Gadget Lights Keeping You Up at Night? Join The Club
These are the lights that never go out. They blink, they flicker and they can be annoying as all heck.
They are your gadget lights, and you'll find them everywhere. Just to name a few, you'll discover lights on your TV, stereo, alarm clock, cell phone, laptop and Internet router. They pay no mind to time of day or your sleep schedule -- wake up in the middle of the night, and you most likely bear witness to an electronic fireworks display, with a mix of different lights flashing, glowing and pulsing away.
People are getting tired of the invasion of blinking devices, and they're finally doing something about it. To make dorm room life more bearable, Rafael Garcia, a Cornell University Student, covers the lights of his electronics with black tape, and he even goes so far as to cover up his desktop. New Yorker Tom Hespos puts a pillow between himself and his alarm clock in order to cut down on the bright lights.
While you can't always turn these gadgets off, save yourself from insomnia and do something about the issue. If you can turn them off, do so and get a good night's sleep. [Source: Newsvine]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chad @ Jul 31st 2008 5:31PM
I used to do all of those things until I realized wearing a sleep mask took care of all of it simply if not stylishly.
Anne Wingate @ Jul 31st 2008 8:45PM
That's what sleep masks are for. I have about a dozen, so that if I get behind on my laundry I still have some that are clean. I started using them about a year ago; a neighbor whose house is back to back with me has a security light that is mis-aimed, comes on whenever the wind blows the branches of my trees, and shines right into my bedroom window and turns off and on and off and on and off and on . . . Now I can sleep.
Montusama @ Aug 1st 2008 8:03AM
I don't really have that problem, i have lights but it wasn't an issue until i got my new computer case....(antec 900) and the blue light is ANNOYING as heck....so i just move my chair in the way and throw like a shirt on it to cover it up, though i noticed my phone charger's green light is also a bit annoying.....but thats because i'm like a foot from it
POKETNRJSH @ Aug 4th 2008 7:35PM
@Montusama: heh, I have the same case...I keep my case on my windowsill and I just close my blinds over the case.
Daniel Gaunt @ Aug 4th 2008 7:43PM
yeah this is so familiar, especially my wireless hub and wireless laser mouse also gadgets that hum and buzz... grrr, luckily my new computer is designed to be silent!!!
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Roberta Brodin @ Aug 6th 2008 2:10AM
Don't forget all those gadgets that have CLOCKS on the fromt of the, dvd, vcr,microwave, cable box ---then you lose power and have blinking "12:00"'s all over the place!!!!! I ahve an air purifier with a blue light that is bright enough to use as a night light!!!!!