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nym
IT IS TIME TO GET A WATCH

Just kidding, love the hack, especially the font-face!

NathanKP
The code is beautiful: very efficient and understandable. Nice share!
thristian
Heh, a while ago I saw something similar done in Flash:

    http://www.simonheys.com/wordclock/
...and wanted to try it myself in HTML/JS:

    http://web.aanet.com.au/Screwtape/Toys/wordclock/index.html
The font-sizing code is a bit of a hack, but it seems to be a reasonable approximation, usually filling the viewport +/- a single line.
slice
> Please note that this webpage is using HTML5

Does the page uses HTML5 features, or just syntax?

blasdel
None of the above!

The only thing remotely html5-ey about it is the use of <!doctype html>, which sane people have been using for years. I don't think he's using any features less than a decade old!

mkinsella
Very slick. Time-telling devices are always interesting.
jdp
This would be amazing if it weren't for the theme switcher and text at the bottom.
Raphael
You didn't light up the "A": "IT IS [A] QUARTER TO EIGHT".
skoob
"IT IS QUARTER TO EIGHT" is perfectly cromulent: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22it%20is%20quarter%20to%22
ashishb4u
Though i agree, "IT IS QUARTER TO EIGHT" is perfectly cromulent. But thats not a justified explanation. Reason: 5,450,000 results for "it is a quarter to" against 226,000 for "IT IS QUARTER TO EIGHT"!!! :)
stcredzero
Yes. If we went that way, then apostrophe-s would denote a plural! (It's probably inevitable, anyhow!)
chromoose
Nice stuff. As mentioned at the bottom it is based off a production version by Biergert & Funk (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/biergert-and-funk-qlocktw...) But it is worth noting that an instructable on how to make a lower cost version can also be found here :http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Word-Clock/