Clocky

Clocky is a clock for people who have trouble getting out of bed. When the snooze bar is pressed, Clocky rolls off the table and finds a hiding spot, a new one every day.

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I don't like being told when to wake up but I've come to terms with the idea that I have to. In designing Clocky, I was in part inspired by kittens I've had that would bite my toes every morning. Clocky is less of an annoying device as it is a troublesome pet that you love anyway.

This is brilliant, and also pretty damned funny. I especially like the suggestion that Clockies may, in a future version, conspire with one another to handle especially recalcitrant sleepers.

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Laptop screens whose "desktop backgrounds" have been carefully contrived to make the laptop look transparent. Very cool effect; I'm especially impressed by the one involving a cat.

A Belgian Sims-inspired public service announcement that illustrates the perils of (teenage) pregnancy. (I'm here to say that looking after your child while studying doesn't get any easier when you're 32.)

Octopi walking underwater. With, like, videos. V. cool.