Weird Clocks
Creative
clock visualisation
SHOW HN2026
Weird Clocks
I had a lot of time on my hands so I spent Sunday afternoon coming up with a bunch of completely impractical…
clocks.specr.net#clock visualization#interactive clock#web clock#solar clock#pi clock
How HN took it
6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.57.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, fun, original clock designs
From 4 comments
These are wonderful!
perilunar on HNSo cool!
sturbes on HNThis is so nice and original! You could easily pitch this to a watch brand to pick up the design and functionality.
arc_light on HNIts one of the best UI/UX I have ever experienced. Really cool man.
shivang2607 on HN
Strong UI/UX
From 1 comment
Its one of the best UI/UX I have ever experienced. Really cool man.
shivang2607 on HN
Objections
Sun clock location permission times out before Allow is clicked
From 1 comment
Thanks perilunar - I see from your profile you're a clock enthusiast as well! I'm starting to think we should start an HN web ring for clocks. A bit of feedback for your sun…
vunderba on HN
Pi clock zooming every second causes whiplash
From 1 comment
Thanks that was a fun one to work on! I initially had it working at the second level HH:MM:SS but the zooming in and out on the canvas every second gave people whiplash.
vunderba on HN
Requests
Highlight the nearest seconds pair on the pi clock each second
From 1 comment
I wonder if you could find all the seconds in the region around the HH:MM time — or more to the point, how much do you need to zoom out to find the nearest SS pair? Then you…
perilunar on HN
Questions
Is it built with React?
From 1 comment
Really neat! Is this built through react?
BrendoTheBoy on HN