Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Did you set your clocks back one hour? I'm curious about something. How many devices did you have to alter? This is a good test of one's technological immersion. I had to alter nine devices: (1) my Casio wristwatch; (2) my Bose stereo system; (3) my Polar bike computer; (4) my GE kitchen range; (5) my Magic Chef microwave oven; (6) my wall clock in the living room; (7) my Sony alarm clock in the bedroom; (8) my Panasonic telephone; and (9) my car (a 2007 Honda Accord). Two devices—my Dell desktop computer and my Charter cable-television box—set themselves. The next time I fire up my Acer notebook computer, it will set itself.