CFLs do work with dimmers, but you must get ones that are especially made for dimming, otherwise you get very short lifespan on the CFL. Not that I have any dimmers, I watch my movies in a dark room. My biggest gripe with dimmable CFL is that they can't dim all the way down to zero. They "pop" on at about 20% and they "pop" back off when you try to dim them lower. It's just the way the technology works.
That's fine for "mood lighting" at dinner, but probably brighter than ideal for wathcing movies or nightlights. Also, in a lighting system, dimmers are usually used to bring the lights on in to their preset levels smoothly over a second or a few seconds. CFL can't do that; the lights still need to click on when you push the switch.
I have Compact Flourescent bulbs in all of my lamps at home. I don't mind the light quality at all. I like the power saving. Still, I won't be replacing any of my lights on dimmers with dimmable CFL.
These urls with embedded information are insidious, as most email readers are set to load included images by default--the images you see in spams are almost never attached files. They're uaually linked to by html code in the email. So they know your're a valid spam target just for taking a glance. While this should not be news to many of you, I just realized that this irritating behavior can be used to sweeten a honeypot address. By downloading these images and following these links automatically, from an email address you never intend to read, you can waste sppammer bandwidth and confirm your fake honeypot address as 'valid' in one action. How about a.procmailrc recipe that uses curl, wget and/or lynx to load and possibly recurse links sent to these addresses automagically?
...why not use a timer program on the computer that will pop up something on your screen...
There is a simple program for OS X called EggTimer that you may want to try if you are lucky enough to own a mac.:) Otherwise, I'm sure this isn't the only such project out there. Personally, I prefer an actual physical one timer.
I use an analog dial timer with a quartz movement. the digital type take too long to set and the dial type that run without batteries make a loud rattling noise while they're running.. The one I use has a long alarm so that it's still bugging me if I don't pay attention to it immediately.
My egg-timer with a dial is very very easy to set and it doesn't require me to switch programs to turn the dial again. I can do it with just one glance and one ajustment of the dial. It's all about the workflow efficiency.
Anything more complicated than this and I tend not to reset the thing, thinking I'll do it in "just a moment." Those moments can grow to a very long time without a timer set to interrupt (that's the whole point of the timer).
I have severe ADD and a job that requires me to work independantly and get stuff done. I have been using an egg-timer that I have modified (busted) so that it is too quiet for my coworkers to hear outside of my cube. This keeps the lynch mobs at bay.
I keep a list right next to the timer and when something comes up that needs doing but isn't what is at the top of my list (a distraction), I write it down on the list. Since the egg timer interrupts me every few minutes, I don't find myself pissing away as much time when I do get distrsacted.
Another reason my mind wanders is boredom. I always make sure I switch tasks when the timer rings if I can switch and come back later without losing my place in what I was doing. That way, I am always doing something new and I don't just give up and go read slashdot.
This also helps with procrastination. I find it easier to start on even the most odious tasks if I know that in 10 minutes, I can put it down for a bit and catch up on my email.
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That's fine for "mood lighting" at dinner, but probably brighter than ideal for wathcing movies or nightlights. Also, in a lighting system, dimmers are usually used to bring the lights on in to their preset levels smoothly over a second or a few seconds. CFL can't do that; the lights still need to click on when you push the switch.
I have Compact Flourescent bulbs in all of my lamps at home. I don't mind the light quality at all. I like the power saving. Still, I won't be replacing any of my lights on dimmers with dimmable CFL.
Sorry to hear that. There's a spectacular cinematic victory sequence when you beat level 95.
Don't bother now. I think somebody's already seen it...
yes. Especially the morons. they are likely to misclassify more often when training, thus tanting the data.
These urls with embedded information are insidious, as most email readers are set to load included images by default--the images you see in spams are almost never attached files. They're uaually linked to by html code in the email. So they know your're a valid spam target just for taking a glance. While this should not be news to many of you, I just realized that this irritating behavior can be used to sweeten a honeypot address. By downloading these images and following these links automatically, from an email address you never intend to read, you can waste sppammer bandwidth and confirm your fake honeypot address as 'valid' in one action. How about a .procmailrc recipe that uses curl, wget and/or lynx to load and possibly recurse links sent to these addresses automagically?
Nope, you'll have to unhook and pull your cabling out on Christmas Eve. Alternatively, you can just download all your presents from alt.binaries.
...why not use a timer program on the computer that will pop up something on your screen...
:) Otherwise, I'm sure this isn't the only such project out there. Personally, I prefer an actual physical one timer.
There is a simple program for OS X called EggTimer that you may want to try if you are lucky enough to own a mac.
I use an analog dial timer with a quartz movement. the digital type take too long to set and the dial type that run without batteries make a loud rattling noise while they're running.. The one I use has a long alarm so that it's still bugging me if I don't pay attention to it immediately.
My egg-timer with a dial is very very easy to set and it doesn't require me to switch programs to turn the dial again. I can do it with just one glance and one ajustment of the dial. It's all about the workflow efficiency.
Anything more complicated than this and I tend not to reset the thing, thinking I'll do it in "just a moment." Those moments can grow to a very long time without a timer set to interrupt (that's the whole point of the timer).
I have severe ADD and a job that requires me to work independantly and get stuff done. I have been using an egg-timer that I have modified (busted) so that it is too quiet for my coworkers to hear outside of my cube. This keeps the lynch mobs at bay.
I keep a list right next to the timer and when something comes up that needs doing but isn't what is at the top of my list (a distraction), I write it down on the list. Since the egg timer interrupts me every few minutes, I don't find myself pissing away as much time when I do get distrsacted.
Another reason my mind wanders is boredom. I always make sure I switch tasks when the timer rings if I can switch and come back later without losing my place in what I was doing. That way, I am always doing something new and I don't just give up and go read slashdot.
This also helps with procrastination. I find it easier to start on even the most odious tasks if I know that in 10 minutes, I can put it down for a bit and catch up on my email.