Polyphasic Sleep - Days 5 & 6

Sick of sleeping through my alarm, I decided to make it near impossible to oversleep.

Nearly, but not completely impossible.

I found a cool website,  http://www.nakedalarmclock.com, which offers a free online alarm clock. I loaded this onto my eeePC and put it on the top of my wardrobe, accessible only by ladder or standing on a chair.

Turns out my laptop has a very short battery life.

After three days of consistently oversleeping during my 5:00 AM nap, I've decided to change to a more flexible schedule. Instead of 4 evenly spaced 2 hour naps throughout the day, I will take a 20 minute nap at 11:00, 17:00 and 22:00, plus a 3 hour "core sleep" at 3:00 AM (commonly referred to as the "Everyman Schedule"). While not quite as dramatic (or insane) as the "Dymaxion Schedule", the extra sleep will allow for an easier transition period. While I would still like to attempt Dymaxion sleep, it would require an extra week or two away from work; something which I don't think my boss would be too happy with.

At the moment I'm fairly confident I can maintain the Everyman schedule, with the possibility of chipping away at the core sleep in the future.