When I was a kid, my parents went on a missions trip one summer. I was too young to go with them, so I stayed home, and when they came back they brought me this digital clock.
I say "futuristic" — it was the early 2000s, so obviously it was translucent plastic. You could see the wires and the little green circuit board through the side, and I genuinely thought it was the coolest thing I had ever owned.
So I took it apart.
Immediately. Like, that day.
I sat on my bedroom floor and stared at...
