From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from psmtp1.array3.laserlink.net ([63.65.123.51] helo=smtp1.quixnet.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15XyU1-0005cq-00 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 01:17:17 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust147.tnt1.clovis.ca.da.uu.net [63.61.6.147]) by smtp1.quixnet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA17665; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 05:17:19 GMT Message-ID: <000c01c127a5$39b2f0c0$99a6fea9@oemcomputer> From: "John W. Cummings" To: Cc: "John W. Cummings" References: <20010817231012.E652@linserver.megsinet.net> Subject: Re: lookin' good Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:18:31 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "John W. Cummings" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Jania & Greg, "Dreaming is the best way to travel." Credit: Moody Blues. On a slightly more serious note, I've survived these many years of staying up into the wee hours by way of taking what someone's call "power naps" = naps of 20 to 30 minutes but NOT and hour and I find myself waking up refreshed! And good for many more hours. Back to answers in a dream" -- been there and had that experience. Wonder who else out there has had this experience? This is my first posting since joining speakup@braille and hope it's appropriate? John in California ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Nowak To: Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:10 PM Subject: Re: lookin' good > The human brain is an interesting organ, is it not? > I've often heard it said that you shouldn't think directly > at a problem to help you solve it. > Instead, think around it, and the solution will most likely come to you. > Dreaming is a good state to think around a problem. > Greg > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:31:51PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Scott: > > > > I can't tell you how often this has worked for me. Particularly, on a > > large programming project many many years ago, it actually became a > > reliable pattern for me. I would find myself stuck sometime late in the > > evening--usually around midnight. I just couldn't figure what was wrong. I > > learned to go to sleep. > > > > Sure enough. Somewhere around maybe 4, maybe 5, I'd jump out of bed having > > awakened with a start. I actually dreamed the solution. Over and over > > again, time after time, I'd run to the computer and make the change. > > Bingo! Everything worked. And, then, it was on to the next problem, and on > > to the next point of frustration and confusion, etc., etc., etc. > > > > PS: Lest you think I lived on 4 hours sleep, that's approximately correct. > > But these were pgrogramming jags of one to three weeks--with weeks off > > inbetween. Meanwhile, I would also take a nap of around half an hour > > somewhere early to mid afternoon. It's the nap that actually kept me going > > on this kind of crazy schedule. > > > > Ah, the days of being free and fancy loose to just write, write, write. > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >