Mechanical Precision in the Digital Age
Clockwork
Escapement
The digital age, or the Information Age as it's sometimes called, has turned out to be a dystopia that nobody saw coming. Instead of cyborgs and reality chips grafted to our brains, we have the constant ding of a thousand notifications, creating a vicious cycle of temporary, meaningless dopamine hits that splash into a FOMO-induced cortisol sea.I've always been curious about how stuff works. I was that kid who took everything apart - and crucially - put it back together in the condition I found it or better, no matter how long it took.Naturally curious, computers have always been a part of my life. Programming them, figuring out how they tick, making a career out of it in the information age. The possibilities are endless, the complexity unrivaled.But this space of wonder and mystery has resolved itself into a bunch of notifications and yelling. The parts and pieces that can be taken apart are no longer fun. The work is the work and computers are no longer my hobby. But I still enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together.Come join me, remove yourself from the slings and arrows of modern life, sit back and relax as we look upon the ingenuity of timekeeping and delve as rank amateurs into the world of horology.[Note: YouTube channel coming June-July 2025. I'm not a content creator, just a regular person with a regular 9-5 who enjoys mechanical things and wants to share]