Re: Re: Automating the alarm clock

[Anders Frihagen <anders@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:33 20.08.2002 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In ukha_d@y..., Stuart Booth <lists@s...> (Stuart Booth)
wrote:
> > I was just posting over on StuartP's HAMP3r group
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukha_hamp3r/)
about having some
>server
> > side s/w operating that automated playing some MP3s on the
MP3
>player
> > in lue of an alarm clock.
> >
> > I truly hate setting the alarm on my clock as it's a cycle
forward
> > only job. I'd MUCH rather write some s/w on the PC that
interfaced
> > with regional weather reports (I get up significantly later if
I'm
> > cycling into work when it's dry) and my schedule (Outlook,
whatever)
> > to determine:
> >
> > a) is it a weekday or weekend?
> > b) am I at work or on holiday today?
> > c) is the weather nice and likely to remain dry?
> > d) do I have to travel anywhere so I need to get up earlier?
> > e) what time did I go to bed last night, in case I had better
sleep
>in
> > for an extra ten minutes.
> > f) is my mate in the office today and can I tap a lift?! (Hi Bob!
:)
> >
> > And then work out what time to do it's alarm tune thing.
> >
> > It struck me that since I'll have an MP3 player in my bedroom,
why
>not
> > just push MP3 data down to it at the pre-determined time,
perhaps
> > ramping the volume up gradually to a pre-set maximum. Lots of
s/w
> > customisability there of course.
> >
> > How do you automate your alarm clocks?!
>
>
>Sounds like a job for xAP + Home Display + a really big bell to me
:-)

Nah, it's a job for ...Pronto..  make a macro to turn on amp and
whatever 
sound source you like, I do the local news, and make it run when you want
to wake up...

                
Anders Frihagen

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