January 2012
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Day 365: Take the polar bear plunge
I spent a hefty chunk of December contemplating a perfect Day 365 of The Time Hack: the final day in the year-long time perception experiment that began January 1, 2011. It had to be big and embody the spirit of the project — a representation of the venture that would sit front-and-center on the site’s homepage for all Internet eternity.
Skydive? Too expected. Get shot out of a canon?...
Day 364: Take a fencing lesson
REMEMBERED DETAILS
The man I took a fencing lesson from was named Acky, a longtime fencer who competed in the 2000 Olympics.
During the portion of the lesson that I filmed, I recall Acky showing me three different forms of blocking.
We first form of blocking we went over involved holding the sabre up to block above my head. Acky attempted to hit me six times on the head. Each time I blocked...
Day 363: Silly String a stranger
What was odd about this activity is that my perception of time sped and slowed depending on the individuals I asked to allow me to coat them in Silly String.
A total of four sets of people were approached on a Thursday evening at roughly 10:00pm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The first was a man walking with a woman whom I would assume was his partner. I very awkwardly asked if he’d be willing...
Day 362: Kiss under mistletoe
REMEMBERED TIME
I estimate that setting up the mistletoe and the related smooch itself lasted a total of 2 minutes and 50 seconds.
ACTUAL TIME
How long did it take? Find out here.
Why don’t videos or images of time appear on this site?
Day 361: Create and toss a 'message in a bottle'
On day 361 of The Time Hack, I threw a message in a bottle into the East River, off the coast of Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Why exactly? Well, if it worked for an 11-year-old… (Story below from the BBC.)
An 11-year-old US boy was stunned to get a reply to his message in a bottle from Portugal’s Azores Islands - via the more surefire medium of email.
Curtis Kipple wrote a letter about...
