My name is not Harry Palmer

[hirez]

If you're stuck inside a Len Deighton book, I suspect being woken regularly by having a bright light shone in your face is no fun at all. If you're me, it appears to be a tolerably good way to start the day.

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[jarkman.livejournal.com]

Sad ?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Actually quite cheerful post long phonecall w/Ma. (Agriculture, Masonry, failures of technology, Peel - usual sort of ground)

[FX: Rimshot]

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

:-)

I tried a wakey-up light a few years ago, but it did nothing for me. Now, of course, I wake up early whether I want to or not. I think I need something which radiates extra dark in the mornings.

[eljaydaly.livejournal.com]

Did you get a light box? I've heard great things about those!

(Me, I'm one of the lucky ones who'd be happy if it were midnight 24/7. I should have been a vampire.)

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Not quite. (You freak... :) )

Actually, I was thinking about the tail-end of VPX (in response to a n00b asking if it should bunk off early on Friday. Ans: No!) and I think that long drive back down I95(?) was probably the best wasy of decompressing from the experience. For me, anyway. All I had to do was sit there...

[eljaydaly.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I hope he takes your advice.

[drumiller.livejournal.com]

One of those incrementally illuminating globes? I think the fiancee needs one. Either that or you're caravaning around the globe for optimal sunshine. Wotzercallit... positive photic response triggering some lovely serotonin levels? I'm also intrigued on the flip side issues for starting the sleep cycle and managing the monitor's color levels.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

The former, sadly. It certainly seems to be a Good Thing, but this is only the start of the second week with the device.

A sun-following robotic caravan would be rather Ballardian.

[drumiller.livejournal.com]

Do let me know how that works out... something we may need/want to invest in.

[(Anonymous)]

Experimenting with F.lux... sort of like it, but as the monitor's colour is profiled, I could manually switch day & not-day profiles. And then I'd have a reasonable idea what photos looked like.

Also, tried wakey-uppy lights and discovered they worked as well as "sounds like a siren" 1980s digital alarm clock. i.e. for ca. 2 weeks. Then I adjusted. And reverted to "sleep mode on".

Do like "daylight" bulbs all over the place though. The main problem being leaving them on 'cos it looks like "real" light.

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good case for justifiable homicide in my book.

[bmlg.livejournal.com]

The light I wouldn't mind, especially at this time of year. As long as it isn't accompanied by large shouting men and having to sit in a hard wooden chair and (not) answer questions.