For me, the solution was a Zen Alarm Clock. I can sleep though the buzzing/beeping of a normal clock, but the chimes on this one always wake me up. It does the "progressively shorter time between rings" thing, and since there's no snooze button on mine, if I want additional time I've got to wake up enough to reset it manually. Good stuff.
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Actually, company-owned laptops sometimes get treated almost that badly. At a former company, the CEO was fond of throwing his laptop across the office when he was angry. Other highlights include:
People carrying them from desk to desk using the screen as a handle. Spilled soda, coffee, etc. on the keyboards. Network cable accidentally looped around an armrest... employee swings around in his chair and propels himself towards a coworkers desk... laptop meets the hardwood floor.
Because there is rarely any real punishment for breaking your company laptop, it doesn't take long to become completely nonchalant about accidents that would cause your hair to stand up on end if they happened to your own computer.
Okay, admit it... who else but me bought a Gameboy just to play this game? When I remember the Tetris music, it's always the tinny version emitted from that single Gameboy speaker....
... check out the albums released under the Bedrock label (I think it's the label, anway). Also take a listen at Timo Maas and Jeff Mills. If you feel like investigating some other styles of electronic music, try Squarepusher, Plastikman, Aphex Twin and DJ Krush. I'd definitely try to listen to these artists before you plunk down any cash. Some people love Aphex Twin, and the rest tend to run away with blood dribbling from their ears.
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For me, the solution was a Zen Alarm Clock. I can sleep though the buzzing/beeping of a normal clock, but the chimes on this one always wake me up. It does the "progressively shorter time between rings" thing, and since there's no snooze button on mine, if I want additional time I've got to wake up enough to reset it manually. Good stuff. mark
Compaq RIBs are indeed very cool, as long as you're using Compaq Servers. Do any other manufacturers make similar hardware for their servers?
Actually, company-owned laptops sometimes get treated almost that badly. At a former company, the CEO was fond of throwing his laptop across the office when he was angry. Other highlights include:
People carrying them from desk to desk using the screen as a handle.
Spilled soda, coffee, etc. on the keyboards.
Network cable accidentally looped around an armrest... employee swings around in his chair and propels himself towards a coworkers desk... laptop meets the hardwood floor.
Because there is rarely any real punishment for breaking your company laptop, it doesn't take long to become completely nonchalant about accidents that would cause your hair to stand up on end if they happened to your own computer.
Okay, admit it... who else but me bought a Gameboy just to play this game? When I remember the Tetris music, it's always the tinny version emitted from that single Gameboy speaker....
And while you're at it, try and see the video for "Come to Daddy". Strange, strange, strange.
... check out the albums released under the Bedrock label (I think it's the label, anway). Also take a listen at Timo Maas and Jeff Mills.
If you feel like investigating some other styles of electronic music, try Squarepusher, Plastikman, Aphex Twin and DJ Krush. I'd definitely try to listen to these artists before you plunk down any cash. Some people love Aphex Twin, and the rest tend to run away with blood dribbling from their ears.
The movie (documentary) was called Startup.com