Comments on: How to deal with short nights and little sleep http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/01/19/how-to-deal-with-short-nights-and-little-sleep Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Administrator http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/01/19/how-to-deal-with-short-nights-and-little-sleep/comment-page-1#comment-237 Administrator Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:48:07 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/01/19/how-to-deal-with-short-nights-and-little-sleep#comment-237 <p>I like the idea with Carmen. I have used the 1812 Overture for similar effect, but variation is always good ;)</p> <p>I don't know of an alarm clock that implements this, but I do have a "Zen" alarm clock. It does a single ring of a bell, then is silent for a fairly long time. Then it rings again, and the interval gets progressively shorter. Quite nice to wake up to - although I do prefer "just getting it over with".</p> I like the idea with Carmen. I have used the 1812 Overture for similar effect, but variation is always good ;)

I don’t know of an alarm clock that implements this, but I do have a “Zen” alarm clock. It does a single ring of a bell, then is silent for a fairly long time. Then it rings again, and the interval gets progressively shorter. Quite nice to wake up to – although I do prefer “just getting it over with”.

]]> By: Julien Couvreur http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/01/19/how-to-deal-with-short-nights-and-little-sleep/comment-page-1#comment-184 Julien Couvreur Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:52:33 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/01/19/how-to-deal-with-short-nights-and-little-sleep#comment-184 <p>When I had exams, I used to put the alarm clock on top of a shelf. If it's hard enough to reach, it tends to wake you up quite a bit. The effect is enhanced when you pull on the wire and it falls on your head ;-)</p> <p>An alternative method was to use my computer to play Carmen's opening as an alarm. Quite effective too.</p> <p>To be more civilized though, there was a post on 43Folders about how to wake up smoothly by using 2 alarm clocks: one that plays something smooth for 30 minutes and a second one, 30 minutes later, that plays something louder/stronger. The result would be that you have 30 minutes to get out of deep sleep and you don't get woken up in the middle of a cycle. I wonder if there is any alarm clock that implements that...</p> When I had exams, I used to put the alarm clock on top of a shelf. If it’s hard enough to reach, it tends to wake you up quite a bit. The effect is enhanced when you pull on the wire and it falls on your head ;-)

An alternative method was to use my computer to play Carmen’s opening as an alarm. Quite effective too.

To be more civilized though, there was a post on 43Folders about how to wake up smoothly by using 2 alarm clocks: one that plays something smooth for 30 minutes and a second one, 30 minutes later, that plays something louder/stronger. The result would be that you have 30 minutes to get out of deep sleep and you don’t get woken up in the middle of a cycle. I wonder if there is any alarm clock that implements that…

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