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 at braille and hope it's appropriate? John in California ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Nowak <romualt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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 at 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 at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
