{"id":49404,"date":"2015-01-28T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/time-is-money-a-lot-of-it-in-this-case.html"},"modified":"2015-01-28T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:10:08","slug":"time-is-money-a-lot-of-it-in-this-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/time-is-money-a-lot-of-it-in-this-case.html","title":{"rendered":"Time Is Money (a lot of it, in this case)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is lovely, and if anyone wanted to get me one for, oh, pretty much any reason, I&#39;d be happy to display it prominently.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if you gave me the money, I&#39;d be hard-pressed to say this was at the top of my list to spend it on.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>$28,000 for this Nixie Tube clock? I&#39;d love to have one, but I can buy a car for that much and get more use out of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/youll-waste-hours-watching-the-time-tick-by-on-this-nix-1682060610'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/euv34E8ncVKfrwKClrYZICqBKTUQPvYtPHvvuf-QOM3B8WzYjq70BJM11xhFlhRwztKRdbtFYc6zvVW8BuEngeV1PdE4mKr84JQZ1M88BxdPDZ5K2C5RPHcj-Bl12ea4jWdFjpfyfg=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/youll-waste-hours-watching-the-time-tick-by-on-this-nix-1682060610'>You&#8217;ll Waste Hours Watching the Time Tick By On this Nixie Tube Clock<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThough the technology is ludicrously outdated, Nixie tubes have actually remained a popular alternative to LEDs and LCD displays&#8211;at least in devices where function follows form. So it&#8217;s no surprise that MB&#038;F, known for its over-the-top watches and music boxes, has embraced them on its new Nixie Machine clock that people won&#8217;t be staring at just to read the time.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/9rissASUHsP'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is lovely, and if anyone wanted to get me one for, oh, pretty much any reason, I&#39;d be happy to display it prominently. On the other hand, if you gave me the money, I&#39;d be hard-pressed to say this was at the top of my list to spend it on. Originally shared by +Les &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/time-is-money-a-lot-of-it-in-this-case.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time Is Money (a lot of it, in this case)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134835,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/gop-facing-donor-rebellion.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":0},"title":"The GOP is facing a donor rebellion","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Sep-17 11:43pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'd like to think that at least some donor rebellion -- especially at the grass roots -- is from more general buffoonery from the Congressional GOP and the President, but evidently, at least from the big donors, it's because Congress has managed to do largely bupkis in terms of doing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-30.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137727,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/god-wants-you-to-give-me-your-money-for-your-own-good.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":1},"title":"God wants you to give me your money. For your own good","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 29-Jan-19 11:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"If Ms. White suggested that taking your first paycheck of the year and donating it to a charity of your choice would be a fine way to start off 2019 in sacrificial service to others ... well, I'd be hard-pressed to complain. That she suggests that you send that money\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135051,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/trump-sure-hed-win-iq-test-tillerson.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":2},"title":"Trump is sure he&#8217;d win an IQ test against Tillerson","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Oct-17 8:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, I'd pay money to watch that one. On the other and, how smart can Tillerson actually be? He agreed to be (and has remained) Secretary of State for someone who has nothing but contempt for the State Dept. Trump suggests he'd top Tillerson in an IQ test after 'moron'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Trump-smug.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":132455,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/27\/the-independent-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":3},"title":"The Independent President","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Dec-16 10:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember back when Trump was proudly self-funding his campaign, so that he wouldn't be beholden to all the corrupt monied interests he said he was running against, and could \"drain the swamp\" of big money in Washington?'\u201cBy self-funding my campaign, I am not controlled by my donors, special interests or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138391,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/23\/protecting-incumbents-is-not-my-highest-priority.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":4},"title":"Protecting incumbents is not my highest priority","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 23-Mar-19 7:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe the DCCC will stop sending me political junk mail if I post this.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2020&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2020","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2020"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Democratic-donkey.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":130464,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/gender-diversity-in-us-money-gets-increased-but-further-delayed.html","url_meta":{"origin":49404,"position":5},"title":"Gender diversity in US money gets increased but further delayed","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Apr-16 11:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"Of two things I am certain:1. 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