~ Components of a portable universal altitude sundial with geared calendrical device.
Period/Culture: Byzantine
Date: A.D. 401-600
Place of origin: Middle East
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~ Components of a portable universal altitude sundial with geared calendrical device.
Period/Culture: Byzantine
Date: A.D. 401-600
Place of origin: Middle East
Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee Layers. Layers on layers on layers, ploys on top of ploys, backstabbing all the way down. And somewhere, sandwiched between all those knives, a few people trying to make a tyrannical empire a better place despite itself.
Happy 115th anniversary of the Antikythera mechanism discovery! The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek "analogue computer" and "orrery" used to predict "astronomical" positions and "eclipses" for "calendrical" and "astrological" purposes. It could also track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar, but not identical, to an "Olympiad", the cycle of the "ancient Olympic Games". (05/17/17) #google #antikytheramechanism #ancientgreek #analoguecomputer #orrery #astronomical #eclipses #calendrical #astrological #olympiad #ancientolympicgames (at Weston, Toronto)
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Calendrical
Calendrical is intended to make building calendar interfaces easier.
There are many existing calendar plugins, including Datepicker for jQuery UI, FullCalendar, and AngularUI Calendar. However, it’s inconvenient that these calendar plugins tie together the date calculations that make the calendar possible and the visualization of the calendar. Calendrical is intended to provide the…
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