{"id":50210,"date":"2015-04-29T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/this-is-why-i-prefer-an-actual-alarm-clock.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:55:47","slug":"this-is-why-i-prefer-an-actual-alarm-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/this-is-why-i-prefer-an-actual-alarm-clock.html","title":{"rendered":"This is why I prefer an actual alarm clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I use my phone as an alarm clock (and white noise generator) while on travel, but it&#39;s never as convenient to stop the alarm quickly (or reliably). <\/p>\n<p>(Original at <a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1518\/\">http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1518\/<\/a> &#8230; the hover-over text is pretty good, too.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6143147570873203921\/6143147575305819858'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-UvSqiRhbv0A\/VUDYLATn1tI\/AAAAAAADNcQ\/PCVfHEPph1Y\/typical_morning_routine%255B1%255D.png?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/DVNAJmEkkLn'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I use my phone as an alarm clock (and white noise generator) while on travel, but it&#39;s never as convenient to stop the alarm quickly (or reliably). (Original at http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1518\/ &#8230; the hover-over text is pretty good, too.) \u00a0 View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,65,716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-my-mobile-pda","category-my-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/typical_morning_routine5B15D.pngimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7775,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/15\/alarming_simpli.html","url_meta":{"origin":50210,"position":0},"title":"Alarming simplicity","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 15-Aug-05 10:37am","format":false,"excerpt":"Folks who stay in hotels hate figuring out how to set the alarm. 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