Need a nice timing/scheduling program

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andrewanimation

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Hello,

I'm looking for a nice timing/scheduling program that will do things like play a certain sound file and/or give a pop-up notification every hour, or whatever I set it to, because I'd like to be reminded every hour to close my eyes for 5 minutes, as a method of keeping my eyes from being sore from prolonged computer use. (I'm a novelist and use the computer about 14 hours a day)

I've been using a simple timer program, but it isn't scheduled, it requires me to start it up every time, and I very often forget to reset it. So I'm looking for software that's a bit more advanced.

For example, I'd like it to play a sound file or show a notification every 20 minutes to tell me to focus my eyes on something far away for a minute, then I'd like it to play a different sound file or notification every 1 hour for when I have to rest my eyes for 5 minutes, after which point it'll tell me to get back to work, and it'll be like it automatically starts the next 1 hour countdown, because it'll all be scheduled.

Basically, I wanna be a robot. :D

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
andrewanimation said:
Hello,
I'm looking for a nice timing/scheduling program that will do things like play a certain sound file and/or give a pop-up notification every hour, or whatever I set it to, because I'd like to be reminded every hour to close my eyes for 5 minutes, as a method of keeping my eyes from being sore from prolonged computer use. (I'm a novelist and use the computer about 14 hours a day)
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you should know better than to use a PC 14 hour day :rolleyes:
andrewanimation said:
I've been using a simple timer program, but it isn't scheduled, it requires me to start it up every time, and I very often forget to reset it. So I'm looking for software that's a bit more advanced.
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Schedule task s for windows solve many problems , try that
andrewanimation said:
For example, I'd like it to play a sound file or show a notification every 20 minutes to tell me to focus my eyes on something far away for a minute, then I'd like it to play a different sound file or notification every 1 hour for when I have to rest my eyes for 5 minutes, after which point it'll tell me to get back to work, and it'll be like it automatically starts the next 1 hour countdown, because it'll all be scheduled.
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yes, windows schedule task
andrewanimation said:
Basically, I wanna be a robot. :D
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yeah right :rolleyes:
 
Are you sure about that? I just tried it, but it looks like it only runs a program for you at the time you specify, whereas I'm looking for something with more advanced, detailed options for notifications that happen multiple times a day
 
Lol, patrick, it's okay, let someone else try to help me. It's not that easy. What I'm looking for is something more advanced than an alarm clock, so I'm hoping someone just happens to know of software that can do this. It's not something I can google for, as no search terms can explain it. Here's an exact example of the kind of schedule that I'm trying to find a program that can set up:

12:00 PM - Rest your eyes (5 minutes)
12:05 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
12:25 PM - Focus your eyes elsewhere (1 minute)
12:26 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
12:46 PM - Focus your eyes elsewhere (1 minute)
12:47 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
1:07 PM - Rest your eyes (equivalent to 12:00 PM command)
Repeat
 
andrewanimation said:
Lol, patrick, it's okay, let someone else try to help me. It's not that easy. What I'm looking for is something more advanced than an alarm clock, so I'm hoping someone just happens to know of software that can do this. It's not something I can google for, as no search terms can explain it. Here's an exact example of the kind of schedule that I'm trying to find a program that can set up:

12:00 PM - Rest your eyes (5 minutes)
12:05 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
12:25 PM - Focus your eyes elsewhere (1 minute)
12:26 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
12:46 PM - Focus your eyes elsewhere (1 minute)
12:47 PM - Get back to work (20 minutes)
1:07 PM - Rest your eyes (equivalent to 12:00 PM command)
Repeat
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lol:D
yeah i had difficulties looking for the right words for google but anyways am just tryin to help.
And stop being a weirdo, your health comes first not some stinking computer,probably thats why nobody helped you.
you know you should rest your eyes at 12 do it yourself, stop being....urrmmm..computer-dependent (if that word exist)
no seriously, thats some weird schedule :D:rolleyes:
 
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haha.. well it's more about reminding me than anything else. i'm a pretty hardcore novelist, and i just have no way to remember when i'm supposed to give my eyes a break, without something popping up and reminding me. i work at the computer about 14 hrs a day, so something like this is crucial for my eye health

but someone at another forum recommended 'Scheduled Tasks' in the Control Panel, and so far it looks like it does the job, albeit in a different way than i had anticipated, because it just uses 2 unique repeating tasks. i'm going to see if what i've set up there does the job (opens text file every 21 minutes saying to look elsewhere, and a different text file every 63 minutes saying to rest my eyes, which gives me 1 minute for looking elsewhere and 3 minutes for shut-eye, and 21 x 3=63, so it works in itself, i suppose)

thanks for your time
 
andrewanimation said:
haha.. well it's more about reminding me than anything else. i'm a pretty hardcore novelist, and i just have no way to remember when i'm supposed to give my eyes a break, without something popping up and reminding me. i work at the computer about 14 hrs a day, so something like this is crucial for my eye health

but someone at another forum recommended 'Scheduled Tasks' in the Control Panel, and so far it looks like it does the job, albeit in a different way than i had anticipated, because it just uses 2 unique repeating tasks. i'm going to see if what i've set up there does the job (opens text file every 21 minutes saying to look elsewhere, and a different text file every 63 minutes saying to rest my eyes, which gives me 1 minute for looking elsewhere and 3 minutes for shut-eye, and 21 x 3=63, so it works in itself, i suppose)

thanks for your time
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you see, you're really dope, i already told you Schedule tasks before but you didn't listen, big silly :D:rolleyes:
 
oh, right, i had to hear it twice to check it out i guess. the first time i heard of it, from you, i only gave it a quick look-through, and when i heard of it a second time, i decided to look at that 'advanced' option, and that's where i saw the repeating feature i didn't see the first time

thanks=)
 
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