Sometimes players find themselves in the most unexpected places. Today we learned that there was a geek appearance on the travel show National Geographic. The best in the world with Antoni Porowski. During the strange eye While in London, he visited Big Ben with Andrew Strangeway, a clockmaker to Parliament. Apparently, Strangeway has programmed his Playdate to help check the time when the bells of the iconic clock tower ring. The Playdate is not a new tool in the arsenal of watch mechanics either. An earlier video of him and a colleague showed the Playdate being used during preparations at Big Ben to ring in 2025 on New Year’s Eve.
small pocket computer. big well.
– Playdate (@play.date) 2026-07-09T00:29:53.372Z
Playdate posted an article about the most recent Bluesky cameo. The company added: “In reality, this is the kind of surprising magic that happens when you create hardware that’s easy to program, downloadable, and has a nice SDK!” We’ve always loved playing with this extremely inventive little yellow machine over the years, and it’s amazing to see it used for purposes entirely other than play in the wild.
