tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19225146.post5323334614347078076..comments2023-10-30T04:25:57.712-07:00Comments on Needs More Gingham: No need for alarmLaurie Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01898992943434546848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19225146.post-21208426399966081922009-10-04T07:22:03.156-07:002009-10-04T07:22:03.156-07:00Oh! Man, I had this digital alarm clock that no on...Oh! Man, I had this digital alarm clock that no one wanted when great grandma died: it was at one time white plastic but it had gone deep yellow with age and cigarette smoke. It was about a foot long and maybe four inches high; huge by today's clock standards. No radio, just digits that were made from almost inch high yellow lights. They weren't even notched at the tops and bottoms like every modern segmented LED display. They were just bold yellow bars. You set the time by spinning a wheel that made the numbers advance as fast as you could spin, and the alarms were set by little geared wheels. Man, I'd love to know how that thing worked. It was like some mechanical digital monster. The best was on the right of the time was a pinwheel that spun constantly. There were no settings on it, no nothing. It was hypnotic, and that was maybe why it was there. What a cool clock. Hi. I love clocks.<br /><br />Also, in case anyone's curious: why do clocks snooze at nine minutes? http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1361/why-does-the-alarm-clock-snooze-button-give-you-nine-extra-minutes-not-ten<br /><br />My alarm clock has a settable snooze which I think is essential in keeping me on my toes.Funky Muffinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825726419091515887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19225146.post-78886081876893984062009-10-03T01:46:12.109-07:002009-10-03T01:46:12.109-07:00Very cool. I love that my alarm clock projects the...Very cool. I love that my alarm clock projects the time onto the ceiling (IF you live in a house with a flat roof, its not likely to work at the new place) but I hate that if i dont turn it off it gets louder and faster and goes on for longer and longer.Anne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935367494441449661noreply@blogger.com