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This clock tower was the main landmark in Dubai before the rapid development from 2000-2010 introduced other spectacular architectural feats such as Burj al-Arab, Burj Khalifa, Palm Jumeirah, just to name a few. Those who stayed in Dubai before knows that this roundabout used to be the centerpoint of this city.
The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still operating.
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A clock I created with Autocad, an etching laser, and a waterjet. It has LED backlighting with a remote garage battery. Made from junkyard plexiglass, foam, wiring, found LED's, and a battery harness. Painted the head brown with water-based paint because the foam was orange. Solider the harness to an off/on toggle switch.
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Funny idea to reuse an old school telephone by Jonas Design !
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The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [pra?ski? ?rl?i]) is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square and is a popular tourist attraction.
The Orloj is composed of three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.
The oldest part of the Orloj, the mechanical clock and astronomical dial, dates back to 1410 when it was made by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadan and Jan Šindel, the latter a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Charles University.
Later, presumably around 1490, the calendar dial was added and clock facade decorated with gothic sculptures.
In 1552 it was repaired by Jan Taborský, clock-master of Orloj, who also wrote a report on the clock where he mentioned Hanuš as maker of the clock.
The Orloj stopped working many times in the centuries after 1552, and was repaired many times. In the 17th century moving statues were added, and figures of the Apostles were added after major repair in 1865-1866.
The Orloj suffered heavy damage on May 7 and especially May 8, 1945, during the Prague Uprising, when Germans directed incendiary fire from several armored vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun to the south-west side of the Old Town Square in an effort to silence the provocative broadcasting initiated by the National Committee on May 5. The hall and nearby buildings burned along with the wooden sculptures on the Orloj and the calendar dial face made by Josef Mánes. The machinery was repaired, the wooden Apostles restored by Vojtech Sucharda, and the Orloj started working again in 1948, but only after significant effort [1].
There exists a good deal of misinformation relating to the construction of the Orloj . For a long time it was believed that the Orloj was constructed in 1490 by clockmaster Jan Ruže (also called Hanuš) and his assistant Jakub Cech. Another fictitious story involves the clockmaker Hanuš being blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors.
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Spent a few hours last night putting together a series of Rainmeter, CDArtDisplay, and Launchy skins to hash out a theme based on the Flip Clock config I previously did.
I will release the configs as soon as I get permission from all of the authors that I have liberally borrowed from. I will then upload the suite to my website (www.architectrio.com/projectvirus.html). As shown by the second screenshot all of these skins are standalone, so they should blend in nicely with any other config you're using.
Stuff you can download without me uploading them:
Wallpaper, cleverly named "Green Grass and Blue Sky"
Iconize Windows Taskbar with EnhanceMyXP
Remove Start Button with StartKiller
Special thanks to some Lifehacker group members who have motivated me to design and put up some new stuff - although they don't know it since I only secretly admired their work and didn't comment on their uploads: