Anyone know how to turn a computer into an alarm clock?

[Mears]

I was wondering if there is a way to make your computer start playing music at a certain time or anything. My alarm clock just isn't doing the trick.

 

[Cowboy Dan]

Just use Task Scheduler - have it play a .wav or .mp3 or something at whatever time you want..

 

[yakko]

I will sell you my 286 with its Far Side calender program which can be used as an alarm clock.

 

[Buddha Bart]

I used Task Schedueler with my playsist.
I even have a seperate playlist "wakethehellup.m3u"

bart

 

[silent tone]

I'm taking an embedded systems class right now and was thinking of building one that operated out of an ISA port or the parallel port, a sort of Rube Goldberg type device. I'll do it if you'll fund my development and construction. I already use 2 alarms, so I don't really need it.

 

[Mears]

He he, forgot about task scheduler. Thanks.

 

[Tominator]

Search ZDnet. I'n sure there are several free programs that will do just that.

 

[beat mania]

is it really necessary?

 

[Tetsuo316]

ok, so task scheduler starts winamp ... how does winamp automatically start playing music?

 

[Mday]

go to buy.com, search for alarm clock...

 

[AlphaIVT]

Is there a program that informs me of important dates? say i want my computer to inform me that on Oct 3, Broken Arrow and Dark Angel will premiere, anyway to do that?

 

[Sephiroth_IX]

ADD ME TO THE COOL PEOPLE LIST ALPHA! WOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Warrenton]

Well, UltraPlayer does have an automatic start and stop. There is also a plugin for winamp.

You can also add winamp to task schedular and check the option in winamp to start playing automatically.

 

[Warrenton]

Mears, you scared me.

I went to your site, say the Crosses, then your name Josh Davidson, then the domain your site is in is msu.edu

I have a friend named Josh Davidson who went to Christian high school with me, and is going to Montana State University... MSU!!! Until I found your personal pictures I thought you were him!

 

[djk]

With the computer ON, your electricity bill cost will be just enough to buy you a REAL alarm clock.

 

[Warrenton]

yeah but my computers also heat two rooms of my house. We have forced air, but these rooms are in the basement so the heating is very very poor. The computers keep it comfortable. Of course in the summer it can cause it to get warmer, but usually it stays below 70F in the summer. In winter (dang near here already) it keeps it above 55F

 

[kantonburg]

Alpha,

ICQ will do that

 

[Thunderbooty]

Tetsuo,

Tell it to start one of your playlists, not winamp.

 

[Ken g6]

I actually did turn my computer into an alarm clock with Task Scheduler, and this little C program. If you hit any key, it snoozes for 7 minutes, but you have to close the DOS box to shut it down.

Oh, and I've gotten really tired of that tone!

Alpha, MS Outlook disgust will also do that.

 

[ratkil]

screw a pulley into the roof over your bed, tie your computer to the end of a rope, run the rope up through the pulley and tie it off to somewhere in your room, get a slow burning candle place it under the rope at a slight angle so when it burns down to the heighth of the rope it will tip under it, light the candle when you go to bed, when that candle burns down, you will either A: be woken up, B: be in a state of health that being late for work/school is least of your worries.......oh, yeah, I guess task scheduler/winamp is another way to go also........

 

[Pennstate]

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3323/

 

[cavingjan]

Personally, I use Banshee Alarm on my laptop when I'm on a trip. It even has a snooze bar and is a lot easier and quicker to change. But Task Scheduler works.

 

[rahvin]

Step 1:

Go to X10 and pick up a firecracker Kit.

Step 2:

Buy a table lamp with a 100watt bulb and put it right next to your head (nightstands work well, and the bulb will work better if you don't put a shade on it).

Step 3:

Turn on the lamp, and break off the switch (leaving it always on).

Step 4:

Plug lamp into X10 tramsmitter module and into wall.

Step 5:

Set firecracker software (best way is to use bottlerocket on Linux with a cron job) to turn light on at said wakeup time. Nothing wakes you up quicker than a 100watt lightbulb next to your head. The X10 modules also make a nice LOUD clicking sound when they flip the switch.