Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-17
Beyond Alarm Makes Getting Out of Bed a Physical Task
An offline Android alarm app that requires a wake-up mission, then blocks selected apps to keep you from crawling back into bed.
Why it surfacedBeyond Alarm turns the alarm clock into a small morning obstacle course: push-ups, squats, barcode hunts, walks, and room photos can earn silence. Its more pointed idea is the lockout that follows, shutting selected apps—and optionally the whole phone—while calls, messages, and maps remain available.
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Monica’s Calendar of Flowers
August 17’s newborn domains include a calendar that spreads flowers for Monica across the months after JP’s death, 17 years of a master mariner’s logbooks, the seconds between a modem connection and the first web request, and an Indian bus cabin carrying 632 songs.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-17 Domain Arrivals issue.