I travel frequently, and my girlfriend has an (admittedly) somewhat-irrational fear of someone breaking into our apartment when she's home alone, asleep. What can we do to make her feel more comfortable when she's home alone? [more inside]
posted on Jun 2, 2008 - 32 answers

I use iTunes Alarm, or used it anyway... I need help with getting rid of it and finding a replacement [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 8 answers

I am looking for alarmclock that would let me record a note for a certain day/time with options for repeating at same time next week or a freeware program that does the same. If anyone has seen something similar let me know google has failed me for the first time :( i would prefer it not cost a ton of money
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 9 answers

Where can I buy a progressive alarm clock in Vancouver, BC, Canada? I would like an alarm clock that lights up or makes noise gradually, without having to buy it online. [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 6 answers

I need to design/buy a visual alarm for use with a PC. [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2008 - 8 answers

Purchasing a condo - does an alarm system make sense? [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - 17 answers

My '01 Jetta's alarm keeps going off at my new house, but nowhere else. [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 13 answers

I bought a 750mL bottle of Vodka from Safeway. The cashier forgot to remove the black plastic security alarm topper from it. Boo! [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 27 answers

Car Alarm sound clip? You know the one...it wakes you up at 2am....wooooo woooooo wooooooo AN! AN! AN! eeeeAH eeeeAH eeeeAH etc. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 8 answers

How can I help my girlfriend wake up on time? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 80 answers

I have a 1995 Ford Thunderbird in NYC/upper Manhattan. I suspect my battery is dead. Where can I get it replaced? [more inside]
posted on Oct 24, 2007 - 5 answers

LoTechFilter: I need a clock radio. Recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - 20 answers

I have the Ipod Touch which I enjoy EXCEPT for its newly crippled alarm clock. My previous Ipod would play a playlist as the alarm sound. The Touch doesn't do this and it's slowly driving me crazy. I own an Ipod docking clock radio so all may not be lost. [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - 5 answers

I need advice for designing and installing a modest home security system. [more inside]
posted on Oct 12, 2007 - 6 answers

How can I start waking up earlier? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 20 answers

Do dimmer/timer combo adapters for lamps exist? I want to be able to set a timer AND dimmer on my bedside lamp so that at a scheduled time in the morning it will slowly scale upwards in brightness, simulating a sunrise. I know lamps with this feature built-in exist, but can you get an adapter that works on any lamp? I can only find timer and dimmer adapters alone, but never as a unit.
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 6 answers

What causes false Alarms in hardwired smoke detectors? [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2007 - 14 answers

I need a decent alarm clock for my PC. [more inside]
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 9 answers

Home Security: What is a recommended alarm panel to replace a 15-year old hardwired alarm system? [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2007 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a simple Windows system tray timer that nags every hour and asks me what I'm doing which is then recorded and viewed at end of week to assist in time tracking [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 14 answers

Where does the idea come from that an alarm company can actually tell whether the system actually is armed? [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - 12 answers

Is there a system like Life Alert that works outside the home? [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2007 - 12 answers

Is there a stopwatch that will play an alarm every X minutes until I tell it to stop? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm looking for a Mac OS X application that lets me quickly, without a clunky UI or 500 steps, tell the Mac to pop up an alert at specific times of day, with the ability of recurrence. [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2007 - 27 answers

What is that alarm-like sound that you hear in the background when the news is showing footage of fires. (This question is not as stupid as it looks... look inside) [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2007 - 16 answers

Help me wake up with my alarm. [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2007 - 45 answers

can you recommend a good home security / alarm company? [more inside]
posted on Jan 22, 2007 - 9 answers

My alarm won't let me start my car. What can I do? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 10 answers

Hi, I want an alarm clock I can just plug an SD card into, select a tune and have it play as an alarm in the morning. I have tried a CD alarm clock and it doesn't work for me because I hear the CD mechanism start up and hit snooze. Also it's more difficult to burn a cd than transfer a track to SD. As you've probably gathered I'm having trouble waking up and as an experiment want to see if waking up to a favourite tune may help. [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2006 - 8 answers

Is there a website that shows the time and also has an alarm? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2006 - 5 answers

What's an effective and practical personal safety/self-defense device to carry when walking home alone at night in a shady neighborhood? [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 59 answers

Simulating Sunrise: So they sell timers that plug into outlets, and they sell dimmers that plug into outlets. Does anyone know of some way to combine the two that doesn't involve me rewiring the outlets in my apartment? I'm looking to jigger with my circadian rhythms in anticipation of the coming winter darkness.
posted on Sep 5, 2006 - 10 answers

AlarmClockFilter: I'm picky about exactly what I need for an alarm clock and I'd like to harness your collective searching powers to find what I want [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2006 - 6 answers

I would like a wake-up song or sound file for each day of the week. Wake up, everybody! There's [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2006 - 34 answers

All night long, the alarm and/or smoke detectors in our house kept going off. Why? [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2006 - 13 answers

Do I have any real options in dealing with loud car alarms? (Short of taking a brick to the windshield, which is what I really want to do.) [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2005 - 29 answers

Why do people say "The alarm just went off" when really it just came on?
posted on Oct 7, 2005 - 13 answers

Can you recommend alarm/timer software to run on windows? [more inside]
posted on Aug 3, 2005 - 6 answers

Some people have a "mental alarm clock". They can tell themselves to wake up at a certain hour, and their eyes spring open right on schedule. How can I do this, and how does it work? I've tried it on many occasions, but it only works about 30% of the time. Bonus candy for anyone who can tell me how to actually get up when my mental alarm goes off, instead of just rolling over and going back to sleep.
posted on Jul 15, 2005 - 29 answers

I have to get up earlier in the morning than my bedmates. How do I wake myself up without also disturbing my spouse and our light-sleeping 7-month-old daughter? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2005 - 20 answers

My friend owns and 93 M. Benz 300E and it wont start. When he attempts to jump the car his alarm goes off... What can he do to fix this?
posted on Apr 3, 2005 - 5 answers

I dislike my alarm clock and I want a new one. I'm tired of sleeping too late because the power went out or I couldn't tell if the alarm was set for AM or PM. I'm tired of jumping out of my bed in the morning because the alarm decided to it's awful impression of "the ocean" instead of beep at me. But mostly, I'm tired of taking 5 minutes to set my alarm an hour earlier. Desired feature list and picky UI concerns inside. [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2005 - 19 answers

I'm looking for a specific funny alarm clock that I saw about three or four years ago in Target. [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2005 - 5 answers

I am in the process purchasing a house and want to feel more secure. Security in a concern...
posted on Sep 11, 2004 - 24 answers