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Ten plus Two Times Five
hernick | Nov 3 2005
Today, I read Procrastination hack: ?(10+2)*5?. I liked the concept! But syncing myself to a alarm? Urgh. Painful stuff. I hate buzzers. So I invoked the power of Open Source: I fired up Hydrogen, a drum machine. I laid down 12 minutes of beats; the beats synchronise you to the hack. I call it Ten Plus Two - Version One. Download it. Play it in a loop. The beat track itself is a hack. And if you people like it, I'll make a better one. Hell, I'll make a better one anyway. Why? It works for me! Discuss. 19 Comments
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 Know of a marine clock for the pc?Submitted by ggrozier on January 28, 2006 - 5:45pm.
On the subject of timing, I was reminded of a college roommate who had a marine clock. It counts the hours, and also has a distinctive chime for each quarter hour of the four-hour "watch". It's on a four-hour cycle, so you can tell exactly what time it is every quarter-hour. Hard to describe, but for each four-hour segment of the day, there's a distinctive chime for each quarter-hour, and then the cycle starts over again. I'd like something like this for my computer. I found Aquarius Soft PC Alarm Clock. They have a set of Big Ben chimes, and you can set it to chime on the quarter hour or not, and can set your own sound files if you want. And you can set it not to chime at night (very customizable). But it isn't the same thing as a marine clock. Does anyone know of a marine clock for the computer? Once you get yourself trained, it's really neat to be able to tell the time from the chimes. I don't wear my watch nowadays, but would like to be able to tell what time it is nonetheless. » POSTED IN:
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