A little while ago Clock designer and Long Now founder Danny Hillis came across this podcasted radio show by former president Thomas Jefferson. We were all surprised to find him giving radio broadcasts given he passed away in 01826 (on the 4th of July I might add). But what was most surprising was to find that one of his episodes discussed the Clock of the Long Now (Listen to the MP3). Danny listened with great interest as Jefferson discussed our project, clocks and time in general, and decided to send in a letter. And just the other day Jefferson discussed the letter at length on the show (Listen to that MP3). As you would expect, Jefferson has an encyclopedic knowledge of new and old world technology, clocks and mechanica. It makes for fun listening, happy holidays.
