{"id":3035,"date":"2007-10-15T18:18:05","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/the-strange-world-of-pc-clocks\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:43:21","slug":"the-strange-world-of-pc-clocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-strange-world-of-pc-clocks\/","title":{"rendered":"The strange world of PC clocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"PixelBreaker Clock\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/10\/pbclock.png\" alt=\"PixelBreaker Clock\" align=\"left\" \/>Clocks and computers have been as good a combination down the ages as Morecambe and Wise, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BCV5yGKWjv4\">Salt &#8216;n&#8217; Pepper<\/a> (condiment and pop group), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L52idWDN9Nw\">Rhubarb and Custard<\/a> (confectionery and cartoon) and God and the Devil. I&#8217;d always been reasonably happy with the little digital display counting away in the bottom right-hand of my screen. Until I realised what choice I had. It&#8217;s clocking unbeclockable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/binary-clock-screensaver.en.softonic.com\/\">Binary Clock<\/a> &#8211; Really cool binary time display.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amazing-clock.en.softonic.com\/\">Amazing Clock<\/a> &#8211; Different time zones, in fruits!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/picture-timeclock.en.softonic.com\/\">Picture TimeClock<\/a> &#8211; Photo clock-in to monitor employees. Boooooo. Big Brother.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pixelbreaker-polarclock.en.softonic.com\/\">PixelBreaker PolarClock<\/a> &#8211; The time in colourful concentric circles. Weird. In a good way.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zonetick-world-time-zone-clock.en.softonic.com\/\">ZoneTick World Time Zone Clock<\/a> &#8211; One for the traders. Never sleep, in any time zone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/premium-clock.en.softonic.com\/\">Premium Clock<\/a> &#8211; Digital and analogue. Nice simple displays but a little boring for me.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/weather-clock.en.softonic.com\/\">Weather Clock<\/a> &#8211; The time and the temperature. Bonus!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/parallaxis-cuckoo-clock.en.softonic.com\/\">Parallaxis Cuckoo Clock<\/a> &#8211; Alarms, schedules, oh, and a cuckoo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coral-clock-3d-screensaver.en.softonic.com\/\">Coral Clock<\/a> &#8211; A deep-sea diver swimming with fish, and a clock. Handy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/naughty-clock-screensaver.en.softonic.com\/\">Naughty Clock Screensaver<\/a> &#8211; Cute cartoons for younger children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clocks and computers have been as good a combination down the ages as Morecambe and Wise, Salt &#8216;n&#8217; Pepper (condiment and pop group), Rhubarb and Custard (confectionery and cartoon) and God and the Devil. I&#8217;d always been reasonably happy with the little digital display counting away in the bottom right-hand of my screen. 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