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This clock sorts the 43,200 times of day alphabetically

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 16, 2026
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The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock

Ryan Bateman, a Berlin-based technologist who tinkers with oddball web projects at boat.horse, built a working clock that tells time by spelling every possible moment in English and sorting the list A to Z. He calls it The Accursèd Alphabetical Clock, and it runs in your browser with two modes to pick from.

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