daylightsavingstime

—>Daylight savings time ends today. It's the "good" one, so you get to set your clocks back an hour and go back to sleep. If you're reading this at eight, for instance, set your clock back to 7. Your cellphone, and if it's set to automatically adjust for daylight savings changes, your computer most likely has already changed to adjust so if you're confused just go off that. Today is also a good day to do this twice-yearly change of the batteries in your fire and smoke alarms, and change your windshield wipers. How do you plan on spending your extra hour?  More »

—>Congress will sneak into your bedroom tonight and steal a precious hour of sleep, but you don't need to take the theft lying down. Get up tomorrow and use a few tips from Consumer Reports to steal back some hard-earned cash.  More »

Rumor has it that the RIAA is plotting to steal from anyone who has ever illegally downloaded music a single hour of sleep early Sunday morning. Adjust your clocks accordingly.  More »

—>If your electronics mistakenly reset themselves standard time yesterday, you'd better fix them. Daylight Savings Time is set to end one week later than usual (on November 4th), due to a law change.   More »

—>Today, Cingular texted Kevin that he needed to update his phone for daylight savings time. Thanks for the heads up! — BEN POPKEN  More »

For three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs ''should view any appointments... as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees.''  More »

Howdy kids! Fall Back Day is Sunday and this here is the very last Halloween that will fall after the end of Daylight Savings Time. Why? The Energy Policy Act of 2005, extends Daylight Savings Time by 4 weeks! The result? An estimated energy savings of 1% nationally.  More »