RETURN TO THE BAR PIECE INFORMATION NAME: Millennium Bug BAR PIECE No.03 NUMBER SOLD:1983/3000 MINIMUM RUN:completed AVAILABLE: public Our Millennium Bug was produced to commemorate the transition from the 1900's to 2000. The millennium bug was name given to a glitch in computer hardware that could have caused serious implications to those devices that business, government and other bodies of people that would rely on a computer. The problems stemmed from some computers, particularly older models, that had the date abbreviated to 2 digits. It meant that the computers internal clock could not comprehend turning to 00 (meaning year 2000) from 99 (1999). We saw this as a sinister little bug that could have upset things. No good was to come of him so our intention was not to create him as gentle. The design came from a fossilized vertebrae. The body is glazed tiki green. His head piece is sand cast bronze that had been patinated to oxidize the brass surface leaving a black residue. It was then polished and set to the cork and pouring neck via a hot glue gun. This hides the pouring neck to 500ml of Bullocks Tawny Port. A blend from central Victoria. The eyes are red crystal that are set into the ceramic body. The Millennium Bug is also holding a clock that has been constructed of three foils that make up the face of the clock and a crack that is featured representing moving from an analogue era to a digital one. Representing his silicon chip is a holograph material placed 3/4 down the unit. Packaged in a wooden box. PRICE: $85.00 incl GST