December 2009
The motor of our battery operated wall clocks would die when it’s batteries goes dead. How can I prevent this?
The guy who fixes watches said this was because I use energizer batteries which has too much power for the motor. He suggested that using an ordinary alkaline battery would prolong the motor life, is this true? If so why?
too much power? he needs to try to explain that one.
a circuit will only [...]
How do I turn off the alarm function on the Avon Spafinder alarm clock?
I just received my Avon Spafinder alarm clock and am trying to find out how to turn the alarm function off when I don’t need it on weekends. The instructions are not very good. Also, does anybody know what the "reset" button is for? Again, it’s not mentioned in the instructions.
Thanks!
I own this clock. It [...]
what country did cuckoo clocks originate from?
It’s either Germany, Switzerland or Austria right?
The cuckoo clock actually originated in the Black Forest area of Southern Germany, when a clockmaker named Franz Ketterer made the first one.
The reason the Swiss are associated with it is because after the bombings of the world wars, many of the German workshops were destroyed and Swiss clockmakers [...]
How can digital clocks count seconds?
Is there some kind of mechanism in digital alarm clocks, microwaves, digital timers, etc. that tells the device when a second/minute/etc. has passed? How in the world does this work?
I can’t say directly what happens in alarm clocks, but with computers they have clock chips which "click" thousands, millions and even billions of times [...]
What country or multinational group is in charge of keeping the world clock wound up and on time?
"NIST-F1 is a caesium fountain atomic clock that serves as the United States’ primary time and frequency standard. As of the summer of 2005, it is so accurate that it will neither gain nor lose one second in more than 80 million years. The clock took less than four years to test and build, and [...]
If You’re Considering a Nanny Camera, Read This
Many people have looked into getting a nanny camera for their home. The fact is that you can never be too safe when you hire someone else to watch your kids. However, there are a number of issues to consider before deciding if you should equip your home with a nanny camera. In this article, [...]
Watches That Have Special Features
With today’s ever-growing technology watches are not just for telling time anymore. Of those watches that do just tell time, many of them can tell you the time in more than one time zone.
What else can a watch do? There are many watches that do things besides tell time. Multifunction seems to be a [...]
Blackberry 8300 Will Never Let You Feel Alone
BlackBerry 8300 is a light weight camera phone. It weighs just 111gm. This weight will be considered light in view of the multitude of features that this gadget supports. It has a 2 mega pixel camera and its display can show images in 65K colours with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. It comes [...]
How do I make personlized wall clocks, button Earrings, and put picture in watches and dog tags?
I saw Alot of stuff lyk Jonas Brpthers Jelwery and Dog tags and I wnat to know if I can ,ake them my self with out buying them
This site will give you a tutorial on how to do it on watches.
http://www.pccrafts.com/content/view/26/43/
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How can I use my computer as an alarm clock? Is there such a tool as an mp3 alarm clock?
I’ve seen some programs that allow you to play a favorite tune at an appointed time, an alarm clock in esscence. Yet you have to leave your computer on all night; I’m unwilling to do this as it is a great waste of electricity. Is there any way I can have my computer automaticly boot [...]