Comments on: The best part of waking up http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html Coffee, Cocktails & More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:05:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jacob Grier http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-171833 Jacob Grier Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:20:19 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-171833 On the downside, you'd guarantee yourself a lifetime of sleeping alone. Or of girlfriends trapped in your bedroom wall. On the downside, you’d guarantee yourself a lifetime of sleeping alone. Or of girlfriends trapped in your bedroom wall.

]]> By: Zhubin http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-171791 Zhubin Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:23:06 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-171791 An alarm clock suited to my particular problem would automatically retract the bed into the wall once I walked across the room to shut the alarm off. Otherwise, it's 60 minutes worth of snooze. An alarm clock suited to my particular problem would automatically retract the bed into the wall once I walked across the room to shut the alarm off. Otherwise, it’s 60 minutes worth of snooze.

]]> By: Gabriel Garcia http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-168000 Gabriel Garcia Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:10:13 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-168000 Guatemalan cofee...ummmmm best in the hole wide frigging world. Guatemalan cofee…ummmmm best in the hole wide frigging world.

]]> By: Barzelay http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162750 Barzelay Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:03:49 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162750 Court, I've done that before, as well, in slightly different form: I'd set my bedroom alarm clock ahead of the real time by a few minutes, but when setting it I'd look away and just hold the button a couple seconds. So I knew that my clock was set ahead, but I never knew by how much, so I had to assume that it was on the low end and get ready. Eventually after a couple weeks, I'd accidentally figure out how far ahead it was and have to set it over again. But you just gave me a new idea... Set the alarm in a pseudorandom way, by COVERING the alarm clock's display, and then holding down the minutes button for the alarm set, for a few seconds. Then, when you wake up, you know that your alarm is going off, and you know that it is roughly the time at which you need to get up, but you don't know whether or not you have any extra time to fuck around, so you have to assume that you have none. Court, I’ve done that before, as well, in slightly different form: I’d set my bedroom alarm clock ahead of the real time by a few minutes, but when setting it I’d look away and just hold the button a couple seconds. So I knew that my clock was set ahead, but I never knew by how much, so I had to assume that it was on the low end and get ready. Eventually after a couple weeks, I’d accidentally figure out how far ahead it was and have to set it over again.

But you just gave me a new idea… Set the alarm in a pseudorandom way, by COVERING the alarm clock’s display, and then holding down the minutes button for the alarm set, for a few seconds. Then, when you wake up, you know that your alarm is going off, and you know that it is roughly the time at which you need to get up, but you don’t know whether or not you have any extra time to fuck around, so you have to assume that you have none.

]]> By: Courtney http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162739 Courtney Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:32:28 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162739 I had a similar set up in college, but where I would grind the night before but have my coffee maker beep and start brewing from a machine that was just far enough from my bed that I had to get up if I wanted to get a cup. Problem was I would get my coffee and just getting back under the covers. Therefore, the much maligned holding down of the alarm clock button for and random period times (to set my alarm clock early but not know HOW early is was set). That or having dogs gets you up on time... I had a similar set up in college, but where I would grind the night before but have my coffee maker beep and start brewing from a machine that was just far enough from my bed that I had to get up if I wanted to get a cup. Problem was I would get my coffee and just getting back under the covers. Therefore, the much maligned holding down of the alarm clock button for and random period times (to set my alarm clock early but not know HOW early is was set). That or having dogs gets you up on time…

]]> By: Smelling the Coffee http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162737 Smelling the Coffee Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:22:21 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/627.html#comment-162737 <strong>The best part of waking up</strong> This invention -- an alarm clock that releases a synthetic coffee smell when the alarm goes off -- is sort of neat, in a tacky sort of way. I'm sure it doesn't smell as good as real coffee. And more... The best part of waking up

This invention — an alarm clock that releases a synthetic coffee smell when the alarm goes off — is sort of neat, in a tacky sort of way. I’m sure it doesn’t smell as good as real coffee. And more…

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