Timer Alarm Gizmo (for reminders)

Miami307

Hi there

I'm looking to buy a small timer alarm which I can set to remind me to move away from my computer frequently and do some exercises. I have a painful degernative neck condition which is made worse by not moving around, and regular exercise definitely relieves some of the pain ~ but I find I get so involved in working at the computer and staring at the screen .......

I would like to set the alarm to go off hourly during the day - from monday to friday only.

Does anyone know of such an item at a reasonable price please? Hope you can help.

With thanks

TaBunny

Hey there Miami, sorry to hear about your neck I sympathise I have RA and it's murder in the neck. Re the alarm, can you not set up something on your mobile, I have a setting in mine called tasks and it will let me put reminders in and set an alarm, either that or just set the actual alarm for a few hours maybe 1 or 2 depending on the interval you need between rest and movement. Of course you could always get a little lcd timer from a pound shop like the ones used for cooking, mainly only go up to 1 hour but it may help and it'll be cheap, good luck.

TaBunny

P.s. welcome to MSE

Miami307

Hey TaBunny

Thanks for the ideas

Miami

Zagu

Gotta be a piece of free software that can do that. Have a look on Download.com for Alarm or Reminder. Set it to free license and use the rating system to make your choice.

cwoodham

Miami,

There are different ways to do this:
If you have Outlook on your PC you can set alarms there. If not a free program like Stickies should do:

http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

It's like Post-It notes for the PC. I've just checked mine and one option is to set it to show a reminder note every hour with a sound. It takes a little figuring out but once you have mastered it, it should do the trick.

I also saw this mentioned in a copy of PC Answers. It's called Scream Saver:

http://www.infinn.com/screamsaver.html

It is marketed as 'break reminder software'. You can download a free demo for 30 days and see what you think. Then it costs £19.95. HTH.

Miami307

Thank you SO much ~ I've downloaded it to my home PC and it looks great ~ and I'll try it at work on Monday. Thanks for taking the time.

Miami

judderman62

indeed most PIM (Personal Information Manager) type software should be able to do something similar too:

https://www.essentialpim.com is particularly excellent :-)

hth