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Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
“Life is what happens to you
when you’re busy making other
            plans.”



                         John Lennon
The human clock is a site which shows a
  photograph of the current time - with
  the photo changing every minute of
  the day (1.440 pictures a day). Craig
  Giffen started this site in 2001 and
  now people from all over the world
  send pictures with the time on to this
  site & hope to get on the site.
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"You will always
wake up in the future."




                      Unknown author
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
The Long Now Foundation was
         established in 01996 (*) and has the
     mission to stimulate people to think in a
    longer terms. They hope to counterpoint
      to today's mindset 'faster/cheaper' to a
     more 'slower/better' thinking. The Long
         Now Foundation organizes seminars,
        conferences, ... to promote this vision.
            A very cool projects is a clock on a
          mountain top in eastern Nevada. The
     clock will tick once a year, bongs once a
    century and the cuckoo comes out every
                                  millennium.
(*1) the extra digit in the date is already added to solve the deca-
                                     millennium bug in 8000 years)
"To achieve great things, two
      things are needed:
 a plan, and not quite enough
            time." 



                        Leonard Bernstein
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Long imprisonment - In Spain, a
    postman was accused of a very
   long imprisonment. Apparently,
   the law is in Spain that postmen
      can get an imprisonment of 9
 years for not delivering a piece of
      mail. Because this guy hadn't
delivered more than 40.000 postal
     items, the prosecutor claimed
   384.912 years of imprisonment.
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"The only reason for time is so
that everything doesn't happen
            at once."



                           Albert Einstein
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Lifeline instead of deadline - Don’t you
        get already stress from the word
           itself - deadline - even without
       thinking of the real pressure that
          comes to mind when you think
              about deadlines. It gives the
          impression that the activity or
         project that you're doing will be
       dead if you don't finish it on time.
            Why don't we call it a lifeline?


    + It sounds better and more positive
       + The activity or project can come
            alive if you finish it within the
                                  clocktime
     + If you don't reach the lifeline, give
      the activity or activity another life
"There are two kinds of people,
those who finish what they start
           and so on."



                           Robert Byrne
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Proxima centauri - We already know that our universe is quite big ... euh
very big. The closest star to the earth (except for our sun) is called proxima
centauri and is at a distance of 4 light years. Quite far if you know that a
light year is traveling a year with the speed of light (300.000 km/second).
So that means that the distance is around 37.000.000.000.000 km.

Our Sun is only traveling 8 light minutes from earth.
"I've been on a calendar, but I
   have never been on time."




                           Marilyn Monroe
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"It's not enough to be busy, so are
  the ants. The question is, what
        are we busy about?"



                           Henry David Thoreau
Whoops, some clockdays are missing - In
  1582 had pope Gregorius XIII - a well-
  known calendar reformer - a problem. He
  discovered that the Julian calendar
  (named after Julius Caesar) was not very
  accurate and he wanted to readjust the
  calendar. But he had a shortage of a few
  days so he solved this problem by
  abolishing the days between Thursday 4
  October 1582 and Friday 15 October 1582.
  The days in between don't exist and form a
  black hole in our history. From then on, he
  cancelled the leap years at the end of a
  century. The calendar is from that moment
  also called the gregorian calendar.
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"The bad news is time flies. The
 good news is you're the pilot."




                           Michael Altshule
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
Bombing thwarted by daylight saving time - In September 1999, the West
     Bank was on Daylight Saving Time while Israel had just switched back to
     standard time. West Bank terrorists prepared time bombs and smuggled
them to their Israeli counterparts, who misunderstood the time on the bombs.
 As the bombs were being planted, they exploded - one hour too early – killing
      three terrorists instead of the intended victims - two busloads of people.
"Creativity is the residue of
       wasted time.”




                          Albert Einstein
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"Time is more valuable than
money. You can get more money,
 but you cannot get more time."



                            Jim Rohn
Too late - In Denmark, a librarian was
  very happy when a woman returned a
  book that was already lend out 61
  years. The woman had discovered the
  book at the attic of her deceased
  parents and there was still an address
  of the library on it.
The normal penalty would be 5.310 euro
  for returning a book that late but the
  librarian was very happy that they got
  the old book back and the woman
  didn't had to pay the penalty ;-)

   The message from the librarian was 'It
   is never too late to return a book'.
Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven
"The best time to plant a tree is
       twenty  years ago,
 the second best time is today."



                            Unknown author
This is a book about Time.
                                It's not a book about time-management.
                                           It's not a book about the clock.
     It's a book about Time and the different perspectives on this topic.

Author: Cyriel Kortleven (translated his name would be Cyril Shortlife)
www.timespiration.com

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Timespiration - a different look at time - Cyriel Kortleven

  • 3. “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon
  • 4. The human clock is a site which shows a photograph of the current time - with the photo changing every minute of the day (1.440 pictures a day). Craig Giffen started this site in 2001 and now people from all over the world send pictures with the time on to this site & hope to get on the site.
  • 6. "You will always wake up in the future." Unknown author
  • 9. The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 (*) and has the mission to stimulate people to think in a longer terms. They hope to counterpoint to today's mindset 'faster/cheaper' to a more 'slower/better' thinking. The Long Now Foundation organizes seminars, conferences, ... to promote this vision. A very cool projects is a clock on a mountain top in eastern Nevada. The clock will tick once a year, bongs once a century and the cuckoo comes out every millennium. (*1) the extra digit in the date is already added to solve the deca- millennium bug in 8000 years)
  • 10. "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time."  Leonard Bernstein
  • 12. Long imprisonment - In Spain, a postman was accused of a very long imprisonment. Apparently, the law is in Spain that postmen can get an imprisonment of 9 years for not delivering a piece of mail. Because this guy hadn't delivered more than 40.000 postal items, the prosecutor claimed 384.912 years of imprisonment.
  • 14. "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." Albert Einstein
  • 17. Lifeline instead of deadline - Don’t you get already stress from the word itself - deadline - even without thinking of the real pressure that comes to mind when you think about deadlines. It gives the impression that the activity or project that you're doing will be dead if you don't finish it on time. Why don't we call it a lifeline? + It sounds better and more positive + The activity or project can come alive if you finish it within the clocktime + If you don't reach the lifeline, give the activity or activity another life
  • 18. "There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on." Robert Byrne
  • 20. Proxima centauri - We already know that our universe is quite big ... euh very big. The closest star to the earth (except for our sun) is called proxima centauri and is at a distance of 4 light years. Quite far if you know that a light year is traveling a year with the speed of light (300.000 km/second). So that means that the distance is around 37.000.000.000.000 km. Our Sun is only traveling 8 light minutes from earth.
  • 21. "I've been on a calendar, but I have never been on time." Marilyn Monroe
  • 23. "It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?" Henry David Thoreau
  • 24. Whoops, some clockdays are missing - In 1582 had pope Gregorius XIII - a well- known calendar reformer - a problem. He discovered that the Julian calendar (named after Julius Caesar) was not very accurate and he wanted to readjust the calendar. But he had a shortage of a few days so he solved this problem by abolishing the days between Thursday 4 October 1582 and Friday 15 October 1582. The days in between don't exist and form a black hole in our history. From then on, he cancelled the leap years at the end of a century. The calendar is from that moment also called the gregorian calendar.
  • 26. "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." Michael Altshule
  • 28. Bombing thwarted by daylight saving time - In September 1999, the West Bank was on Daylight Saving Time while Israel had just switched back to standard time. West Bank terrorists prepared time bombs and smuggled them to their Israeli counterparts, who misunderstood the time on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded - one hour too early – killing three terrorists instead of the intended victims - two busloads of people.
  • 29. "Creativity is the residue of wasted time.” Albert Einstein
  • 31. "Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time." Jim Rohn
  • 32. Too late - In Denmark, a librarian was very happy when a woman returned a book that was already lend out 61 years. The woman had discovered the book at the attic of her deceased parents and there was still an address of the library on it. The normal penalty would be 5.310 euro for returning a book that late but the librarian was very happy that they got the old book back and the woman didn't had to pay the penalty ;-) The message from the librarian was 'It is never too late to return a book'.
  • 34. "The best time to plant a tree is twenty  years ago, the second best time is today." Unknown author
  • 35. This is a book about Time. It's not a book about time-management. It's not a book about the clock. It's a book about Time and the different perspectives on this topic. Author: Cyriel Kortleven (translated his name would be Cyril Shortlife)