Alarm Clocks
Trying to face up to my long term problem of not being able to a) fall asleep and then b) wake up for work, I thought I’d attack (b) first. I have used the same alarm clock since school, the seven-segment brick once sold in droves by Argos with that lovely ‘MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP’ sound that we all know and hate.
The biggest problem is that all sound based alarm clocks are easily ignorable to people like me. I can put it in another room and rise, walk, turn off and return to bed without even remembering it.
So, current popular thought is that we wake more naturally with the aid of simulated sun rise (followed by an inevitable BEEP BEEP BEEP).
Personally I’m happy to give it a go and am looking around for a solution that not only fits the ‘light’ requirement, but is also cool 
One possible is the Philips ‘Artificial wall mounted Sun’ seen in this picture. Click on it for more information and a look at other crazy shit they have come up with. I guess the question is, am I quite daft enough to mount my own Sun on the bedroom wall just to get into work on time?