#bobulate

We've all longed to time travel. But what happens when time itself travels? In her latest mindbending mailing, Liz Danzico gave a brief history of clocks on airplanes and other strange-but-true tales of horological relativity. Did you know that time passes at a different rate between your head and your toes? Liz did:

"In 2010, Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrated this sort of variation but at a more human scale: the difference in altitude between your head and your feet. As it turns out, time passes about 90 billionths of a second differently over an average lifespan. In other words, your head in the clouds ages at a different rate than your feet on the ground."

Liz Danzico's Quarterly theme is time: that funny thing we're always trying to save, yet still don't quite comprehend. Her letters are among most thought-provoking we send, and #LAD05 was no exception. It focused on shortcuts, those favored time-savers Liz calls "secrets for locals——a form of belonging to a community."

Here's an excerpt from her letter, and a few shots of the package contents. Curious? Grab her next mailing.

"This is the secret shortcut. While some——like the Royal College of Art thesis students who were around for its conception——know of it, Sugru is otherwise unknown. Ostensibly turning your hands into a MakerBot, Sugru is a self-setting rubber that repairs, modifies or otherwise improves anything you touch. The ultimate shortcut, there's no doubt it will save you time."