
Today's random wanderings through the internet brought be, as the often do, to a place of joy. In this case, the joy was a wonderful idea for an alarm clock: the
Wake n' Bacon. The idea is you'd put a frozen piece of bacon inside before going to bed, set the alarm, and wake to the delicious smell of fresh-cooked bacon in the morning. Waking up like that, how could the rest of your day be less than perfect?
How does it work? Well, the clock is actually set to go off ten minutes before the time you want to get up. When it does, go off, it triggers a pair of halogen lights inside the box to light up, which slow-cooks the bacon for around ten minutes. There are all manner of proposed add-ons, from sirens to alarms to bedshakers, but in the end, they build the bacon cooking unit itself.
I'll admit, I'm a little leery of the idea of having a piece of uncooked bacon lying around overnight, and assuming it'll be cooked enough to eat when I get up. In the summer, I doubt it'd stay particularly cold overnight in my house, and even if it did, my dog would steal it long before cooking time. But I'd be interested in a more advanced model that addresses these concerns, especially if they find a way to fry eggs in the bacon grease automatically, and perhaps provide a steaming bowl of grits on the side.
Now, despite
Scalzi's Law, I haven't yet sent this over to
John Scalzi, but I'm sure he either already knows about it, or will hear about it shortly.
Comments
See, the problem here being
See, the problem here being that the rest of your day might suck, because what would compare to waking up to bacon.
You gotta use this thing wisely...it could mess up your whole day. Maybe save it for weekends, which are apt to suck much less.
Awesome! I would wear those.
Awesome! I would wear those. The question, of course, is whether they actually smell like bacon.
Did I show you the Bacon
Did I show you the Bacon Shoes?