Alarm clock for habitual snoozers

Mr Hastie, 23 - who designed a prototype as part of his degree course in design, manufacture and engineering management - was inspired by his own experience of repeatedly pressing the snooze button on his alarm as many as 20 times rather than getting up. He said: "Alarm clocks are good at waking you - what they are not good at is actually getting you out of bed.

The wall-mounted alarm clock can be switched off only when its user climbs out of bed, stands directly in front and repeats, by pressing coloured buttons, a sequence generated randomly each morning. If the user fails to repeat the sequence swiftly, the alarm will continue to blare until the task is completed correctly.

Research into "sleep inertia" has discovered the pre-frontal cortex - the area of the brain which is responsible for problem-solving, emotion and complex thought - is among those that take longer to operate properly after sleep.

Alarm clock that won't give up

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The worst waste of time is doing something that doesn't make you happy

Laughter..

"Laughter is needed for you to exist. Otherwise, you will commit suicide.

"Now try to understand the mechanism of laughter and how it happens. If I tell a joke, why do you laugh? What makes you laugh. What happens? What is the inner mechanism? If I tell a joke expectation is created. You start expecting. Your mind starts searching for what the end will be. And you cannot conceive the end.

"A joke moves in two dimensions. First it moves in a logical dimension. You can conceive it. If the joke goes on logically to the very end, it will cease to be a joke; there will be no laughter. So suddenly the joke takes a turn and becomes so illogical that you cannot conceive it. And when the joke takes a turn and the result becomes illogical; then the expectation, the tension that was created in you, suddenly explodes. You relax. Laughter comes out.



Osho

US view or World view ?...

Movie: Keeping the Faith

Saw Edward Norton's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith
...found it very interesting especially with the angle of sorta trianglar love story invloving Catholic priest (Edward Norton) and a Jewish rabbi (Ben Stiller)

Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

An interesting selection of 20th century recordings of mostly U.S. politicians and activists as well as some war criminals, Malcom X, Gandhi and others. All in downloadable mp3 format.

The Free Information Society - Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

Frenchman says, "I think," while an American says, "I do."

Read this interesting view of Americans v/s French from the Marketing guru Clotaire Rapaille...

You say that a Frenchman says, "I think," while an American says, "I do." How do you reconcile this immediate gratification impulsiveness with the famous American industriousness?

For an American, if you think too much something is wrong with you. Yet there is this ability to do things, and that's because we learn by making mistakes. I did a lot of research about quality, comparing Americans with the Japanese. Americans don't want to do it right the first time the way the Japanese do. I don't mean consciously, but if I do it right the first time, then what do I do next? What do I learn? In this attitude, there is a lot of wisdom.

When it comes to hard work, in America there is an element that's like obsession. We are obsessed with proving ourselves. We work so hard because you have to make it, to prove who you are. We are in permanent search of identity. That's very American. It's why you have all these self-help books and all the people helping you to discover who you are. You can only discover who you are if you try. And you have to try and try and try and never give up. Always more.

"In America, seduction is dishonest" (from Salon)

Amazing AD from Honda

Amazing AD from Honda -- it sure looks like a lot of creative effort went in...

Honda (UK) - Civic

3D Painted Rooms

Here is some interesting ways to paint your home ;)

3D Painted Rooms