7. Electrohome Projection Alarm Clock
For $30, it’s a cool gizmo or a neat gift. (Or both.) You can swivel the projector arm 180 degrees to display the time (or temperature) on the wall or the ceiling so you can see the time in the wee hours without having to lift your head. Unlike most alarm clocks where you’re forced to actually pick up your head or at least roll over to see the display. (The nerve.) If you’re worried about brightness, you can control that. Some bonus features include automatically adjusting for Daylight Savings Time and a battery back-up in case of power failure. The alarm will still wake you while the rest of the neighborhood oversleeps. It also lets you program two daily alarms if you’re sharing it. . . or if you’re just one of those folks who needs two alarms in the morning. You can even use the AM/FM radio to wake you.
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8. ARRIS SURFboard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem
It’s all about speed. Right? If you can count to five while your page downloads, chances are you’re going to be frustrated in minutes. Or seconds. Enter the SURFboard. Ahem. Enter the blazing-fast SURFboard. With its 343 Mbps download speeds, your computer system will let you purchase a Fire TV Stick, win a hand of online speed poker and stream the opening scene of The Fast and the Furious before other weaker modems download one page. Ok, that’s exaggerated. (Maybe.) But the SURFboard is 8X faster than its predecessor and it’s easy to install. Ideal if you want your home system to be super fast.