gushing over shiny things.

[corvidaen]

I have recently come into posession of some glittering articles that may interest the technologically inclined...



Palm-sized sundial:


I'm not sure what Bollard means, but here's the bollarded compass(the main part is also palm-sized):


Smaller than it looks(about the same size as the rest), but oh so shiny:


While I wander off into the fields and get myself into fantastic trouble, you might want to check out the rest of the site:
American Science and Surplus