Online - February 01, 2006

Piece of Wake

Puzzle Alarm Clock

The New York Times Sunday crossword? Sudoku? Rubik’s cube? Pfft. You can solve those suckers in your sleep.

Which may explain why you always need just five (okay, twenty) more minutes in bed.

If your propensity to hit the snooze button is the only thing keeping you down, check out the Puzzle Alarm Clock. When it’s time to get up, this good-morning messenger not only starts the requisite racket, but it also shoots off four colorful puzzle pieces from its top. The only way to bring back silence is to put everything back where it belongs.

So before you know it, you’re out of bed and ready to solve the morning’s first predicament.

Which will most likely be what to wear.

Available online at bimbambanana.com.