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caliypsoe in steamfashion

Steampunk...alarm clock?

Jan 18, 2010 19:51

Guys seriously...someone needs this:

Good Morning Sir/Madame Alarm Clock:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/aef3/

Stephen Fry is the voice which makes it twice as awesome. :D

clocks

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lux_alexander January 19 2010, 01:15:07 UTC

I have this, it's in many ways an excellent alarm clock, and Stephen Fry is always good.

A few issues though: It's analogue, so it goes off twice a day, it does tick, and (most importantly for me) it has no snooze button.

Just a few issues to think on, if you don't use a snooze, then by all means go for it!

lunamorte January 19 2010, 03:33:40 UTC

I want this alarm, its just a damn shame there's no snooze

rabbitwarren March 11 2011, 17:49:08 UTC

Thank you for this helpful review regarding snooze buttons. There would have been tragic woe if I had only found that out after purchase.

Caveat emptor lullabee_lj January 19 2010, 01:42:42 UTC

Be warned - I don't think it's really voiced by Stephen Fry, as it rarely sounds very much like him, and if you're a Wodehouse fan it will likely bother you that it is utterly un-Jeeves-like. It once woke me up by babbling, slurring, and promising not to get drunk again this early in the morning. Jeeves, what has happened to you ( ... )

Re: Caveat emptor caliypsoe January 19 2010, 02:31:41 UTC

So it will do it's speaking and then beep until you shut it off?

Thanks for the website! It's cheaper there than it is on Think Geek! (And the FAQs are quite amusing.)

Re: Caveat emptor lullabee_lj January 19 2010, 02:49:21 UTC

Well, to be more exact, it plays birdsong, it speaks, and then it beeps until you shut it off.

And hang on, don't be fooled - on the website I linked to, the price is in British pounds; in USD, the version available on ThinkGeek is *currency conversion, go!* $73.77 plus $8.12 shipping and handling. On ThinkGeek, it's $69.99 plus $6.39-$7.39 for the cheapest shipping option, depending on location. So... ThinkGeek is cheaper. They must have bought the clocks when the exchange rate was different.

So I'd not buy it from the Voco site, as an American. People from other countries might wish to use an online currency calculator to see which price will put the exchange rate in their favor.

Re: Caveat emptor caliypsoe January 19 2010, 03:42:59 UTC

Oh I see now. XD Think Geek is definitely cheaper for me then. :)

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novadrome January 19 2010, 09:55:44 UTC

Must. Have.

fortuna_s January 19 2010, 16:08:42 UTC

I have one <3

gothpanda January 19 2010, 17:16:52 UTC

ZOMG want!!!