J-Girl Clock "Bijin Tokei"

[omae mona]

If you liked the Uniqlock, then you'll probably like this one too!

Bijin-Tokei

This firm apparently took 1440 pictures of girls holding up the time scribbled on a chalkboard. You get a new girl once per minute (I checked and indeed there are 1440 minutes in a day).



This has inspired me to develop a more advanced version that updates once per second.

Tip of the hat to the asiajin blog for finding this.

[IkemenTommy]

Piece of crap. I got a 503 error.
Wouldn't it be faster to just look at the clock indicator on the lower right of your screen?

[Greji]

Piece of crap. I got a 503 error.
Wouldn't it be faster to just look at the clock indicator on the lower right of your screen?

Nawww, you gotta have something to look at that makes you slober on the keyboard....

[Gilligan]

[Doctor Stop]

[MeinJapanLongTime]

The English clock is 2 hours off...

[Cyka UchuuJin]

The English clock is 2 hours off...

no it's not. well, sort of. it hasn't compensated for daylight savings that just started, but it's currently reading 7:40, which is the time in new york without DST.


is this artistic or just bad setup to have the camera reflected on the board?

[Osakadave]

Aha. I didn't even think to click on the English one til it was mentioned as being off, and then I thought it was WAAAYYYYYY off - WTF?!?!? It's not 20:45...

Gotta agree about the girls - some cuties, some not so much. And I've gotten the 503 a couple of times.

[Greji]

Aha. I didn't even think to click on the English one til it was mentioned as being off, and then I thought it was WAAAYYYYYY off - WTF?!?!? It's not 20:45...

Gotta agree about the girls - some cuties, some not so much. And I've gotten the 503 a couple of times.

Ahhh, come on Dave, what's wrong with 12:38 on Sunday. On the second thought, don't take it, leave it to me.....

[pheyton]

23:30 is yumalicious.... or maybe I am drunk... Really genius idea

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Aha. I didn't even think to click on the English one til it was mentioned as being off, and then I thought it was WAAAYYYYYY off - WTF?!?!? It's not 20:45...

Gotta agree about the girls - some cuties, some not so much. And I've gotten the 503 a couple of times.

it's not off!!!! it's set to eastern standard time in america.

[omae mona]

it's not off!!!! it's set to eastern standard time in america.

This is absolutely true. However, since last weekend, the North American east coast is mostly on Eastern Daylight Time. The only place in the world currently observing Eastern Standard Time is Coral Harbour, Nunavut Territory, Canada where it is currently minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit (about -43 C).

As of the 2006 census the population was 769, an increase of 8.0% from the 2001 census.[3] Coral Harbour is the only Nunavut community that does not observe Daylight Saving Time, remaining on Eastern Standard Time year-round.

I think we should just agree that the English version is displaying Central Daylight Time, currently observed by such illustrious cities as Milwaukee and Des Moines, and get back to discussing the cute girls

[IkemenTommy]

23:30 is yumalicious.... or maybe I am drunk... Really genius idea

Jack would hit it.

[Greji]

Jack would hit it.

I probably would again.....

[Gilligan]

Jack would hit it.

That's not saying much, Jack would hit Take if he wore a wig ... or maybe even without the wig.

[Behan]

That's not saying much, Jack would hit Take if he wore a wig ... or maybe even without the wig.

[SIZE="3"][color="Magenta"]Hey, I found just such a pic of Take:[/color][/SIZE]

[Greji]

[SIZE="3"][color="Magenta"]Hey, I found just such a pic of Take:[/color][/SIZE]

I'd hit it....

[MeinJapanLongTime]

no it's not. well, sort of. it hasn't compensated for daylight savings that just started, but it's currently reading 7:40, which is the time in new york without DST.


is this artistic or just bad setup to have the camera reflected on the board?

Yeah...ok...it says that where? Oh, that's right, it's broken again...so I can't look.

What we need it a separate listing of hot girls for every time zone, perhaps related somehow to the time zone they're in. 1440 x 24 times zones = a heck of a lot of cute girls.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Yeah...ok...it says that where? Oh, that's right, it's broken again...so I can't look.

What we need it a separate listing of hot girls for every time zone, perhaps related somehow to the time zone they're in. 1440 x 24 times zones = a heck of a lot of cute girls.

it doesn't have to say it. it's logically obvious. true, it's america-biased to base the english version on eastern standard time, but if you ask any japanese person, the entire english speaking world revolves around new york.

i'm sure the creators of the website will be happy to hear that you're going to be donating your time, photography and programming skills to improve upon their website.

i love it when people complain about free websites and what they 'need' them to have.

[Iraira]

i love it when people complain about free websites and what they 'need' them to have.

That's just so if the website decides to include "my idea of what it needs", I can sue their asses off. Beats working.

[Gilligan]

it doesn't have to say it. it's logically obvious. true, it's america-biased to base the english version on eastern standard time, but if you ask any japanese person, the entire english speaking world revolves around new york.

Cyka, first of all, not only does the entire English-speaking world not revolve around New York, neither does all of the US. On the continental US alone there are 4 seperate time zones, and once Alaska and Hawaii are included, America has 6 times zones (even more if we include Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam). So while you might argue that there is a New York-bias (or Boston-bias or even Toronto-bias), that's is defintiely NOT the same as there being an America-bias.

Second, as has been pointed out, due to the observance of daylight savings time (which now lasts for roughly 2/3 of the year in the US) the clock is not now set to New York time. So I guess there's a Chicago-bias or a Winnipeg-bias or a Flin Flon-bias or a Philadelphia (Mississippi)-bias

[Cyka UchuuJin]

[quote="Gilligan"]Cyka, first of all, not only does the entire English-speaking world not revolve around New York, neither does all of the US. On the continental US alone there are 4 seperate time zones, and once Alaska and Hawaii are included, America has 6 times zones (even more if we include Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam). So while you might argue that there is a New York-bias (or Boston-bias or even Toronto-bias), that's is defintiely NOT the same as there being an America-bias.

Second, as has been pointed out, due to the observance of daylight savings time (which now lasts for roughly 2/3 of the year in the US) the clock is not now set to New York time. So I guess there's a Chicago-bias or a Winnipeg-bias or a Flin Flon-bias or a Philadelphia (Mississippi)-bias ]

i never said that i believe the entire english speaking world revolves around new york. nor do i think that. (it revolves around london, obviously! ) however i believe most, or at least many, japanese associate english speaking world with new york. and given that this site was created by japanese, it's pretty logical that they had new york in mind when setting the time zone for the english site. which is now skurred by the daylight savings time.

and thank you, i know there are more than 1 time zone in america.

[Zeth3D]

i never said that i believe the entire english speaking world revolves around new york. nor do i think that. (it revolves around london, obviously! )

yeah, except the largest english speaking population is India....

[Cyka UchuuJin]

yeah, except the largest english speaking population is India....

try telling a japanese that.

and you know the saddest part of that? english is only the 'subsidiary official language'. hindi is the official one. and they speak more english than the americans.

hmm...

[Iraira]

and you know the saddest part of that? english is only the 'subsidiary official language'. hindi is the official one. and they speak more english than the americans.

We (the gringos) speak American with regional dilalects, for example, I used to be well-versed in Zuma, in which every other sentence must be a tirade against the Vals.

[Doctor Stop]

I used to be well-versed in Zuma, in which every other sentence must be a tirade against the Vals.

Zuma? I thought Coors stopped making the stuff.

[Iraira]

Zuma? I thought Coors stopped making the stuff.

Find it here and there (in Tokyo)...it degreases engines really well.

[MeinJapanLongTime]

it doesn't have to say it. it's logically obvious. true, it's america-biased to base the english version on eastern standard time, but if you ask any japanese person, the entire english speaking world revolves around new york.

i'm sure the creators of the website will be happy to hear that you're going to be donating your time, photography and programming skills to improve upon their website.

i love it when people complain about free websites and what they 'need' them to have.

Wow! It's already been said, but I've never heard any Japanese person say the English world revolves around New York. In fact, I think most of them would say 'England." But what do I know after having been married for 20+ years to a Japanese woman and being over here for nearly that long. When I see "English" on a web page, I assume it is simply in English and not that the time zone is something other than what the main page is in.

And...it wasn't a "complaint," merely a suggestion. And yes, I understand the work required. I work in the IT field. And as most folks who work in IT know, the customer is never happy. It's never fast enough, good enough, or has all the features that everyone wants. There are banks that would throw millions of dollars to gain a millisecond of response time if it could be achieved so they could process their transactions faster (i.e. ahead of the other banks).

/end rant

The site, when it works, is cool. But, like I said, you can never have enough beautiful women. Is that such a wrong statement?

[Iraira]

But, like I said, you can never have enough beautiful women. Is that such a wrong statement?

I'd like to spend a lot of time, effort, and pelvic thrusts to prove the above statement incorrect.

[IkemenTommy]

I thought the way these online clocks works is they read your PC's local time so it doesn't really matter what time zone you are at. I guess that was not the case after reading the statements above.