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IvoChess Clock: An E-Paper Chess Clock for Online Games

ivochessclock.com ↗ · Developer Corner · score 84.0
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An open-source DIY chess clock that mirrors live Chess.com and Lichess games beside a physical board.

Why it surfaced

This is a remarkably concrete weekend electronics project: solder the hardware, 3D-print the case, flash the firmware, and connect an account. Its e-paper display shows clocks, ratings, moves, and results without adding another glowing screen, while the author's story about building it for his son gives the project a distinctly human purpose.

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Monica’s Calendar of Flowers

August 17’s newborn domains include a calendar that spreads flowers for Monica across the months after JP’s death, 17 years of a master mariner’s logbooks, the seconds between a modem connection and the first web request, and an Indian bus cabin carrying 632 songs.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-17 Domain Arrivals issue.

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