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I relax, sit back in my chair, visualize my design, and select some good music.

I then open three windows - Firefox (to test), Putty-SSH to my dev box (to code), and another firefox with pages related to what I'm doing (either user's bug reports, or the php manual).

With those in place, I code until I beat the next bug or feature request on my list. I generally drink sugar-free tang, and listen to music at a medium level. The music is completely varied, with the notable exclusion being country "music". My tastes range from hard-core hard rock, to rap, from disney music, to old(and new) punk.. its all good (except country).

I have vision problems, so by the time I finish one or two items, I'm pretty worn out.

When I finish a task, I try to always add a line to my changelog.
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rooibos tea and soy milk. Love it. Music: pretty much anything from Soma FM, Lounge, Klezmer, Jazz, Classic Guitar etc. etc.
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Gallons of water, loud instrumental music, some coffee & devnetwork - all contribute sincerely to my coding. I am looking to incorporate more ingredients :D
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coffee, lots of coffee
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Post by m3mn0n »

Drink insane amounts of root beer and listen to trance. 8)
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Sami wrote:Drink insane amounts of root beer and listen to trance. 8)

Exchange 'root beer' with 'unlikely huge amounts of coffee' and we are on the same level. Currently listening to all live performances of MarcoV. :wink:

I used to be an excessive snuff (snus in swedish) and nicotine addict, but quit in June. Hence the higher intake of coffee...
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Every 5 minutes of 'typing while thinking', I lean backward and support my tired neck with my two hands. My feet strecth a bit forming a squat position caused not by penalty but by luxury.
Sometimes, I will turn around the cubicle and examine the dirts I made last night or I will look outside the window and see if I can catch any good-looking mamas to pass by the building.
After all this, I go to work with what I left and will wait for another 5 minutes to have a break again.

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$minutes = 0;
while($I_am_nerdy){
    if(++$minutes==5){
       TakeABreak();
       $minutes = 0;
    }
     Work();  
}
8O Boy! I am one hell of a nerd.
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Real nerds don't use busy waiting.. They use interrupts ;)
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Post by patrikG »

Coitus interrupts.
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I concur.


$nerd++;
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Lately I've been coding in front of Movies on my sofa late at night. How can I do that and still code? I don't have any idea -- But I can tell you it's not good for productivity. :D
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neophyte wrote:Lately I've been coding in front of Movies on my sofa late at night. How can I do that and still code? I don't have any idea -- But I can tell you it's not good for productivity. :D
If I'm at home, I almost have to do that. My TV is a right angles to my computer and I find that the flickering light of the TV somehow helps me stay focused on code. So I'll through a movie in, and mute the volume, leaving my music on. Somehow the combination of peripheral visual distraction, decoupled with audio input helps me get into the "zone".
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Roja wrote:I relax, sit back in my chair, visualize my design, and select some good music.

I then open three windows - Firefox (to test), Putty-SSH to my dev box (to code), and another firefox with pages related to what I'm doing (either user's bug reports, or the php manual).

With those in place, I code until I beat the next bug or feature request on my list. I generally drink sugar-free tang, and listen to music at a medium level. The music is completely varied, with the notable exclusion being country "music". My tastes range from hard-core hard rock, to rap, from disney music, to old(and new) punk.. its all good (except country).

I have vision problems, so by the time I finish one or two items, I'm pretty worn out.

When I finish a task, I try to always add a line to my changelog.

8O :? :roll:
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Post by s.dot »

It appears almost everyone drinks insane amounts of something. That's quite interesting.

On a side note, breaking for urination is quite annoying. :lol:
Set Search Time - A google chrome extension. When you search only results from the past year (or set time period) are displayed. Helps tremendously when using new technologies to avoid outdated results.
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Post by feyd »

I've pretty much given up on drinking things with caffeine, and most soft-drinks in general as well. :D
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