This week is the right level of esoteric.
- WWVB, the radio protocol for time synch. I knew this existed as a concept but not the details. (via, via)
 - Digital hygiene. The work/home separation is an underappreciated idea. (via)
 - Frame of preference: A history of Mac settings, 1984–2004. Those are active, working, embedded Mac emulators on the web page. (via)
 - If you are able, use the tools you’ve got.
 - John Stezaker, collage artist. Here’s my favorite one I’ve seen. (via)
 - The Shape of the Heavens. “Pity the poor d12”
 - The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001). (via)
 - Introducing CaptchaStash. (via)
 - The Library of Congress publishes an updated “recommended formats” for data, which seems as authoritative a resource as it could be.
 - A reminder you can log into various historic UNIX systems right now thanks to the ICM and SDF.
 - BYO TRMNL.
 

Regarding WWVB. Aren’t self-setting clocks a thing in the US?!
DCF77 is commonly used all over Europe,. (CET/CEST is used from Spain to Poland) Especially before everyone had phones there were super common for both analog and digital clocks, watches, etc.
Only thing I don’t know if I have ever seen using that are things like clocks on microwaves, stoves, etc.,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77