Living in the zone

Re:Living in the zone by chrishenn on Friday April 15, 2011 @04:20PM (#2452048)

Ever listen to Ricardo Villalobos? It's some of my favorite background/work music, it's very minimal. I often find listening to long mixes (Fabric CD's or something similar) works really well for helping me concentrate.

When I sit down to do work, it's usually around 7pm and it's homework. I don't like homework, but I dislike spending too much time on it even more. Often I'll go to check Facebook or HN after typing out a sentence or so, because it feels like a reward. It took me a while to realize how miserable it made the whole process.

Now if I want to get stuff done I'll remove distractions. No computer if possible---if I do have to use it I'll turn off Internet or edit my hosts file, which is usually a big enough roadblock to send me back to work. I turn off my phone. I also find that Tea helps me tremendously, in addition to tasting delicious :)

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Re:Living in the zone by Tycho on Sunday April 17, 2011 @05:55PM (#2457139)

Good stuff I found recently is electronic composer Maximillien Mathevon. He does music for documentaries mostly I think but also releases albums of good chillout music. 'A Pause In Your Life' is a good album/collection

'Moving Immobility' :

http://open.spotify.com/track/4Wcwk5QWQusi1t8KejoHw3

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Re:Living in the zone by redthrowaway on Saturday April 16, 2011 @12:27AM (#2453170)

I deleted my reddit account a few days ago and added reddit.com to hosts, but I've found its effectiveness very sporadic. Firefox and Opera can't connect, but Chrome and Safari can. I'm confused as to why "127.0.0.1 reddit.com" works for some browsers but not for others.

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Re:Living in the zone by ivank on Saturday April 16, 2011 @03:11AM (#2453457)

Are some browsers going straight to www.reddit.com, perhaps?

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