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The Mystery of Our Daylight Curve

This is the story of how the four fixed points of the solar year, the spring and autumn (fall) equinoxes and the two solstices, summer and…

2 min readMar 23, 2021

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Snapshot of daylight curve on world map, which becomes an almost straight line on equinox day, when day and night are equal

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The case for social(izing) time

“Spend more time with other people”. “Spend more time by yourself”. “Spend time wisely and divide it between your own company and others”.

2 min readFeb 8, 2021

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The case for social(izing) time

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Do you have the time? Sure, and lots of other things too

What would you like to know, dear stranger? I hope my smart watch has had the latest update.

2 min readJan 27, 2021

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Do you have the time? Sure, and lots of other things too

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The case for natural time

Nature has its own clocks, humans invented theirs. They just forgot they already had one, their own biological clock. It is present in…

3 min readJan 6, 2021

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The case for natural time

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Who needs time anyway in 2021?

Most people are not going very far away from home these days. Quite a few don’t venture beyond their garden or balcony. They are the lucky…

2 min readJan 1, 2021

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An image of hands holding sand that trickles down, metaphor for time slipping away

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New Moon, No Sun (sometimes)

Eclipses used to have geographical limits. No more, thanks to webcasts.

1 min readDec 14, 2020

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New Moon, No Sun (sometimes)

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New decade, new platform!

Greenwichmeantime.com is now a web application.

2 min readNov 24, 2020

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New decade, new platform!

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A new digital timepiece has its debut on greenwichmeantime.com.

“Devouring Time…”, the first two words in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19 leave no room for misinterpretation. Time is not our friend and it rules…

2 min readMar 21, 2018

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A new digital timepiece has its debut on greenwichmeantime.com.

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Caught In The Web of Time…

Busyness or business? To an inattentive listener they can sound quite close and up to the 18th century they meant the same thing.

1 min readJul 19, 2017

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Caught In The Web of Time…

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The Art of Compromise — Global Planning

“Time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons” — Shakespeare

3 min readJan 24, 2017

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The Art of Compromise — Global Planning

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Timepieces

Thinking and writing about timepieces, physical and virtual, as attempts at capturing the ineffable nature of time. The rest on greenwichmeantime.com

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