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there are all sorts of alarm clocks, some are better than others, like the ones that automatically set themselves. but it seems that no one makes an alarm clock that doesn’t have quite a lot missing. at first glance there are one or two things missing, but when you compare this simple device that has been around for decades to something like cell phones, you would think they could have made it much closer to perfection by now.
there are many projects going on trying to improve your method for waking up, clocks that sense sleep patterns, clocks that roll off the night stand that you have to chase, clocks that climb up the wall the more you hit ’snooze’. the sleep tracker is one commercial product that senses sleep patterns i tried a few months back, and returned, not displeased, just waiting for the new model, it seems i sleep through beeps, the new one will vibrate.
so here is the most glaring fatal flaw with my alarm clock. in the morning it beeps, some sort of confusing car alarm tone, and has numbers on it. honestly. at 6 AM when there are sirens going off just inches from my head, do they think i will understand what those numbers mean? i cannot count the number of times i wake up and think, “oh, 6:45, the microwave will be done in about 7 minutes.” or something similar that has everything to do with my dream and nothing to do with the time or waking up in time to make it to class. mostly, i need my alarm clock to label those numbers. hey, it may sound dumb, but i have absolutely no clue what those symbols represent in the morning.

on another note. my a/c is broken, not only at my house, but also in my car. also, gavin says it is bad luck to put a helmet on inside. can anyone confirm this?