I need a better alarm clock app: recommendations?

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Oh wow, I have having the hardest time waking up in the morning. Can anyone recommend me a good alarm for my iphone? Maybe something that requires me to do something complex to turn off the alarm?
 
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I set 5 alarm clocks spread throughout my room. I go through them a lot because I usually throw against the wall when I'm half asleep. >_>"

I don't think I would use my iPhone as an alarm for the reasons above. >_<"
 
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CrimsonRequiem said:
I set 5 alarm clocks spread throughout my room. I go through them a lot because I usually throw against the wall when I'm half asleep. >_>"
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Skip the alarm clocks! Just rig up a 5 gallon bucket of ice water above your head to spill on you when it's time to get up.

If getting soaked with cold water...and "bonked" on the head with a chunk of ice doesn't get you up...I can come up with some additional self-torturing techniques!;)

- Nick
 
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TheOneBillyX said:
Jeebus, do you really go through five alarm clocks? Do they all go off at once?
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Yes, and no. I set two of them to go off 5 minutes later.


pigoo3 said:
Skip the alarm clocks! Just rig up a 5 gallon bucket of ice water above your head to spill on you when it's time to get up.

If getting soaked with cold water...and "bonked" on the head with a chunk of ice doesn't get you up...I can come up with some additional self-torturing techniques!;)

- Nick
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I don't think it would still be ice water if I did it the night before. >_>" Might be interesting though cause then I could probably save some time in my morning routine. >_<"
 
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pigoo3 said:
Skip the alarm clocks! Just rig up a 5 gallon bucket of ice water above your head to spill on you when it's time to get up.

If getting soaked with cold water...and "bonked" on the head with a chunk of ice doesn't get you up...I can come up with some additional self-torturing techniques!;)

- Nick
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That's true and with the concussion you sustained from that "bonk," you have to stay awake or else you'll die!!!!!!!!

Actually, I did something similar in college where once the alarm rang, i would grab a ice cold water bottle from my bedside refrigerator gulp some of it down and put the rest by my pillow.
 
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CrimsonRequiem said:
I don't think it would still be ice water if I did it the night before.
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I thought that you might say that.;) You just fill the bucket with ice (no water) the night before. By the time it time to get up...you'll have ice water (some water/some ice).

It's a silly idea..but might save you money buying more alarm clocks when you "wing" them against the wall. Of course with the ice-water...you'll be doing more laundry!;)

- Nick
 
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pigoo3 said:
I thought that you might say that.;) You just fill the bucket with ice (no water) the night before. By the time it time to get up...you'll have ice water (some water/some ice).

It's a silly idea..but might save you money buying more alarm clocks when you "wing" them against the wall. Of course with the ice-water...you'll be doing more laundry!;)

- Nick
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Ice water? Nah, rig a fog horn to go off 4 inches from your bed. You might be deaf for half the day but it'll get you up! (Not to mention half the Neighborhood) ;)
 
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How about going to bed at a decent time!

Good luck.
 

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