Stamped: May 27th, 2007

i am proposing a new standard time for NZ - trademe time

watching an auction the other day, i realised how handy it would be to have my system clock set to “trademe time”, so i could count down the seconds to last possible bid.

i’m firmly of the opinion that there is only ever one bid which counts on tardme, and it’s not the highest but the last within a set period; this is a defining feature of online auctions that eludes many folks, but obviously not you because you’re the kind of clever sod who reads crap like this.

this got me wondering:

across new zealand, how many people have digital watches with the seconds set to TRADEME TIME?

could this be our replacement for the national radio pips? after all, clock lady (0800000000) only gives you the minute, not the seconds …

anyway, one day when i have too much time, i’ll knock up a timeScraperBot that pulls the ticking time off trademe, and offer this to the world, my gift to tardme nerds and freaks nationwide, a standard time system.

once there was a lady charged with delivering the time to all of london. shane told me that, it must be true :)