Yay Aims!
My alarm clock just died. It's lasted something like 11 years, which I guess is good for a fairly cheap clock radio. I'm splurging on one of the dawn simulator ones to replace it. For some reason, the only ones with the outside made of plastic are the ones made for kids. Most of them have the light thing made of glass. When I've just woken up and I'm trying to figure out which button turns an alarm off, I really don't want to have to worry that the clock will shatter if I knock it off the table.
What about one of those alarms made to be thrown? I've considered it...
What about one of those alarms made to be thrown? I've considered it...
I had one in the shape of a hand grenade when I was in college. It was good.
I love Clocky.
Is Jupiter that piercing bright light in the sky? How I wish I had a telescope. I tried binoculars but it just became a slightly larger, very bright, jiggly dot.
I think Jupiter should be the brightest thing in the night sky besides the moon (if it's out).
Running out of spoons is not running out of energy, it's running out of *ability*.
Exactly, which is why this sentence in particular jumps out at me as problematic:
Most people start the day with unlimited amount of possibilities, and energy to do whatever they desire
This statement puts the bar for "healthy" so high that most actually healthy people will not meet that standard, and so it ultimately does a poor job of distinguishing between, say, having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and just being really tired. I think it's a good metaphor hidden in an unfortunately poorly expressed piece of writing.
Clocky would drive me nuts.
I don't own Clocky, I just love him. My cell phone has been my alarm for years.
I adore Clocky in principle, but I suspect that actually getting one would be the second non-negotiable grounds for divorce (the first being, of course, letting the other win at fencing.)
The other day I saw an alarm clock that has this approx. 2" ball that sites on top. When the alarm goes off, it throws the ball, and to get it to snooze you have to find the ball and put it back on its spot on top of the clock.
I think that's a more elegant solution that Clocky, who admittedly has a very cool name.
eta: Here it is: [link]
