From the mailbag

From Matthias:
Check this out: http://arduino.komakino.ch/

From Bill:
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed putting together the clock.  I have every step done except for cutting the coffee can and inserting the clock – wanted to get a little better and using the dremel tool first!  

From Magnus:
Put the DWex in a case now. Very prototypish and could be improved but it looks really cool to wear around the neck :)
Here's a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2pb41jTmms
Sorry about the Swedish in the video :)

From Nick (after a few back-and-forth hiccups :)
Florin, success! I've attached a photo....pride of place next to my Bulbdial clock....

A few updates on the kits:

• the original glass-domed Wise Clock is no longer offered because the domes are more difficult to find (and more expensive these days, like everything else, it seems);
• Wise Clock 2 complete kit is no longer offered either, since Sure does not sell the original (for which Duino644 was designed) 2416 LED display anymore; fellow Arduino-er Kenny suggested switching to (that is re-design the board for) the new 2416 display (also from Sure), but I figured it is not worth the effort to maintain two branches of the code (for WC2 and WC3) since Wise Clock 3 offers so many more advantages (size, colors);
• compiled a TODO list for Wise Clock 3 software, including suggestions from Nick and Ruud:
• display time with different colors, indicating the time left before the alarm goes on (as in IllyClock);
• dimming the display from button "Set" (as in Wise Clock 2, which uses the 2416 display);
• display seconds in "big clock" mode;
• chime for hour and half hour (enable/disable);
• moon phases (as in BroHogan's Nex10 clock);
• adapt the menu options to the current settings; for example, do not show DT+ if the date is currently displayed;
• display date-dependent messages (e.g. "Merry Xmas" for Dec 25), reminders (e.g. "John's birthday, 416.234.5555");
• automatic daylight saving;
• countdown timer.