For someone who has never used stepper motors, real-time clocks, or built anything from scratch, [Dodgey99] has done a great job of bending them to his will while building his Etch-A-Sketch clock.

Introduced in 1960 for the princely sum of $2.99 ($25.00 today), Etch A Sketch was to become a standard issue item for the Baby Boomers’ toy box. As enchanting as the toy seems, it’s hard to ...

He was inspired to become a buffer — “the word that the graffiti community ... Honestly, often his work is in vain, merely an Etch-a-Sketch providing a clean slate for the next tagger.

Do you remember the Etch-a-Sketch? The popular ’60s toy that allowed you to draw simple pictures on some sort of blank canvas with two side controls? Now you can have it on your iPad, with EtchPad.