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.

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 ...