Why are there so many posts about alarm clocks? Do hackers have issues waking up in the morning?

Posted at 8:57 am on Aug 18th, 2009 by JD

yes

Posted at 9:25 am on Aug 18th, 2009 by electronpusher_det

Yes, after hacking away for 40+ straight hours, it can be difficult to wake up. I used a modified wall timer with a heavy relay to turn on a 460w RMS amp hooked up to a speaker stack and a CD player. After jumping 4 feet into the air, I no longer felt like going back to sleep!

Posted at 9:31 am on Aug 18th, 2009 by Pandaemonium

I couldn’t survive without an alarm clock. Well, maybe that’s a stretch – I’d certainly never get to work on time!

Posted at 9:57 am on Aug 18th, 2009 by jeff-o

I solved the problem by getting a job where I can show up virtually whenever. Much easier than hacked alarm clocks.
Recommend this course of action highly. You are hackers, this certainly isn’t an impossible stretch in the Tech world!

Posted at 11:39 am on Aug 18th, 2009 by Stunmonkey

Hmm… couldn’t a simple wall timer and a surge protector with a switch do the same thing? Plug in a coffee pot maker, an analog radio, and a lamp into the surge protector and it acts the same. Plus it wouldn’t total more then 6 bucks.

Posted at 12:40 pm on Aug 18th, 2009 by Drew3296

I like this project. It’s not that it’s terribly complex to accomplish (or terribly useful), but there’s a lot going on there. I’d definitely say these ME guys learned/demonstrated a lot more knowledge through this project about sensors and actuators than many of my EE/CE friends. Good job!

As far as not being able to wake up, hell yes it’s a problem! I’ve been struggling with this my whole life. If I’m going to get up before noon, the only thing that will help isn’t technology – it is getting enough sleep. :(

Posted at 12:58 pm on Aug 18th, 2009 by davidb

Posted at 5:13 pm on Aug 18th, 2009 by bcoblentz

@davidb;

If you’ve been struggling all your life to wake up before noon, I think your body is trying to tell you something!
i have a solution. Don’t wake up before noon. you’ll likely be happier and live a lot longer.

At some point the not insignificant trouble of finding a career job that starts after noon is immensely less stress on your life than fighting to get up early every single day for the rest of it.

Posted at 6:53 pm on Aug 18th, 2009 by Stunmonkey

I just want a regular alarm clock that looks like that. oh and maybe a crazy progressive code for turning off the alarm. Something that would require some math from me.

Posted at 8:24 pm on Aug 18th, 2009 by backSLIDER