Throwback Tech Gone Horribly Wrong
Frankly, I can’t believe that the world didn’t see a plunge in the rate of heart attacks when digital alarm clocks were invented.
We were out shopping a couple of weeks ago, and I found this cool little old-school wind-up alarm clock. It reminded me of my Grandpa Casey, so I bought it. I do think it’s a cool clock, particularly that this thing will run and run with just a few turns of a little key on the back. I know, it’s technology that we’ve had for hundreds of years…get over it. But think about how rare it actually is to have something that a designer didn’t at some point say, “Eh, just chuck a AA into the back. It’s no big deal.”
Anyway, things were looking pretty good until the first morning I tried to actually use the alarm on said clock. I can’t imagine that the sound of someone setting off a bomb under my bedside table would get my heart racing more. 99% of the time, it just ticks along with this very comforting, rhythmic sound…then you feel like you have a large bell going off inside your head. I think the first time it went off (it didn’t ring…this alarm goes off), I wound up whimpering by the time I finally got it turned off.