The seven-digit split-flap display in my studio used to count the hours since I was born. Now it shows the forecast: 4077069, a 40% chance of rain, a high of 77°F, and a low of 69°F.
I made it a Life Clock last year, counting up the hours of my life. I still like that idea (I even reprogrammed it to show my daughter’s days of life this spring after she was born). But a number that only ever…