While this article seems solid, I think it might push the gee whiz engineering aspects of the project (of which there are many very impressive ones) too much.

While this article seems solid, I think it might push the gee whiz engineering aspects of the project (of which there are many very impressive ones) too much. Bruce Sterling has a wonderful critique of the clock project and suggestions on how to impart it with some sort of higher level cultural permanency. http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/03/bruce-sterlings-sharp-warning-8-years-later/ http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/03/bruce-sterlings-sharp-war... What is really heartening to me is that much of the clock design seems to have taken this into account: the constantly change chime sequence, the difficult to access location, etc.