How do programmers relax?

[waqarkhan1988]

gr8 ;P

[Pawel Krakowiak]

V. wrote:

me, my wife our backpacks and our two little feet

Must be hard... ;P

[waqarkhan1988]

it's the best... ;)

[Filip C]

movies indeed! :) or nap :zzz:

[Filip C]

haha X|

[User 2823383]

Floating in the pool, looking at stars, while listening to 60's and 70's rock music. Science fiction; reading or watching.

[keencomputer]

I once drove my 1985 Mercedes 300D to chase fying geese all across Eastern Canada and look at beatiful feast of colurs of Maple trees-- Red, Yellow, Blue and Green- Puctuated by Canada geese, drone of Diesel Engine and Truck stop Cofee. I was trying to recreate-- Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenenace- Prisig I guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig[^] But That is another form of relaxation.

Tapas Shome System Software Engineer Keen Computer Solutions 1408 Erin Street Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3E 2S8 http://www.keencomputer.com

[VipulPathak]

"Age of the Empire" is a perfect Relaxation tool for me ... :)

Vipul Pathak (Sr. Software Engineer) Indore - INDIA.

[gri]

Breaking the rules with the motorcycle on my way home :)

[Stuart Dootson]

5-a-side footie (soccer for the wrong-thinkers among us - I mean how can American football be football - they hold the ball in their hands 95% of the time). Spend an hour running around getting sweaty, shouting at other people and trying to inflict grievous harm on them. What could be better :-)

[Tom Deketelaere]

watching movie's, taking the dog for a walk, drawing on the pc in either illustrator or sketchup (I know strange but it relaxes me what can I say), playing a game on the pc (not to long get's boring after a while), or going out (sometimes coding for fun, but hasn't happened latly)

[ditchit]

Spending my hard earned cash on my hobby. Building, flying and crashing radio control model airplanes. Gets me out in the fresh air (or rain and wind as we mostly get in the UK). Fairly vital after a long week in the office behind monitor. http://www.youtube.com/user/ditchit

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[David B Taylor]

Write more code... but this time only the interesting and fun stuff.

[hairy_hats]

Stuart Dootson wrote:

I mean how can American football be football - they hold the ball in their hands 95% of the time

So that's where Maradona got his inspiration.

[Nagy Vilmos]

Children. I have two beautiful[1] little girls and just being with them is enough to relax me. Even when they're being the Terror Monsters from the Darkest Pit. I also have a half hour on the train to get home, so I read a book; it's very good detox. Alternating between fiction and non-fiction. I'm going to start reading Pterry's "Moving Pictures" tonight. [1] After thirty *cough* *cough* and a bit years, I still think to myself "'Boiled eggs are useful to Italians', fumed Uncle Leonard" whenever I have to spell beautiful. I was told that ONCE when I was about six.

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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

[B V Papadopoulos]

Do some easy manual labour work. Tighting bolts, re-organizing and cleaning the desk, cleaning the sink, build a plastik model kit...

Code4Fun&&$$$

[Dark Hippo]

I read, dive (scuba), climb (indoor bouldering), hit the gym, and occasionally play a little WoW. Since I spend all day in front of a computer, I like to get out and about to relax.

[apocsantoz]

Read some nice book, play airsoft, whatever works to relax after a working day

[Brady Kelly]

Drink beer and sleep.

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[Russell Jones]

Dark Hippo wrote:

...climb (indoor bouldering)...

Climbing's my thing too. Do a bit of bouldering but not as much as I ought to. Most other exercise I do is just to get myself in shape for the rock. My fingers are still trying to recover from a weekend hauling up some really flinty rock near Swanage.