How to take apart a watch or clock and study its internal mechanisms – a HowTo guide and introduction to the fascinating world of Horology.

Cutaway drawing of a pocketwatch movement

Pocket watches are not only a classic accessory, but they also have a rich history and are fascinating devices to examine. If you’re a collector or just curious about how pocket watches work, you may want to disassemble and inspect the internal mechanisms of a pocket watch. Here are the steps to follow:

Stern Pinball’s Foo Fighters pinball machine sold out in record time, with all 1,000 Limited Edition machines being snapped up within minutes of release. The entire initial production run of both the Pro Edition and Premium Edition games sold out in just a few days, making it one of the most in-demand pinball machines in…

As you can see from this sampler of photos, costumes from the good-ol-days were were creepy as hell.

You thought you knew everything there was to know about Pac-Man. Not so. Here are some little-known Pac-Man facts that are not just interesting – they can improve your game play too.

A Complete Study In Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology.

The first Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee sometime between December 1865 and August 1866 by six former members of the Confederate army. Its original purpose was to be a fraternal social club with plenty of parody thrown into the initiation ceremonies. However, members began to take the organization seriously…

Seems as if Egyptians were casting icosahedra dice long before D&D came into existence. This die is a twenty-face die dating between 304 and 30 B.C. It is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The piece was formerly in the collection of Reverend Chauncey Murch (died 1907) who obtained the d20 between 1883…

Here’s a picture of Albert Einstein taken in 1882. He was a remarkably mature three-year old. My guess is he’s looking at the camera calculating the focal distance and running a table of apertures in his head in order to determine the correct shutter speed for the perfect shot.

MIT pranks, or “hacks” as they are known in MIT lore, showcase MIT students’ scientific knowledge, mechanical engineering skills, anti-authoritarian whimsy, and geeky sense of humor. The tradition dates back to the 1870’s when students sprinkled iodide of nitrogen over the grounds of a military drill field causing mini explosions when fellow classmates conducted their…

Donkey Kong was released by Nintendo in 1981. In the game, Jumpman (renamed Mario soon later) must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady (now named Pauline) from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. The hero and ape later became two of Nintendo’s most popular characters.