subject:"Alarmclock puzzle"

Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-15 Thread AVee

On Tuesday 13 May 2008 18:34, Mo Abrahams wrote:
> Although people will have to start setting their final alarm for ten
> minutes earlier than they really need to get up, to give them time to
> solve the really hard puzzle without making themselves late anyway.
>
> How sensitive is GPS? An alarm that doesn't turn off until you leave
> your bedroom would be a good one.

The GPS might just be sensible enough, problem is though, it can only measure 
where the phone is. I can just see those neo's (freerunners, sorry) flying 
right out of the window. :)

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-14 Thread Robin Paulson

2008/5/14 Sven Klomp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>  I had the same idea and bought two 1W LEDs. I can dim them with PWM from a
>  microcontroller. The microcontroller has its own power supply and will be
>  connected via USB to the Freerunner. Thus, the Freerunner can control the
>  LEDs in the morning and is also charged during the night (I belive the
>  Freerunner can be charged in host mode).
>
>  Maybe I don't need a wake-up sound since the LEDs are VERY bright :-)

yes, that would all work, but it reduces the neo to a bit-part in the
process - i might as well have a separate alarm clock if i have to
faff about with external components in that way.

maybe if the neo itself could do the pwm, hacking a couple of leds
into a modified case would not be so difficult?

on the wiki i see the neo screen can emit 220 cd/m^2

which is ~0.0819 lumens (guessing at a 25deg cone for the light emittance)

and from this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_%28unit%29 ,

a 100W incandescent bulb emits about 1700lumens

=>a 12W bulb (as in the soleil alarm clock) emits about 200 lumens

a lot more than the neo screen, so i guess i'm out of luck

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-14 Thread David Samblas Martinez

And then you will arrive late because you are trying
to beat up the 14th snozee Level :)

Really a lot of ideas have arrise to wake up  people
bu I have saw myself, in my "sleep mode", looking at
something black that beeps, brights an buzz and with
strange messages , colors and buttons on the screen...
 I will tell my wife to record a message that
textually says every five seconds:"It cost 400$ DON'T
destroy it"

PD.-This I hope this message will be effective to my
wife too, is not very "wake up  friendly".
--- Hans L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:

> An interesting alarm would be a Simon(
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) ) clone. 
> Instead of a
> monotone beep or music of a normal alarm, the sound
> you wake up to
> could be the game beeping the notes at you.  It
> could beep the
> sequence and wait a couple seconds for you to try to
> repeat it, and if
> no input, then it would play the sequence again. 
> The more you hit
> snooze, the longer the pattern becomes.  Start with
> maybe a sequence
> of 5 or so, and add a couple to the sequence each
> time.
> 
> Actually, would be a fun game to have on there
> regardless of alarm clocks :-P
> 
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-14 Thread William Kenworthy

Not an alarm clock, but this would go well with the retro dialler ...

"http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html";

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Sven Klomp


I had the same idea and bought two 1W LEDs. I can dim them with PWM from a 
microcontroller. The microcontroller has its own power supply and will be 
connected via USB to the Freerunner. Thus, the Freerunner can control the 
LEDs in the morning and is also charged during the night (I belive the 
Freerunner can be charged in host mode).

Maybe I don't need a wake-up sound since the LEDs are VERY bright :-)

Sven



On Tuesday 13 May 2008 21:43:39 Robin Paulson wrote:
> 2008/5/14 Bastian Muck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> >  By the way, when you shake the Freerunner, does it wake up if in
> > suspend?
> >
> >  Arne Kristian Jansen schrieb:
>
> if we're designing alarm clocks for the neo, i'd love to see something
> like this implemented:
>
> http://www.soleilsunalarm.com/
>
> it gradually turns on a bright light, to simulate the sun coming up.
> i've been using one for nearly a year now, fantastic thing, i always
> wake up feeling good and i'm not a morning person
>
> maybe this could be implemented on the neo, using the screen as the
> lamp? of course, it'd have to be plugged in - the thing has a 1A, 12V
> power supply, that sort of power drain would flatten the battery in no
> time
>
> thinking about it, the screen may not be bright enough, but even if it
> was used as a 'start' to waking me up, completed by the usual jangling
> alarm noise, that would be useful
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Hans L

An interesting alarm would be a Simon(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) ) clone.  Instead of a
monotone beep or music of a normal alarm, the sound you wake up to
could be the game beeping the notes at you.  It could beep the
sequence and wait a couple seconds for you to try to repeat it, and if
no input, then it would play the sequence again.  The more you hit
snooze, the longer the pattern becomes.  Start with maybe a sequence
of 5 or so, and add a couple to the sequence each time.

Actually, would be a fun game to have on there regardless of alarm clocks :-P

Hans Loeblich

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mike Montour


Robin Paulson wrote:


if we're designing alarm clocks for the neo, i'd love to see something
like this implemented:

http://www.soleilsunalarm.com/

it gradually turns on a bright light, to simulate the sun coming up.


I have basically the same thing with a lamp plugged into an X10 dimmer 
module, controlled by a cronjob running on a PC. The computer interface 
is a small wireless dongle that plugs into a serial port. A bit of 
Googling suggests that Bluetooth-to-RS232 converters exist, so it might 
be possible to rig up an X10 controller on a Neo.


And on the subject of alarm clocks, it should be possible to implement 
this one on the Freerunner: 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/snuznluz.shtml :)



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Flexible software (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle)

2008-05-13 Thread Dale Schumacher

This is a far from common attitude, although it is the correct one IMHO.


> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 15:09:22 -0700
> Subject: Flexible software (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle)
> I always start with the assumption that EVERYTHING should be designed to
> be pluginable by default, and only fixed if there are compelling reasons to
> do so.
>
> Piotr Duda skrev:
> >
> > > with all these crazy ideas Im begining to think, that maybe OM alarm
> > > clock should be pluginable... so everyone can use snooze plugin she/he
> > > likes the most, and even change it from time to time to outsmart
> > > her/his
> > > "sleep mode"... 8-)
> > >
> > > Piotr
> > >
> >
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Flexible software (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle)

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh

I always start with the assumption that EVERYTHING should be designed to 
be pluginable by default, and only fixed if there are compelling reasons 
to do so.


Alexander Fr?yseth wrote:

Good idea
Nice

Piotr Duda skrev:

with all these crazy ideas Im begining to think, that maybe OM alarm
clock should be pluginable... so everyone can use snooze plugin she/he
likes the most, and even change it from time to time to outsmart her/his
"sleep mode"... 8-)

Piotr

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Stephen Shelton

While you're at it, have the option to randomly select from available plugins.
Then you'd really be on your toes :)

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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:36:48PM +0200, Piotr Duda wrote:
> with all these crazy ideas Im begining to think, that maybe OM alarm
> clock should be pluginable... so everyone can use snooze plugin she/he
> likes the most, and even change it from time to time to outsmart her/his
> "sleep mode"... 8-)
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Alexander Fr?yseth


Good idea
Nice

Piotr Duda skrev:

with all these crazy ideas Im begining to think, that maybe OM alarm
clock should be pluginable... so everyone can use snooze plugin she/he
likes the most, and even change it from time to time to outsmart her/his
"sleep mode"... 8-)

Piotr

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Piotr Duda


with all these crazy ideas Im begining to think, that maybe OM alarm
clock should be pluginable... so everyone can use snooze plugin she/he
likes the most, and even change it from time to time to outsmart her/his
"sleep mode"... 8-)

Piotr

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Stefan Misch


http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9171/

;-)

Ian Darwin wrote:

Ian Darwin wrote:

Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. 
You have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would 
encourage my daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), 
and insert it correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, 
and fun.


Where can I buy one of those?


D'oh! Answer my own posting. I must have just woken up :-)

http://search.ebay.com/flying-alarm-clock

59 items found as of this morning.


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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Robin Paulson

2008/5/14 Bastian Muck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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>  By the way, when you shake the Freerunner, does it wake up if in suspend?
>
>  Arne Kristian Jansen schrieb:

if we're designing alarm clocks for the neo, i'd love to see something
like this implemented:

http://www.soleilsunalarm.com/

it gradually turns on a bright light, to simulate the sun coming up.
i've been using one for nearly a year now, fantastic thing, i always
wake up feeling good and i'm not a morning person

maybe this could be implemented on the neo, using the screen as the
lamp? of course, it'd have to be plugged in - the thing has a 1A, 12V
power supply, that sort of power drain would flatten the battery in no
time

thinking about it, the screen may not be bright enough, but even if it
was used as a 'start' to waking me up, completed by the usual jangling
alarm noise, that would be useful

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Bastian Muck

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By the way, when you shake the Freerunner, does it wake up if in suspend?

Arne Kristian Jansen schrieb:
| Or you could use the accelerometer to "wind"up the clock/snooze. Just 
shake it two times to snooze for 1 min more or something like it. And 
after each snooze you have to shake more and more to get the same 
snoozetime, i.e. for the second snooze you'd have to shake say four 
times to add one minute.

|
|
| - Arne Kristian
|
|
|
|
| 2008/5/13 Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>:

|
| I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
| approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
| button.
|
| You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
| After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
| buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
| 2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
| Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
| The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
| repeat the pattern to snooze again.
| Etc
|
| Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
| number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"
|
| What do you think?
|
| -Steven
|
| On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
| <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

| > Hello again
| >  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what 
you want)

| > to the alarmclock
| >  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
| >  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
| > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was 
thinking about
| > was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
and not just

| > push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:
| >
| > 
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
| >  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen 
shows fours
| > digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
Perhaps like an

| > antibot test on websites.
| >
| >  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program 
software.

| >
| >  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when 
you sets the

| > clock
| >  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to 
program one.

| >
| >  Alexander Frøyseth
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offtopic again :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Schmidt András

I hate waking up so much that I would prefer only doing it under 
anaesthesia.


Alexander Frøyseth wrote:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle 
like this:
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows 
fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you 
sets the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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Re: Caffeine (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)) (very OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Hugo Mills

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:36:58AM -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> Years ago I imagined such a pill with a known delay (e.g. the time it 
> would take for the outer casing to dissolve). Pills would be available 
> with different delays (different thickness of casing).
> 
> Thus, you would take a caffeine tablet with say an 8 hour delay and go 
> to sleep.
> 
> 8 hours later you would awake feeling alert and refreshed, and as if 
> you'd already had your morning coffee.

   Nice idea, for the caffeine users.

   A friend of mine used to keep a 2-litre bottle of Coke by his bed,
so that in the mornings he could get enough of a caffeine hit to get
out of bed and make the first coffee of the day...

   Hugo.

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh




Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Michael Shiloh writes:

Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Michael Shiloh writes:
Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.

"Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
clock"...


Oh lighten up. Imagine this:


That was actually intended as a humorous ironic remark...


I know. So was mine!




You've been up until 2am packing, you had to wake up at 5:45 to get an 
early morning flight, the airport shuttle is outside honking its horn, 
the baby is crying, and the dog just chewed up little plastic disc from 
the alarm clock.


What's not fun about that?


The part about me telling my wife I can't turn off the alarm, gotta go,
bye?



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Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh

Years ago I imagined such a pill with a known delay (e.g. the time it 
would take for the outer casing to dissolve). Pills would be available 
with different delays (different thickness of casing).


Thus, you would take a caffeine tablet with say an 8 hour delay and go 
to sleep.


8 hours later you would awake feeling alert and refreshed, and as if 
you'd already had your morning coffee.


Life would be perfect.



Kim Alvefur wrote:

I think that the ultimate thing to get one up in the morning would be
having a r/c drug-dispenser under/on your skin that would dump shitloads
of caffeine into your bloodstream.

I think there exists a type of patch that dispenses insulin, for people
with diabetes. That with like a RFID-trigger or programmable timer would
be the ultimate.




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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

Although people will have to start setting their final alarm for ten
minutes earlier than they really need to get up, to give them time to
solve the really hard puzzle without making themselves late anyway.

How sensitive is GPS? An alarm that doesn't turn off until you leave
your bedroom would be a good one.

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:25 +0200, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" wrote:
> Steven ** wrote:
> > I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
> > approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
> > button.
> 
> Me too...!
> 
> > You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
> > After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
> > buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
> > 2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
> > Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
> > The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
> > repeat the pattern to snooze again.
> > Etc
> > 
> > Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
> > number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"
> 
> I like this so much! I always snooze really much and often I get up when 
> it's already late :(.
> 
> Maybe it will be cool adding two alarms in one alarmclock:
> 
>   1) Time when the alarmclock should start playing the first alarm track
>  that you can pause using a snooze button (better if applyint these
>  ideas of a "progressive" snooze difficulty).
>   2) Deadline-time when the alarmclock should start playing the "no more
>  sleep" alarm that can't be stopped without using a quite hard puzle
>  (i.e.: "Ehi guy, you should get up... NOW!")
> 
> Bye. :P
> 


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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread nickd

Reminds me of "Clocky"
http://www.nandahome.com/products/clocky/index.php

Just need to give the Freerunner some wheels (pun intended)

Michael Shiloh wrote:

+1

Very clever. This is the kind of innovation I look forward to from 
this group.

It should be possible to distinguish between intentional shaking and 
being thrown across the room, which would not reset the snooze but 
would keep on ringing.

Arne Kristian Jansen wrote:
Or you could use the accelerometer to "wind"up the clock/snooze. Just 
shake it two times to snooze for 1 min more or something like it. And 
after each snooze you have to shake more and more to get the same 
snoozetime, i.e. for the second snooze you'd have to shake say four 
times to add one minute.

- Arne Kristian

2008/5/13 Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>:

I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
button.

You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe 
pick

2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
repeat the pattern to snooze again.
Etc

Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. 
Last

number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"

What do you think?

-Steven

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
 > Hello again
 >  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what
you want)
 > to the alarmclock
 >  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
 >  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I 
have 2

 > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was
thinking about
 > was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and
not just
 > push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like 
this:

 >
 >

http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 

 >  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen
shows fours
 > digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off.
Perhaps like an
 > antibot test on websites.
 >
 >  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program
software.
 >
 >  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when
you sets the
 > clock
 >  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to
program one.
 >
 >  Alexander Frøyseth
 >
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Neo to Physical Devices (was: Re: Alarmclock puzzle)

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh


You'll have to create your own plastic disc launcher.

Seriously, I want to see some Neo to physical devices interfaces. They 
needn't be practical.


For instance, you can mock up the flying disc alarm clock with some toys 
and a USB interface gadget, e.g.:


1. Find a toy that launches something and is controlled electrically, 
e.g. Nerf ball shooter that has an electric trigger.


2. Add sensor to the toy so you can tell when the projectile is in place 
or not, e.g. IR proximity sensor.


3. Connect to Neo USB port an interfacing device e.g. Arduino.

4. Digital output from Arduino activates trigger on Nerf ball gun

5. Analog input from Arduino reads IR proximity sensor

6. Alarm clock application on Neo controls everything. When alarm time 
is reached, turn on alarm and fire Nerf ball. Keep sounding alarm until 
IR proximity sensor detects the Nerf ball back in place.


I'll award 5 t-shirts for this!

Mo Abrahams wrote:

So, will there be one of these plastic disc slots in the freerunner? or
do we have to wait till the next gen of openmoko? =P

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 08:55 -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:

Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Michael Shiloh writes:
Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.

"Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
clock"...


Oh lighten up. Imagine this:

You've been up until 2am packing, you had to wake up at 5:45 to get an 
early morning flight, the airport shuttle is outside honking its horn, 
the baby is crying, and the dog just chewed up little plastic disc from 
the alarm clock.


What's not fun about that?



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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Joe Pfeiffer

Michael Shiloh writes:
>
>Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Michael Shiloh writes:
>>> Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
>>> shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
>>> have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
>>> daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
>>> correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.
>>>
>>> I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.
>> 
>> "Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
>> clock"...
>
>
>Oh lighten up. Imagine this:

That was actually intended as a humorous ironic remark...

>You've been up until 2am packing, you had to wake up at 5:45 to get an 
>early morning flight, the airport shuttle is outside honking its horn, 
>the baby is crying, and the dog just chewed up little plastic disc from 
>the alarm clock.
>
>What's not fun about that?

The part about me telling my wife I can't turn off the alarm, gotta go,
bye?

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle (Slightly OT)

2008-05-13 Thread Kim Alvefur

I think that the ultimate thing to get one up in the morning would be
having a r/c drug-dispenser under/on your skin that would dump shitloads
of caffeine into your bloodstream.

I think there exists a type of patch that dispenses insulin, for people
with diabetes. That with like a RFID-trigger or programmable timer would
be the ultimate.
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh

+1

Very clever. This is the kind of innovation I look forward to from this 
group.

It should be possible to distinguish between intentional shaking and 
being thrown across the room, which would not reset the snooze but would 
keep on ringing.

Arne Kristian Jansen wrote:
Or you could use the accelerometer to "wind"up the clock/snooze. Just 
shake it two times to snooze for 1 min more or something like it. And 
after each snooze you have to shake more and more to get the same 
snoozetime, i.e. for the second snooze you'd have to shake say four 
times to add one minute.

- Arne Kristian

2008/5/13 Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>:

I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
button.

You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
repeat the pattern to snooze again.
Etc

Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"

What do you think?

-Steven

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
 > Hello again
 >  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what
you want)
 > to the alarmclock
 >  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
 >  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
 > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was
thinking about
 > was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and
not just
 > push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:
 >
 >

http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21

 >  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen
shows fours
 > digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off.
Perhaps like an
 > antibot test on websites.
 >
 >  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program
software.
 >
 >  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when
you sets the
 > clock
 >  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to
program one.
 >
 >  Alexander Frøyseth
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)


Steven ** wrote:

I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
button.


Me too...!


You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
repeat the pattern to snooze again.
Etc

Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"


I like this so much! I always snooze really much and often I get up when 
it's already late :(.


Maybe it will be cool adding two alarms in one alarmclock:

 1) Time when the alarmclock should start playing the first alarm track
that you can pause using a snooze button (better if applyint these
ideas of a "progressive" snooze difficulty).
 2) Deadline-time when the alarmclock should start playing the "no more
sleep" alarm that can't be stopped without using a quite hard puzle
(i.e.: "Ehi guy, you should get up... NOW!")

Bye. :P

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

See, that is the kind of innovation that can only come from opensource!
I desperately want that now!

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:01 +0200, Arne Kristian Jansen wrote:
> Or you could use the accelerometer to "wind"up the clock/snooze. Just
> shake it two times to snooze for 1 min more or something like it. And
> after each snooze you have to shake more and more to get the same
> snoozetime, i.e. for the second snooze you'd have to shake say four
> times to add one minute.
> 
> 
> - Arne Kristian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/5/13 Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly
> different
> approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the
> snooze
> button.
> 
> You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x
> minutes.
> After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or
> three
> buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order.
> Maybe pick
> 2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
> Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with
> fingers).
> The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have
> to
> repeat the pattern to snooze again.
> Etc
> 
> Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated
> list. Last
> number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> -Steven
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello again
> >  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it
> what you want)
> > to the alarmclock
> >  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> >  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I
> have 2
> > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was
> thinking about
> > was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock
> off, and not just
> > push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle
> like this:
> >
> >
> 
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
> >  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the
> screen shows fours
> > digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off.
> Perhaps like an
> > antibot test on websites.
> >
> >  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to
> program software.
> >
> >  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off
> when you sets the
> > clock
> >  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to
> program one.
> >
> >  Alexander Frøyseth
> >
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Ian Darwin


Ian Darwin wrote:

Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. 
You have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would 
encourage my daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), 
and insert it correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and 
fun.


Where can I buy one of those?


D'oh! Answer my own posting. I must have just woken up :-)

http://search.ebay.com/flying-alarm-clock

59 items found as of this morning.


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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Arne Kristian Jansen

Or you could use the accelerometer to "wind"up the clock/snooze. Just shake
it two times to snooze for 1 min more or something like it. And after each
snooze you have to shake more and more to get the same snoozetime, i.e. for
the second snooze you'd have to shake say four times to add one minute.


- Arne Kristian




2008/5/13 Steven **
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>:

> I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
> approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
> button.
>
> You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
> After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
> buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
> 2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
> Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
> The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
> repeat the pattern to snooze again.
> Etc
>
> Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
> number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"
>
> What do you think?
>
> -Steven
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello again
> >  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you
> want)
> > to the alarmclock
> >  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> >  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
> > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking
> about
> > was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and not
> just
> > push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:
> >
> >
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
> >  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows
> fours
> > digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps
> like an
> > antibot test on websites.
> >
> >  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.
> >
> >  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets
> the
> > clock
> >  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.
> >
> >  Alexander Frøyseth
> >
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

So, will there be one of these plastic disc slots in the freerunner? or
do we have to wait till the next gen of openmoko? =P

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 08:55 -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> 
> Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Michael Shiloh writes:
> >> Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
> >> shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
> >> have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
> >> daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
> >> correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.
> >>
> >> I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.
> > 
> > "Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
> > clock"...
> 
> 
> Oh lighten up. Imagine this:
> 
> You've been up until 2am packing, you had to wake up at 5:45 to get an 
> early morning flight, the airport shuttle is outside honking its horn, 
> the baby is crying, and the dog just chewed up little plastic disc from 
> the alarm clock.
> 
> What's not fun about that?
> 
> :-)
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Ian Darwin


Michael Shiloh wrote:



Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Michael Shiloh writes:
Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. 
You have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would 
encourage my daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and 
insert it correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and 
fun.


Where can I buy one of those?

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh




Joe Pfeiffer wrote:

Michael Shiloh writes:
Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.


I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.


"Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
clock"...



Oh lighten up. Imagine this:

You've been up until 2am packing, you had to wake up at 5:45 to get an 
early morning flight, the airport shuttle is outside honking its horn, 
the baby is crying, and the dog just chewed up little plastic disc from 
the alarm clock.


What's not fun about that?

:-)

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Ulrik Rasmusen

That's a really good idea! I thought of a similar idea the other day,
when I found out I'd fallen asleep on top of my phone (which I use as an
alarm clock), and hit snooze repeatedly in my sleep.

Also, I often forget when I have to get out of my door. For instance, my
train leaves at 10:00, and it takes 30 minutes to get out of bed, and
then 30 minutes on bike to the station. In half-sleep, my brain thinks
that I have to get up at 10:00 instead of 9:00, and I hit snooze until I
realize I'm a dummy.

It would therefore be really nice if you could see the accumulated
snooze-time, and maybe set a maximum after which the OpenMoko just
refuses to let you snooze any more.

-Ulrik

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 02:49:53PM +0200, Alexander Frøyseth wrote:
> Hello again
> I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you  
> want) to the alarmclock
> Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2  
> alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking  
> about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and  
> not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like 
> this:
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
> another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours  
> digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps  
> like an antibot test on websites.
>
> I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.
>
> NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets  
> the clock
> Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.
>
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Re: :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 17:37 +0200, Benedikt Schindler wrote:
> I like the puzzle idea, and also the voice variant.
> But i still think, i like it most if my girl wakes me up and not my phone ;)

I was just thinking that somebody needs to write a girlfriend
application for the freerunner! =P


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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Joe Pfeiffer

Michael Shiloh writes:
>Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that 
>shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You 
>have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my 
>daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it 
>correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.
>
>I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.

"Fun" is not a concept that I'm able to consolidate with "alarm
clock"...

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Re: :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Benedikt Schindler

:) Whats about steeling time from other mokos?
So, your phones will already ring again after 1 minute and i have just a
litle more time to sleep. :)

I like the puzzle idea, and also the voice variant.
But i still think, i like it most if my girl wakes me up and not my phone ;)

Schmidt András schrieb:

Alexander Frøyseth wrote:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off,
and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle
like this:
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows
fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off.
Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.

I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you
sets the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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I would like something that tightens Spacetime a little bit so I can
sleep an hour or two longer. Someone to implement it on Openmoko?

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Shiloh

Way off-topic, but the best alarm clock I've ever seen is one that
shoots a little flying disc out of the top when the alarm goes off. You
have to get out of bed, find the disc (perhaps this would encourage my
daughter to clean up her room before going to bed?), and insert it
correctly in the clock in order to shut the alarm off.

I laugh every time I think of this thing. Innovative, practical, and fun.

Michael

Alexander Frøyseth wrote:

I have to go to the other side of the room to turn it off
It helps a bit
Mo Abrahams skrev:

Sounds pretty cool, and I hope someone does it for the fun of trying it,
but in the mean time do what I do... put your alarm on the opposite side
of the bedroom so that you have to get up to turn it off anyway, and if
you use your phone as your alarm, change the alarm tone every now and
then, I get used to them and start incorporating them into my dreams.

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 14:49 +0200, Alexander Frøyseth wrote:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and
not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:

http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd∏_id=21

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours
digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps
like an antibot test on websites.

I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets
the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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Re: :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

HaHa, Genius!

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 10:22 -0500, Hans L wrote:
> When I was in college, I once woke up to find that I was late for
> class.  In my tiredness, it seemed logical to reset my alarm to an
> hour earlier, and go back to sleep.
> It didn't work :-(
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Re: :-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Hans L

>  I would like something that tightens Spacetime a little bit so I can sleep
> an hour or two longer. Someone to implement it on Openmoko?

When I was in college, I once woke up to find that I was late for
class.  In my tiredness, it seemed logical to reset my alarm to an
hour earlier, and go back to sleep.
It didn't work :-(

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:-) Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Schmidt András


Alexander Frøyseth wrote:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle 
like this:
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows 
fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you 
sets the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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I would like something that tightens Spacetime a little bit so I can 
sleep an hour or two longer. Someone to implement it on Openmoko?



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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread David Samblas Martinez

My wife tells me that I have an "sleep mode" where I'm
able to do obey simply order like "close the
window"(or "I'm cold"), "bring me water"(or "I'm
thirsty") and I obey/react to her request(even out a
familiar place like a hotel room or a camping) without
remember it when I really weak up.
So I'm sure even a puzzle will be matter of time to be
solved in "sleep mode" and then go "deep sleep mode"
again.
So for me a recorded voice of my wife telling me "do
breakfast" will be effective enough :)
--- Georg Michelitsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:

> Alexander Frøyseth wrote on 05/13/2008 02:49 PM:
> > Hello again
> > I just have an idea for an nice addon or software
> (call it what you 
> > want) to the alarmclock
> > Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> > Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up,
> and now I have 2 
> > alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo
> what I was thinking 
> > about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn
> the alarmclock off, 
> > and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4
> bits jigsaw puzzle 
> > like this:
> >
>
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
> 
> >
> > another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that
> the screen shows 
> > fours digits that you have to click in right order
> to turn it off. 
> > Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.
> >
> > I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good
> to program software.
> >
> > NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on
> and off when you 
> > sets the clock
> > Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and
> tries to program one.
> >
> > Alexander Frøyseth
> >
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> 
> Possibly the turn-off puzzles shouldnt be too hard
> to solve, otherwise 
> this'll result in alot of people (including me)
> removing their battery, 
> smashing their neo while you're totally woozy in the
> morning, not really 
> thinking about what they're doing simply to gain a
> few more minutes in 
> bed :D
> 
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Alexander Frøyseth


offcourse the puzzle have to be easy.
Just so that you need some extra sec to turn off/snozze
Georg Michelitsch skrev:

Alexander Frøyseth wrote on 05/13/2008 02:49 PM:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle 
like this:
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows 
fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you 
sets the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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Possibly the turn-off puzzles shouldnt be too hard to solve, otherwise 
this'll result in alot of people (including me) removing their 
battery, smashing their neo while you're totally woozy in the morning, 
not really thinking about what they're doing simply to gain a few more 
minutes in bed :D


cu, Georg

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Georg Michelitsch


Alexander Frøyseth wrote on 05/13/2008 02:49 PM:

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, 
and not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle 
like this:
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21 

another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows 
fours digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. 
Perhaps like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you 
sets the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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Possibly the turn-off puzzles shouldnt be too hard to solve, otherwise 
this'll result in alot of people (including me) removing their battery, 
smashing their neo while you're totally woozy in the morning, not really 
thinking about what they're doing simply to gain a few more minutes in 
bed :D


cu, Georg

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Alexander Frøyseth


I have to go to the other side of the room to turn it off
It helps a bit
Mo Abrahams skrev:

Sounds pretty cool, and I hope someone does it for the fun of trying it,
but in the mean time do what I do... put your alarm on the opposite side
of the bedroom so that you have to get up to turn it off anyway, and if
you use your phone as your alarm, change the alarm tone every now and
then, I get used to them and start incorporating them into my dreams.

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 14:49 +0200, Alexander Frøyseth wrote:
  

Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and 
not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:

http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd∏_id=21
another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours 
digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps 
like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets 
the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Steven **

I have a similar problem, but came up with a slightly different
approach.  I tend to snooze too much, so mine focuses on the snooze
button.

You'd start with 1 big snooze button that snoozes for x minutes.
After x minutes, alarm sounds again, but there are now two or three
buttons. Maybe you have to hit them in a particular order. Maybe pick
2 that are the right color. Snoozes for another x minutes.
Next, has a screen with 9 buttons (big enough to use with fingers).
The buttons flash (maybe play a sound) in a pattern. You have to
repeat the pattern to snooze again.
Etc

Have snooze time configurable. User enters comma-separated list. Last
number in list is repeated. Ie "10,9,5"

What do you think?

-Steven

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alexander Frøyseth
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello again
>  I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you want)
> to the alarmclock
>  Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
>  Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2
> alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking about
> was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and not just
> push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:
>
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
>  another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours
> digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps like an
> antibot test on websites.
>
>  I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.
>
>  NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets the
> clock
>  Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.
>
>  Alexander Frøyseth
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Re: Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Mo Abrahams

Sounds pretty cool, and I hope someone does it for the fun of trying it,
but in the mean time do what I do... put your alarm on the opposite side
of the bedroom so that you have to get up to turn it off anyway, and if
you use your phone as your alarm, change the alarm tone every now and
then, I get used to them and start incorporating them into my dreams.

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 14:49 +0200, Alexander Frøyseth wrote:
> Hello again
> I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
> want) to the alarmclock
> Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
> Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
> alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
> about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and 
> not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:
> http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd∏_id=21
> another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours 
> digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps 
> like an antibot test on websites.
> 
> I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.
> 
> NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets 
> the clock
> Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.
> 
> Alexander Frøyseth
> 
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Alarmclock puzzle

2008-05-13 Thread Alexander Frøyseth


Hello again
I just have an idea for an nice addon or software (call it what you 
want) to the alarmclock

Okey, let me tell a little story from real life.
Every day when I go to school, I have to wake up, and now I have 2 
alarmclocks, but still I manage to oversleep. Soo what I was thinking 
about was that I have to solve a puzzle to turn the alarmclock off, and 
not just push a button. One possibility is a 4 bits jigsaw puzzle like this:

http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
another, and perhaps an more easy to make is that the screen shows fours 
digits that you have to click in right order to turn it off. Perhaps 
like an antibot test on websites.


I am more as an web programmer, so I isent so good to program software.

NOTE: You have to have the choice to turn this on and off when you sets 
the clock

Hope that someone think this is a good idea, and tries to program one.

Alexander Frøyseth

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