Is it Dali Time…Or Hammer Time?
March 9, 2010 by Stephen Shapiro
Yesterday I met with Jeff Boudro, the “Director of Really Cool Stuff at Staples.” And from spending time with him, I can attest to this being the truth!
Case in point is the picture left…
Jeff bought a clock that has 9 dials, each one representing a different timezone. For example, the top row of clocks from left to right are Los Angeles, New York, and Buenos Aires.
There are two problems with this clock.
1. The clock runs on 9 batteries. This means that they are constantly being changed.
2. Jeff left the clock on a heater once and melted the bottom middle clock. If you click on the picture, you will be able to see a larger version.
Instead of throwing it out, Jeff got creative.
He relabeled the melted clock “Dali” to honor the artist’s famous paintings. If you are not familiar with Dali’s melted clock, you can see an example here.
Then he (and his team) got thinking. What other times could there be?
Bottom right is “Yabba Dabba Do” time, to honor the late, great Fred Flintstone. That clock is permanently on 5PM. No more batteries for that one.
Bottom left is now “Hammer Time.” I’m not sure why the time appears to be random. Maybe the battery died because “u can’t touch this” clock.
The middle row’s clocks are labeled “Yesterday,” “Today” and “Tomorrow.” They all tell the same time. Nice. I’m curious what time the “tomorrow” clock will tell on December 21, 2012, the last day of the Mayan calendar. Supposedly there is no tomorrow after that day.
Here’s where we need your help…
What would be some cool labels for the top three clocks? If you have any suggestions, please submit them as comments.
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How about from left to right: Parsley, Sage and Rosemary?
David, I love it! A combination clock and spice rack.
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Those three clocks in the middle are brillant. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow… genius! Other possiblities could be “Time” ,”Time after Time” ,”Next time”
Here are a few options:
Gravity – 1.21 Gigawatts – Pinapple
40 Watts – 100 Watts – 60 Watts
Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Circle – Square – Triangle
Sun – Earth – Moon
Jeff makes life more fun in and out of work. Here are some of my suggestions:
1. Farenheit, Celsius, Kelvin
2. Metric
3. Borrowed
4. Gold, Silver, Bronze
5. Fictional
6. Sundial wannabe
7. Set one to 10:10 and label it “smile” (or some variation thereof – every clock and watch advertisement captures an image of the smiling time piece)
8. Slow motion fan
9. Peanut Butter Jelly time (yep, now that jingle is stuck in your head)
10. Turn one clock upside down and label it “Australia”
Quite cool! Can’t help noticing that Yesterday is (literally) slightly behind the times
Great blog Steve! love the interaction. Other ideas that were sent to me but not submitted to this site include:
It’s Go time!
once upon a time…
closing time
project was due (set clock to 5 minutes ago)
Miller time
ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
outta time
Those with kids can probably relate to:
Bubbah Time
Nap Time
Tubby Time
How about:
When it was due
When you remembered
When you finished
1) You could do the whole set of clocks 5 minutes after then next one and put how often my “X” (husband, wife, child) asks/bugs me for “X” (money, cookies…)
2) My time, Boss’s time (30 minutes earlier), Employee’s time (30 minutes later)
3) Official time, unofficial time, my time
4) Bed time, nap time, dinner time
5) Summer time, winter time, fall time
Individuals: showtime, time out
here
in between
over there
My Time
Your Time
Our Time
Could Have, CAN, and Should Have
or: Ah?, AHH, and Aw
or Shoot, Aim, Shoot Again
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The best of times and the worst of time (Dickens), followed by the times they are a changing (Dylan).
If you prefer just a music theme then Time (Pink Floyd), Time is on My Side (Irma Thomas, Rolling Stones) and Once in a life time (Talking Heads). Of course there are many variations on this (Good Times – Animals, Bad Times – Vibrators and even Good Times, Bad Times by Led Zeppelin, Prime Time – The Tubes, No Time – Guess Who etc)