Perfectly useless

I don’t know why, but I like this useless machine and I would love to own one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Djc8FPHs45o

Watching something like that would calm my nerves. (Watching the propeller second hand on my airplane clock actually helps me get to sleep.)

And as I have a couple of old printers that I’ve been too lazy to throw out, I could probably make one if I had the time and patience to study the plans.

Delightfully useless is better than malignantly useful.


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4 responses to “Perfectly useless”

  1. Man Mountain Molehill Avatar

    Funny

    Something I may never actually build:

    A box that simultaneously finds the complex conjugate if an input, plays 60 Hz through a speaker and rings a bell.

    It’s a real humdinger.

  2. Neil Avatar
    Neil

    Heh. Went down the rabbit hole there, for a bit.

  3. Kathy Kinsley Avatar
    Kathy Kinsley

    @Neil – so did I. Loved it.

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