Comments on: Alarming Situations

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:35:19 +0000

Now Micheal Scott can have his bacon in the morning and not Forman Grill his foot!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:11:53 +0000

Thanks to good genetics, I naturally wake up around 5 am, taking after my father. I came across this alarm clock called the Screaming Meanie (you can google it), which has a 120 db setting with options to set a timer, and to also lower the decibel setting. Highly effective for those sound sleepers.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:26:25 +0000

Another good, relatively cheap alarm clock is the Citrus Alarm Clock (google that, something comes up like ornj.net). It’s on your computer (compatible with all sorts of operating systems) and lets you select media files for your alarm (or playlists, if you perfer). You can set as many different alarms as you like (I even have on reserved for ‘Nap’). And the best part — it wakes your computer up from the ’sleep’ state, so you don’t have to have the lid open all night.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:47:52 +0000

Barry: thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I’ve always had problems waking up on time for work–it got better for about 6 months and then I couldn’t get up again! Then I figured it out: daylight savings! I would keep my curtains open to have the sun help me wake up, but when daylight savings kicked in and there was no sun again, I was SOL! I was just this morning wishing for a simulated sun alarm clock, because I’m sure that my roommate is tired of the 3 alarms I have to set. So, thanks to you, I’ve ordered a sun-simulating alarm. Thanks again!

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:15:16 +0000

Saborlas,

Sadly, some of us do have to wake up before the sun rises. A window does not work in that case. :-(

By: ashley

ashley — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:35:02 +0000

i gotta say that i probably own at least 4-5 alarm clocks, but to me, the one that works best is the ONLY one that i can’t turn off no matter how hard i try… my MOM!! she just doesn’t give up untill im triping over whatever is on my floor and stumble into the bathroom. the only thing that im wondering about is what am i going to do next year at college?? knowing me, i’ll probably sleep though my classes. oh well

by the way Saborlas, i like the window thing!

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:41:41 +0000

A bacon clock? How on earth do you come up with an idea like a BACON clock?

By: Saborlas

Saborlas — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:41:36 +0000

Barry, I have a SunRizr by another name. It’s called a “window.” ^_^

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:24:57 +0000

While I don’t own one (yet) I think this is the best alarm clock. I can think of few things worse than having the alarm going of at 5:00AM on a Saturday because you forgot to turn it off or not going off on Monday because you forgot to turn it back on. In summary, it is a 7 day alarm clock. You can set 7 alarms, one for each day of the week! It is called “Neverlate 7-day Alarm Clock”.

Another very good one which I do own will actually simulate dawn. It will slowly increase the light that it is plugged into over a 45 min period until it is a full brightness. Think of it as an automatic dimmer switch that turns the light on very slowly. Put a full spectrum bulb in it and it is a very peaceful way to wake up. Trust me though, it will wake you up esp if you have it shining right in your eyes!

It is called SunRizr(tm)

By: Susan Duggan

Susan Duggan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:25:34 +0000

The egg-laying Kuku clock shoots out 5 eggs every morning. My friend had this clock in college. I have had the pleasure of frantically searching for the 5 eggs. Taking out the battery to the clock proved to be much more effective.