If Kirk R isn't telling us to drop this quickly digressing thread, then I think it's ok. Greg On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:18:31PM -0700, John W. Cummings wrote: > 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 at megsinet.net> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
