Peaceful awakenings

Excitement over SLEEP 2009 overshadowed another big development in my snooze world: I am now the well-rested, calm owner of Zen Alarm Clock. Hooray!

I can't say that awakening is a "beautiful experience," despite the claims of product literature--but it is certainly more soothing with this clock. The acoustic chime rings at increasingly shorter intervals (the timing is based on the golden ratio in math that is too complicated for me to understand).

Though the chime tends to leave a ringing in my ears, it's--surprisingly--sort of pleasant and energizing, rather than headache making. To sum up: so far, so good. I'll report more, too, as I use it more.

ib: 11:47 shuteye: 12:44 wu: 7:47 oob: 8:06 total: 7 h 3 min score: could be better but I won't complain