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Julie Howlin<p>When the speaking clock was first launched calls to the service cost one penny from home. Today a call costs about 40 times that much. 10 things you might not know about the speaking clock. <br><a href="https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/02/14-february-speaking-clock.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">02/14-february-speaking-clock.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeakingClock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakingClock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speakingClock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speakingClock</span></a> done!</p><p>Hmm. Except… I’ve only just noticed a bug that puts it in 24hr mode, when it should be 12hr</p><p>That bug has been there since I wrote this in 2017 - how has no one ever noticed this?</p><p>It’s also a bit quiet on the internal speaker, but I’ll be using the headphone jack when I install it in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strowger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strowger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneExchange</span></a> at the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeanForestRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeanForestRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>museum</span></a> display (next time I’m there)</p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I recently scored three dell thin clients for under £8 each.</p><p>Spec is similar ballpark to a raspberry pi, but with an x86 chipset and so much cheaper!</p><p>One of them will become a standalone <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/speakingClock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speakingClock</span></a> system for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeanForestRailway" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeanForestRailway</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strowger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strowger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchange</span></a> (replacing a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>museum</span></a> exhibit that went offline in ~ 2019)</p><p>One of them will probably become a remote control host for my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/icom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>icom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ic7300" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ic7300</span></a> </p><p>The last one is likely to be kept as a spare for now, unless I can come up with another project.</p>