There's some sort of new pissing contest raging over whose watch is nerdiest. And while I can't compete in the sliderule competition, I think my watch prowess stands on its own.
I have no watch. No, that's false. I have a couple of watches somewhere or other. But I don't wear a watch. Why bother. Between my computers, my cell phone, my PDA, my iPod, and all the rest of my nerd gear, I have all sorts of clocks that automatically synchronize to internet servers on a regular basis. What good would a bracelet do me?
"Disdain for appearances" indeed.
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Last week we asked readers how much sleep they lost staying up to watch the political coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, and how that compared to the sleep they lost a few weeks ear
I switched on the boob tube the other day while folding laundry and somehow ended up watching children's television. (What? It happens.)
The mullahs just have to meddle.
The other day I got a phone call from a marketing research firm. I'm a sucker for these things, so I agreed to answer the questions, even though the caller said it might take up to 20 minutes.
I'm afraid you aren't unique. I don't have a watch, either -- I use my pda. If there's something where I need to know about the time, I pop it into an alarm. I use it for everything, from planning experiments to timing stuff I put into the oven for dinner.