you snooze, you lose, indeed.

[faceless_wonder]

presenting the greatest alarm clock ever: the SnūzNLūz.

it's an alarm clock that hooks into your bank account. every time you hit the snooze button, it automatically donates an amount of your money to the cause you program in. the theory is...you tell it to donate money to an organization that you hate, so you have strong financial and ideological disincentives to sleep past your wake-up time.

genius, i tell you.

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Found at the bottom of the linked page

[joaniechachi]

"Really Fine Print: ThinkGeek reserves the right to take up to a 50% commision on all donations made through the SnūzNLūz. In fact the software supplied with the clock ensures such is the case. Yay!. However, we promise to only use the money for rockets and beach front property."

I think they're serious. I can't decide whether that makes me annoyed or amused. I think either way, I've gotta be impressed with the brilliance of their self-interest.