The Procrastinator’s Clock
January 17th, 2007 (5:36am) Judi Sohn 11 Comments
If you’re a procrastinator, you don’t need a mathematical formula, you know who you are. Worse, the people who work with you know, too. I’ve tried the “set the clock ahead 10 minutes” trick, but it never works because I know that I really have that extra 10 minutes. If you’re nodding, then perhaps you need David Seah’s Procrastinator’s Clock.
It’s guaranteed to be up to 15 minutes fast. However, it also speeds up and slows down in an unpredictable manner so you can’t be sure how fast it really is. Furthermore, the clock is guaranteed not be slow, assuming your computer clock is sync’d with NTP; many computers running Windows and Mac OS X with persistent Internet connections already are.
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One More Option says: January 17th, 2007 6:50am
That is a clever and ingenious clock. On a sarcastic note, Seah’s clock may add that little extra bit of stress we all have yet to add to our daily workday.
Marcus Cheney says: January 17th, 2007 8:56am
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Pascal Venier says: January 17th, 2007 4:14pm
Very clever. Not as smart as the proverbial French civil servant clock: it runs late in the morning and early at the end of the day! ;^)
Randall says: January 17th, 2007 8:25pm
Wow. I think i’ve finally found a clock that can keep me on other people’s schedules. Nice find!
Tim Peter says: January 17th, 2007 10:09pm
Did my wife put him up to this? At first, I was a little put off by this. Then I realized, the first step is admitting I have a problem…
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Pattyann says: January 18th, 2007 9:07pm
Not sure I should get this. I wake to my alarm and immediately calculate a math problem. Then sleep walk around the house to check the other clocks, knowing their different settings, do more quick math problems. Finally come to the one clock set at “other people’s time” and check my math! I’d have to get rid of all my other clocks!
Andrew says: January 20th, 2007 3:52pm
Ha, I used to do this with my normal alarm clock. I’d set it fast by about 10 minutes (but never know exactly by how much) so I wouldn’t know if I had enough time for a few more minutes sleep in the morning. I normally got me out of bed earlier than otherwise.
I still set my watch about 5 minutes fast, in the hope that I won’t be late for meetings. Seems to work quite well, although I still procrastinate!
Ab says: January 24th, 2007 12:24pm
fonoassorbente casa ….
Hamilton Chua says: February 14th, 2007 10:14pm
Coincidentally, vmware server has a possible bug or maybe a behavior (http://hamisageek.blogspot.com/2006/07/vmware-and-ubuntu-my-virtual-cpu-is.html) wherein the guest operating system’s clock tends to run faster than normal.
I guess if you work inside a virtual machine in full screen like I do, the clock can actually act as your procrastinator’s clock.
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