Great hardware design, awful watchface design. The pseudo terminal interface looks like something I'd design right after discovering Linux at 13yo and making it my whole identify for a while.
I think sometimes if there's a project that's getting highly voted up but the initial few comments are negative, the thread can stay that way.
I agree with what you said though, when I was 13(-ish) I had an XKCD store t-shirt with a bunch of Linux commands upside-down so you could reference them [1]. I loved the idea but didn't love the shirt (not a fan of black t-shirts), so I didn't wear it much. I would've definitely wore this watch though, I'd even wear it today except I recently got a chunky watch that fits my proportions better than the retro-Casio-style.
I can appreciate the design principle while simultaneously thinking “Oh my $deity, that looks ugly as sin”
Watches are an aesthetic accessory as much as functional devices, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s ok for different people to have different views on it.
Casio watches never looked as cheap as this watch does. Going with light grey plastic was a mistake, makes it look like a cheap prop of a metallic object.
> Casio watches never looked as cheap as this watch does.
Casio's a dedicated watch company. Even in their earliest iterations, they were less limited. From the site [1], this appears to be one person's project.
> Going with light grey plastic was a mistake, makes it look like a cheap prop of a metallic object.
I wonder if it's less the colour than the sheen of that specific type of plastic. Casio has some great looking fake-metal. In the end, cheap plastic will probably end up looking like what it is.
You could probably find more convincing metal spray pain in your nearest hardware supply store. But you also don't need to choose a metal look if you can't pull it off. Even when going for a retro computer look, those didn't usually have exposed metal on the outside anyway.
It looks fine. The readout is digital and static, you know exactly where to read what you need. I doubt passersby are able to read what the screen says anyhow.
I did that, and got a banging career out of it. Would recommend!
God, HN has become a bunch of sourpusses.