Showing posts with label quirky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quirky. Show all posts

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place

Torin Boyd/Polaris, for The New York Times
Though street crime is relatively low in Japan, quirky camouflage designs like this vending-machine dress are being offered to an increasingly anxious public to hide from would-be assailants. :: READ MORE::
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

When we change our clocks

On the way to work this morning, I remembered that fall also means daylight saving time (DST). Oh wonderful time of the year when 6 p.m. feels like 10 p.m. So I got to talking and a lot of people would just want DST to go away.

I have no idea if this letter to the editor was facetious or sincere, I only know that it's worth a good laugh...

Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.

With many IT applications relying on accurate time information and many having automatic adjustments for DST, how will the IT world handle this change?