Number lookup website and watches

[jack]

1. If I get annoyed by wearing something round my wrist, but would like a watch, are there any suggestions? Be retro and get a fob watch? At least I can do "spectacles testacles[1] wallet and watch[2]" crossing-myself[3]s then.

2. I seem to recall a website which did a reverse lookup on arbitrary numbers. So, would take a decimal[4], and say "pi^2" or "foo's constant" or "simple integral of expression". Did I imagine this? I can't find it.

3. How should I have titled this? Something about clock arithmetic[5]?

[1] Nuns on the Run is a good contender for "Film that should have been really awful, but was actually very funny." Though I think the ultimate winner was Pirates of the Caribean (potentially vulnerable to Pirates II).

[2] For the record, it's left then right, though the eastern orthodox do it the other way, and I can't believe any God most people worship would mind so long as it's sincere.

[3] Is there a word that means that? That looks clumsy?

[4] That is, a number typically specified to a largish but finite degree of precision. Not necessarily in base 10. Though it would be.

[5] I assumed everyone had heard of it, but teaching modular arithmatic made me realise apparently not. Clock arithmetic is like "11+2=1" and "12=0".

Comments

[simont]

I wear a digital watch, on a custom strap which I made out of rucksack strapping, ribbon and velcro. It fastens around my belt, so that my watch is essentially an integral part of my trousers (which makes it a lot harder to lose than it used to be, as an added bonus!).

I made the strap in 1998 (it was the first thing I'd ever sewn, so I'm quite pleased that it's survived seven years and is still going strong) and haven't had occasion to regret it since. Not wearing my watch on my wrist means I don't have to take it off to wash up and suchlike, and the absence of pressure round my wrist seems to have helped my RSI too.

I'm not offering to make more straps like it (although I may have to replace my own one of these days), but if this idea sounds interesting to you then I'll be happy to show you the thing in more detail and discuss tips for making one.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that sounds fun too. How come I've never noticed this? I might even be able to make a beta version and see if I like it before trying to sew one properly :)