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Post by John Cartwright »

Smoking around the computer not only affects your health but the computers aswell
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It must cost a fortune to replace the keyboards you require...;)

I'm an ex-smoker though, so I remember the long nights with a cig in one hand while typing... Time to change the subject...
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Whenever my boss keeps asking for revisions or new things to go into a project, I plainly tell himthe time and money it will cost to put that feature in. Money talks so eventually, he stops asking because the project would be delayed or cost too much ;).

For me, nothing works as well as good music. If I've got good music to listen to, I can happily make it through a day of checking statistics, let alone coding.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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I try to think of new / better ways of doing the same thing over and over again. If there are no new / better ways to do it, I put my mouse on top of my head and try to navigate my computer by thrusting my body forward and backward. If that fails to entertain me, I come to devnet and post meaningless dross in an attempt to entertain you all 8O
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If I am working on something that is tedious/boring then it can be real tough to work on it. I find the best way for me is to put on some good headphones and listen to faster music. This keeps me from thinking how boring the work is. A few cups of coffee also helps.

If it is real bad I would put up a sign, where I can see it from where I am sitting, with super huge font that says something along the lines of "WORK HARDER!". That couples with the other suggestions gets me through the worst of times.
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how is smoking bad for your computer if you smoke near it?
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Smoke consists of dust-size particles. Dust obviously hurts your computer, so smoke would too.
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Post by pilau »

Well when I tend to feel this towards coding sessions that seem to go on forever and ever and ever, I either go to:

A) Change/Add music.
B) Eat something.
C) Do sports.
E) Browse the internet.

(it sepends whether I'm home or not)
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Post by d3ad1ysp0rk »

pilau wrote:Well when I tend to feel this towards coding sessions that seem to go on forever and ever and ever, I either go to:

A) Change/Add music.
B) Eat something.
C) Do sports.
E) Browse the internet.

(it sepends whether I'm home or not)
Well we can see you definately don't study your ABC's(& D's!) when you're tired of coding. :)
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Post by Elizabeth »

Just break a bigger task into little chunks, it's much more manageable and less boring that way. Plus you feel like you've accomplished something. :)
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Post by Skittlewidth »

Wow what a great response!

I wasn't online yesterday as I had to take a sick day (I guess I shouldn't have said I was losing the will to live in my first post!).
Jcart: You are only human, so set a realistic timeframe of how long it will take you to do a project, and how many hours you are willing to commit per day to it.
Unfortunately when I give a realistic time quote to my boss he tends to cut it down claiming that we'll lose the client because they won't want to pay for the time. This is obviously stupid because the project then ends up taking the time I said it would plus time for clients messing us around and they've only paid for half that. I try giving ridiculous time estimates anticipating my boss's adjustments but so far that hasn't worked either - it just makes me look slow and incompetent. And of course I'll be the first to be made redundant when the company loses too much money from using my boss's methods... 8O

Good music is definately important in getting through the day. Shame the office radio is permanently tuned to Radio 1. :x Long live XFM.
I've also found that offering to buy a round of icecream gives me 15 minutes or so to breathe as everyone has to stop working and concentrate on keeping one step ahead of that melting cornetto... :wink:
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skittlewidth wrote: I've also found that offering to buy a round of icecream gives me 15 minutes or so to breathe as everyone has to stop working and concentrate on keeping one step ahead of that melting cornetto...
lol :lol:
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Post by Grim... »

pickle wrote:Smoke consists of dust-size particles. Dust obviously hurts your computer, so smoke would too.
Ph34r my smoke filters ;)

I worked in a PC repair shop for about 2 years, so I know what smoke can do to systems.

Far, far worse, however, is cat hair.
The stuff is a nightmare.
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Elizabeth wrote:Just break a bigger task into little chunks, it's much more manageable and less boring that way. Plus you feel like you've accomplished something. :)
That is a great idea. And you can get bored from a project at different levels or the piece you have is just too big so this is how I break my projects down.

Phases (3-6 month chunks)
Milestones (2-4 week chunks)
and then Tasks (10 minutes - 8 hour chunks).
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