December 04, 2007
Happy Hanukkah!
It's the 25th of Kislev, 5768! Happy Hanukkah to all my friends, Jew and Gentile alike.
Posted by cradle at December 4, 2007 04:56 PM
such a lack of a holiday...jews just trying to get a taste of a hallmark holiday!
Posted by: kan at December 4, 2007 07:10 PMHappy Hanukkah! I went to figure out my birthday on the Hebrew calendar and it turns out it's on the day of the 3rd candle, 26th of Kislev 5737. Oh well, I guess I *was* a miracle...
Posted by: Maffalda at December 4, 2007 09:55 PMand to you as well, my fine friend! got my candle lit over 'ere. I think I still need to get a better latke pan, though. thank goodness this holiday lasts 8 days - more time to procrastinate.
Posted by: eileen at December 4, 2007 10:25 PMDoes that chip keep time?
Posted by: Jack at December 4, 2007 11:50 PMKan: No gelt for you!
Heloisa: The days of the Hebrew calendar go from sundown to sundown, so the third candle is lit at the beginning of the 27th of Kislev. Maybe it's your birthday right now! Yom Haludet Same'ach! And Chag Sameach, too.
Eileen: It's trickly. I have yet to master the art, or to make latkes this Hanukkah -- but there is time. I'll keep you in the loop.
Jack: Here are the instructions. You turn it off and on to advance the day, but there's also a demo mode in which it increments the day once per second, so presumably you could reprogram the microcontroller to show you the time in binary. With only nine LEDs it would be tricky. You'd need at least four to display twelve hour values, and that leaves only five LEDs, or thirty-two values, for the minutes.
Posted by: David at December 6, 2007 12:02 AMI will bring your oats with me to DC...
Posted by: Goat at December 7, 2007 11:08 AM