Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On 9/5/07, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Point taken. I thought I was being funny at the time (i.e. coming up >> with creative definitions for a non-word that only had 95,000 results in >> Google). Things seem funnier when one lacks sleep. Which I lack. My >> insomnia is being particularly bothersome lately. I thought I had a >> sure-fire method for falling asleep and, all of a sudden, during this >> past week, the method refuses to work. It probably has to do with the >> project I'm working on right now. (I did dream about a farm of sorts >> where watermelons grew in bunches on _trees_ last night...so there was >> at least one REM cycle to help keep me sane). > > I've noticed working on code right before hitting the sack is a > surefire way to insomnia (speaking as someone who also suffers from > it) ... reading Richard Dawkins books don't help either. :-| > > -- Brett > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi
The "sure fire" way that usually works is to wait for my joints to warm up to roughly the same temperature as the rest of me and then completely blank my mind. There's a 5 minute window to fall asleep in before the temperature becomes too varied, but forcefully falling sleep at that point is actually doable. I don't know why writing code before sleep causes insomnia, but one would think it wouldn't (i.e. it just seems like an incredibly boring activity). Actually, I don't think code is the cause so much as the problem-solving part of writing code is...it is almost like problem-solving emits adrenaline or something. I'm definitely more angsty when I'm thinking through a problem. Especially a problem that I think I should have finished solving two weeks ago. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
