@Nick: Sun dial for the day, bulbdial for night -- you have all the hours covered. Well, except those folks in Seattle that have nine months out of the year when the sun dial is absolutely worthless. Oh, and when a squirrel gets in the transformer to follow Kurt Cobain and knocks out power for your grid for hours in the evening. Or .. Well, ignoring all the exceptions, it is a perfect concept.
@OMG! Ponies!: Do you really need a time piece to dictate your acid intake? Personally, my kids are my best barometer, because if they are bothering me then clearly I need to visit the shoe box under the bed again.
@A Snake a Snake... OH it's a Snake!: You have had bad luck with LED Christmas lights? While it is a bit early for Christmas light chatter, I would be interested in hearing the problems you found since that is the direction the light market is going.
It is as if a truck carrying paint for a gay pride parade slammed into a giant sundial -- the result is awe inspiring, beautiful, and brings an element of good fashion sense to a modern time piece.
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2. Put a clock in your box
3. Shine some lights in your box
and that's the way you do it
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Honey, what time is it?
Husband:
It's...uh...green past blue. Goin' on red.
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And the simply-fabulous aftermath of said collision: