Problem (see below) solved. Bought a new clock radio.
Doesn't blink. Calm restored.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The Clock Flashes At Midnight
It is 11:59 p.m. I am waiting for the clock to advance to 12 midnight. And when it does, it flashes as if we have had a power loss. But the power is constant, no loss. Is my clock confused? Is it flashing a warning of ...what? ETs? DTs? SSTs (they're obsolete), LSDs? (Now there's a thought!).
The strange thing is it continues to keep correct time, but it also continues to flash. If I reset it to 11:59 it jumps to 12:00 and starts flashing. So I reset it to 12:01 and it stops flashing. So now I am one minute ahead of the correct time.
This has been going on for months and while I see no solution in sight, I also am not too concerned about it, although it can be annoying.
I started this blog about being puzzled by the plethora of modern gizmos and their insistence we be in constant contact with everyone at every moment.
But this is a throwback. A radio clock running amok? An artifact of an ancient age trying to run with the blackberrys, the droids, etc.?
Give it a rest, clock. Just tell me the right time.
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The strange thing is it continues to keep correct time, but it also continues to flash. If I reset it to 11:59 it jumps to 12:00 and starts flashing. So I reset it to 12:01 and it stops flashing. So now I am one minute ahead of the correct time.
This has been going on for months and while I see no solution in sight, I also am not too concerned about it, although it can be annoying.
I started this blog about being puzzled by the plethora of modern gizmos and their insistence we be in constant contact with everyone at every moment.
But this is a throwback. A radio clock running amok? An artifact of an ancient age trying to run with the blackberrys, the droids, etc.?
Give it a rest, clock. Just tell me the right time.
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