the most opportune moment. You just need to attach the iPhone to your hand at night. You specify the alarm window when you want to be woken up, and EasyWakeup will wake you during a phase of light sleep. You can attach the phone to your hand with a wristband or sports cover.

I always had troubles waking up, always feeling miserable when getting up and running out of bed, much like a steamtrain trying to make it's way out of the station, exhausting clouds of grey smoke.
So I gave Easywakeup a try, I was sceptical at first, but all that changed, read on to know why.





Me about Easywakeup;

The first issue I had was how to attach the iPhone to my wrist, as I do not own a sportscover, if you have one, it solves the search for an ideal method.
You do not want your iphone detaching from your wrist, else all your troubles were for nothing, but also you do not want your precious iPhone to get scratches while you are 'wearing' it in bed so a sportscover would be ideal.
But I used an old wristband and some rope, you can use a lot of different designs, as long as your iphone stays at your wrist and turn the screen to your skin.
Does it need to be on your wrist I hear you asking? Yes, because in your lightest sleepphase your hands are moving more than your biceps are.

When i went to bed with my iPhone taped to my wrist I couln't resist thinking;
Steve Jobs would be smiling from ear to ear when he saw me like this, he'd say; "The iPhone is the ideal companion, it's there all day, and from now on, it's there right by you when you wake up."

Also my girlfriend made fun of me when i wore my iPhone on my wrist in bed...

The first night I made a mistake by putting my iPhone on silent, it still vibrates when the alarm activates but I just plain ignored it and slept on.

The following night I thought about everything, activating airplanemode, reducing brightness, autolock to never, deactivated silentmode, started easywakeup and went to sleep.
It woke me at 8:57 when my timewindow was between 8:45 and 9:15, i tried to go back to sleep but felt no urge to stay in bed.
As I normally wake at 10:30 and still feel tired this is a huge improvement for me.
Although the iPhone is not known as a sleepphase detector, it does the trick quite well with this app.
It's easy to use, intuitive and a great improvement over the stock alarm app.

It's not all perfect though;

What I think needs to be improved

1. Really need to be able to lock the iphone, my battery is totally drained (15% left) when I wake up, nighttime is when I usually charge. Checking out Insomnia for iPhone, trying it myself, will update this post when I know more.

2. Silentmode; the stock alarm app ignores the silentswitch and just blasts the music in your ears to get you out of bed and grumble some more, so an adjustment or a warning concerning the silentswitch would be welcome.

3. Using your own custom ringtones, at the moment you can only use the standard ringtones, not too bad, but i love to wake up with September by Earth, Wind and Fire.


This app could be an Appstore app as it is now, it is not conflicting with the rules. When locked mode is achieved it will be against the rules, but as of now it is still eligable for the Appstore, although it eats batterypower.

If you want to try Easywakeup for free check http://easywakeup.net/en/content/special-offer

Boz

So all my apps besides the default ones have dissapeared. i can't access poof, categories, cydia, anything but like weather and clock and all that shit. I know there's a way to launch them with ssh but i forgot how..
help?

Hello,

I suppose this is one very rare problem I encounter. Just now(not long ago), I change my iPod theme to a theme with a clock. So I noticed that the time isn't accurate anymore. I did the changes, and soon later the time changed again. And after each change, the time will be totally different

Example
Real time - 1.00AM
After the changed - 9.43PM
Changed again - 9.13PM

Any idea about this?

Hi, I have an XFXforce mobo model MG-630I-7109 which has an nforce 630i chipset. I have installed various OSX86 versions on it which run very well except for sound which I have not been able to get to work. This however is not my concern.

My problem is that the pwnage tool which I use to pwn my iPhone 3G is not working properly. Although I can install it, run it and create my custom firmware no problem, I am unable to use it to put my iPhone 3G into DFU mode. The problem seems to be timing. By that I mean that when the DFU instructions come on and it tells you to prepare to hold the home and power button down after 5 seconds, those 5 seconds take much longer in actuality. After that when it tells you to hold the power and home button down for 10 seconds and begins counting down the seconds, the seconds count down very slow and it actually takes about 35 seconds or so to do the count down. I know this not because I count out the seconds myself but because I am using my watch as well as the computer's clock for references. So basically, long after 10 seconds have in "actuality" passed, the pwnage tool is still counting down and is at around 4 still working it's way to 10.

I am having this problem with Kalyway 10.5.2 and iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5

As a side note, I understand that the new unibody macbooks are also unable to put the iphone into dfu mode using PWNAGE and they too have an nforce chipset, so I am wondering if there is just some sort of incompatibility with the nforce chipset.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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when not use my iphone more than 5 to 8 hours my clock show wrong timing,is there way to fix it?

Category: Business
Released: Dec 03, 2008
Price: $9.99

Description:
Limited time promotion! Now you can get LifeTicker with discount of 50% ! Stay in control of all important events in your life! How long has it been since your last visit to the doctor? How long before that important job interview? How long before your first anniversary as a couple? LifeTracker makes you always aware of all past and upcoming events you don't want to forget about: important meetings, anniversaries, holidays, birthdays and everything else. Very useful, practical and easy to use! Features: - associate photos and contacts from your contact book with any event - three different categories: Events, Birthday and Holidays - list of all holidays for 5 countries: USA, UK, Australia, - countdown clock and timers for every event are updated every second - event list is sorted in a way that the closest events are listed at top

Website: http://macphun.com
Support Website: http://macphun.com

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Get it on iTunes: LifeTicker

Hi, I have an XFXforce mobo model MG-630I-7109 which has an nforce 630i chipset. I have installed various OSX86 versions on it which run very well except for sound which I have not been able to get to work. This however is not my concern.

My problem is that the pwnage tool which I use to pwn my iPhone 3G is not working properly. Although I can install it, run it and create my custom firmware no problem, I am unable to use it to put my iPhone 3G into DFU mode. The problem seems to be timing. By that I mean that when the DFU instructions come on and it tells you to prepare to hold the home and power button down after 5 seconds, those 5 seconds take much longer in actuality. After that when it tells you to hold the power and home button down for 10 seconds and begins counting down the seconds, the seconds count down very slow and it actually takes about 25 seconds or so to do the count down. I know this not because I count out the seconds myself but because I am using my watch as well as the computer's clock for references. So basically, long after 10 seconds have in "actuality" passed, the pwnage tool is still counting down and is at like 5.

I am having this problem with Kalyway 10.5.2 and iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

okay, when i am playing a song with an album cover, the album shows on my lockscreen, but where the clock is it gets shaded over. Like, the clock has a backround which overlays the album cover. When a song has no cover art it doesnt go under the the clock UI thing. How can i fix this?

If you ever get the opportunity to own an iPhone......get one and DON'T think twice.

I've had a 32gb 1st gen touch, 8gb 1st gen touch, 32gb 2nd gen touch and now I have a 16gb iPhone.

Without a DOUBT the iPhone is leaps and bounds ahead of any of the ipods. It's an absolutely fantastic thing and I would say that it's the COOLEST thing that I have EVER owned. It's with me 24/7, all day using SMS and making calls, using it for appointments and To Do reminders and alarms, contacts & address's, calender notations, notes and reminders and any spare moments of down time I have at my fingertips an excellent gaming platform to kill any waiting time. At night I listen to music and watch a video and when I go to sleep I listen to relaxation music.

Also since owning it I've realized just how many apps are written for the iPhone. I never realized it before owning it. There are just so many more apps that are solely for the iPhone and that totally enhance it's usability even more. The app store and the devs seem more geared towards apps for the iPhone than the touch.

Honestly, if you are considering between an iPhone or touch purchase, get the Iphone. If you already have a touch and can't shake the dreaming and coveting all the time of updating to an iPhone.....DO IT.

Whatever your love for your iPod touch is, it will be magnified incredibly more when you are holding your iPhone in your hands. There's just so much more to an iPhone than a touch. Before owning an iPhone I used to compare the touch and the iPhone as pretty much the same......OMG who was I trying to kid? (well me of course!) after having the iPhone....seriously there like chalk and cheese. I know ipod touch users don't want to hear that, but it's the truth.

Cost - Well I'd never really looked into the cost that much and after delving deeper into different plans etc I don't know why I didn't buy an iPhone from the get go. I'm on a $49.00 monthly plan that gives me $300.00 worth of text and calls and 250mb of data (I paid $200.00 up front for the iPhone) so it's costing me a lousy $12.00 a week for the iPhone!!! I used to spend sometimes up to $30.00 a month on pre-paid and that was HARDLY using it and always being worried every time that I used my old pre-paid phone that the clock was ticking over. Now I can use the iPhone, literally for me, as much as I want. I also get 20 minutes at night for free and 5 minute free calls 24/7 to other mobiles on my account which there are 3.

So all in all I now have the greatest tool, phone, iPod, gaming time waster, organizer etc etc


If you toss and turn at night agonizing over getting an iPhone over your iPod touch (like I did) my advice is to go get one......you won't be sorry.

I think it will be overall faster(bus speed, ram speed, better video) but my question is this:

Is the CPU faster than the old one? I know that they are using a Penryn 45nm version now. Will the new 1.6 be comparable to the older 1.8. Again I am just referring to CPU.

The reason I ask this is that Penryn saw a 5-10% boost over Merom for the exact same clock speed I believe.

Kan-O-Z

G-Alarm is an alarm clock with a special mechanism to wake you up. Before the alarm clock stops you need to guide a ball through a labyrinth or solve a mathematical task.

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December 1st is observed around the world as AIDS Day and the occasion is largely publicized. Unlike the attention World AIDS Day receives, World Disability Day barely registers on the world media’s radar.

Circle of friends by Flickr user Jimee, Jackie, Tom and Asha and used under a creative commons license

Celebrated every year on December 3rd, World Disability Day honors the contribution made to our world by those with physical and mental handicap. In case of South Asia, there is severe stigma attached any kind of physical and mental handicap. World Disability Day is an opportunity to spread awareness about the rights of the handicapped and that being differently able is not a sin or something to be ashamed of.

In India, activist Javed Abidi, the country’s leading advocate for the rights of the handicapped, will lead an event called “Dilli Chalo” or “Lets go to Delhi” to mark the occasion. It will be held at the historic India Gate.

Mr. Abidi says that India has made some progress in securing rights of the disabled but more needs to be done.

“Now, in India, as we are aware, we have had the Disability Act for the last 12 years. Last year we thought was a momentous year for two reasons. One was that our country ratified the UN Convention, and the second was that we also got the XI Plan. And in the XI Plan.....for the first time, there is a distinct chapter or a section on disability. And we thought that things were going to change. ......if we were look at the last one year, we find that things have not really moved the way we had expected them to move....”

Along with addressing legal issues related to the rights of the disabled and the opportunities they deserve, efforts are also needed to help those living in abject poverty because of their physical condition.

A news report published by the The National shows how urgently India’s poor disabled citizens need their government to take steps to insure that they are able to live in dignity.

Shaikh Azizur Rahman reported this November that an elderly father taking care of two severely disabled bed ridden daughters has asked the Indian President that they be allowed to be euthanized. He said that he is too poor to take of his daughters who need round the clock care and attention. Fatema, one of his daughters, says that she too wants her life to end.

“I told my father many times to bring poison for me. Nobody is helping me to kill myself.”

Across the border in Pakistan, there is still the mountain of odds facing citizens with disability. Writing for Dawn, Zahid Abdullah, who works for the Center for Peace and Development in Islamabad, says that country still has a long way to go before those with different ability can feel that society values them too. He also expresses frustration at slow pace of legal reform regarding the rights of the disabled.

Like in India and Pakistan, the society in Nepal too views physical and mental handicaps as a result of past life’s sins. Handicapped are usually treated as sub human; they have very limited access to education and meaningful employment. Often you can see a person with physical disability begging on the streets to sustain life.

Meen Raj Panthi says that families hide those with a disability to protect their honor and prestige:

“The notion that people with disabilities have equal rights and duty as any other individual, is largely absent from the popular mindset.”

Children are most vulnerable to discrimination. National Disabled and Helpless Upliftment Association in Nepal cites an example of a little girl named Manisha held captive by her parents because she is blind:

“While her parents work at fields, she is often locked in her own room and tethered with rope by her parents because she has no one to look after her at home. But her elder brother and sister go to school.”

Thumbnail image by Flickr user Shizhao and used under a creative commons license

how do i make my clock look like this?
it looks really cool thanks in advance
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G-Alarm is an alarm clock with a special mechanism to wake you up. Before the alarm clock stops you need to guide a ball through a labyrinth or solve a mathematical task.

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centerimg id="image1642" src="http://rhizome.org/imagebase/article/2130/polite-umbrella-2small.gif" alt="polite-umbrella-2small.gif" //centerbr / centerimg id="image1643" src="http://rhizome.org/imagebase/article/2130/politeumbrella1small.gif" alt="politeumbrella1small.gif" //centerbr / centeriImage: JooYoun Paek, Polite Umbrella/i/centerbr / ipa href="http://www.jooyounpaek.com/"JooYoun Paek/a builds small, object-based responses to urban life, transforming the aches and pains we customarily suffer, at the hands of the metropolis, into novel sites of reflection, social courtesy, and rest. The artist's humorous, insightful approach bespeaks her familiarity with her subject; she was raised in Seoul, Korea, and moved to New York in 2005 to attend NYU's a href="http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/"Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)/a. Fresh from her recent participation in "a href="http://eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=exhibitionsid=190"Untethered/a," at a href="http://eyebeam.org/"Eyebeam/a, and "a href="http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632"Design and the Elastic Mind/a," at a href="http://www.moma.org/"MoMA/a, JooYoun caught up with me at her a href="http://www.lmcc.net/"LMCC/a Workspace Residency studio, on the twenty-ninth floor of the Equitable Building in Manhattan's Financial District. - Tyler Coburn /p/i pbWhat's the difference between wearable technology and what you make?/b/p pThe difference? Well, I never define what I make as wearable technology. I think I'm just doing conceptual work that's wearable. Wearable technology is more about focusing on using new technology and making it fashionable, but also highly functional. I don't think my work was ever designed for utilitarian purposes. But oftentimes the methodologies of what I'm doing and wearable technology overlap, and that's why people think, on the surface, that my work is similar./p bpThat really comes across in a piece like a href="http://www.jooyounpaek.com/politeumbrella.html"iPolite Umbrella/i/a./p/b pYes. I made iPolite Umbrella/i after I came to New York for ITP. ITP isn't really a fine art school. It focuses more on collaborative and innovative practices. We had an assignment of observing daily life and behavior, and I began to observe umbrella usage. Quite interestingly, it was the fall of 2005, which was one of the rainiest times in New York City. October was a record-breaking month. It rained almost every day. This was my first time living in New York, so I thought this was usual. Previously, I had framed myself as an artist working with sculpture and sometimes in performance and photography and video, but after going to ITP, I began to explore design. This didn't bother me that much, because the observation of life was already a part of my creative process, which either came out as very utilitarian or very expressive objects. It always started from the observation of mundane moments./p pbOne of the things that I find interesting about this piece is that I can imagine an umbrella that just condenses uniformly, but your model responds to specific scenarios, such as a particular angle of passing. One or all sides of it can compress. So it's not just something that has a function that’s designed to meet a generic social scenario; it's something you can control on a case-by-case basis. I think that specificity is what pushes it beyond just being a quirky object./b/p pIt's not only helpful to you. It also gives a gesture to other people. I definitely involved the cultural reference of people bowing to one another in this piece./p pbSo you see the compression of the side of the umbrella as a gesture of social politeness?/b/p pYes. It has a morphing gesture, but conceptually it gives other people more space./p pbI can see a similar interest in modifying and improving everyday city life in a href="http://www.jooyounpaek.com/ssc.html"iSelf-Sustainable Chair/i/a, which is also controlled by the user, yet is far more absurdist in conceit./b/p pWith this piece, I was also inspired by New York and walking in the city. I was getting sick and tired of walking the same commute route from my station stop to my home every day while carrying a heavy backpack. I wanted to make something that could make every walk I take more meaningful. The idea was very abstract, so I began to add up the days and minutes of my commute time. My walk ended up being almost fifteen full days per year. That time should be more exciting, so I made this chair. I thought that each step could generate some energy, which can then transform into something else./p centerimg id="image1644" src="http://rhizome.org/imagebase/article/2130/selfsustainablechairsmall.gif" alt="selfsustainablechairsmall.gif" //centerbr / centeriImage: JooYoun Paek, Self-Sustainable Chair/i/centerbr / bpIt punctuates the commutes. No two walks are the same anymore, depending on when you choose to stop or pause or contemplate. I like the way that once the chair becomes full, it not only gives you the option to rest but sort of forces you to. It makes you stop for a minute. It seems like a lot of your work is about using fast-paced technologies to slow down, or as palliatives. The origami project, a href="http://www.jooyounpaek.com/foldloud.html"iFold Loud/i/a, comes to mind. You actually stitched circuits onto sheets of folded paper, such that a given user's manner of folding would close the circuits and release specific human vocal harmonies. The possible combinations aren't just beautiful to the ear; they're soothing./p/b pThere is that kind of notion./p !--more-- pbBut not, as you were saying, in a practical fashion. More in a fanciful fashion. Like iSelf-Sustainable Chair/i, this object presents a far-fetched way of relaxing, which more interestingly offsets our pace of living than an object we could buy from a store for stress relief./b/p pSome people ask about iPolite Umbrella/i, "So when will we see it on the market?" And I groan, "Oh, I don't really think it would work that well on the market."/p bpI think the fact that you're not distributing them as such also lends to how they function conceptually as art-objects – to their being singular ideas manifest./p/b pYeah. I think it's about the statement. You mentioned the origami work. It reflects some of my personality, but this foldout doesn't really tie into my past work./p pbHow do you mean?/b/p pIt's a very design-oriented work. The object isn't really tied into any context./p pbWell, it's tied into a historical context./b/p pYes, it is tied into a historical context, but not necessarily into the daily mundane experiences that a lot of my other work ties into. So I'm having a hard time connecting it to the other work. iFold Loud/i was more about exploring technology with my personality, in my way. I made it as my ITP thesis project. I could have gone more in the direction of fine art, but I wanted to take the chance to use technology and see where it ended up./p bpBut there's also an everyday reference. I grew up in the States and we didn't make origami, but we would play games with folding paper, like predicting our futures. Even origami is something that is made in Japan as a way to pass the time. So while it's definitely more of a niche reference than those in your other works, I think that there's still a connotation of the everyday. But I agree with you. It is more to the side. I don't think this means that it's more of a design object, though. I think it actually very much engages with contemporary conceptual art strategies by taking a method of folding, an idea of sound production, and the idea of origami as hardware, and drawing an axis between these points. This seems like a very contemporary approach. I couldn't speak to how much it engages with the design world, but I think it's very relevant t