a tale of two times: the gift of a European mechanised clock was respectfully declined by a Japanese lord raised in a culture of variable hours, via Strange Company’s Weekend Link-Dump
miner 2049er: Atari celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with game posters from Billy Butcher (previously)

the battle of the planets: the American syndication of the 1978 Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
skyline: a free rooftop garden in central London—via Nag on the Lake’s Sunday Links (plus lots more to explore)
pyrotechnics: a look at how digital fireworks displays competed with the real shows—from the Tedium archives
est: US Department of Transportation to map out time zones ahead of the permanent switch to Daylight saving time after it learned that no such comprehensive map exists