[TriLUG] Wake Up tool

Robert Dale robdale at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 15:50:07 EST 2015


I use xfce's xfce-time-out-plugin, pomodoro-style (20 on, 4 off). When
I need flow, I disable it.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
> Depends on how you want to strike the balance between ensuring you'll be
> roused
> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Federal_Signal_Thunderbolt_1003_head.jpg>
> from your coding-induced flow state
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29>, vs. OSHA's guidance
> <https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=standards&p_id=9735>
> against taking my advice...
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at buadh-brath.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Time to come back to the Oracle: ( not the company )
>>
>>
>> For quite some time, I have been thinking about ( needing ) something
>> that will remind me periodically to get up, stretch, have a drink of
>> water, see if the world still exists, whatever.
>>
>> I tend to get single-minded about work, and time passes without my
>> noticing.
>>
>> I know that I can set up a cron job that will fire every hour or two,
>> but what will it fire?
>>
>> I happen to be generally in Debian-based environments, but that doesn't
>> necessarily have to be a determinant.
>>
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
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