Trouble getting to sleep at night? Try orange sunglasses
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
I see the reasoning behind it, but the sunglasses would have to block out almost all blue light. I think glasses designed to block lasers would work, but the sunglasses might work too.
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
John C wrote:
When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot.
Yeah, I've noticed the same thing - I fall asleep fast when the power is out. Of course, it's also quiet (amazing how quiet it gets when nothing in the house is running and few people are even out driving...) and very dark... I guess you could try just using a Hot Dog Stand color scheme & see if that helps...
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
then the CP color scheme should make us sleepy and insomniacs at the same time :confused:
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
Interesting theory. Now only if I had some to try.
John
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Interesting theory. Now only if I had some to try.
John
Indeed, sleep is for the weak (i.e., me).
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
Thank God Chris had the wisdom to include a healthy balance of blue and orange in the design of CodeProject! We get enough amber tones to cancel out the negative effects of our monitors, and all fall gently asleep at the reasonable hour of 3 AM local time. I feel sorry for all those people at Facebook and Myspace who are inundated by blue tones all the time they spend there. No wonder they're all so dull-witted; sleep deprivation makes one stupid. Alas, there's nothing to be done for those at AOL, poor sods... :((
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Thank God Chris had the wisdom to include a healthy balance of blue and orange in the design of CodeProject! We get enough amber tones to cancel out the negative effects of our monitors, and all fall gently asleep at the reasonable hour of 3 AM local time. I feel sorry for all those people at Facebook and Myspace who are inundated by blue tones all the time they spend there. No wonder they're all so dull-witted; sleep deprivation makes one stupid. Alas, there's nothing to be done for those at AOL, poor sods... :((
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Roger Wright wrote:
I feel sorry for all those people at Facebook and Myspace
Such as... yourself, Rog? :-D
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Roger Wright wrote:
I feel sorry for all those people at Facebook and Myspace
Such as... yourself, Rog? :-D
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
And you would know about that how? :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
John C wrote:
Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness.
:wtf: Are you sure? My bedroom walls are blue colored. :~ And after reading this i would like to experience...
Believe Yourself™
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
I usually have this problem too. If it works please give feedback, I'll test it as well.
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That looks really cool, might try it on my home PC. I wonder how long before they use the webcam to detect the lighting conditions like my phone does?
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
Let us know how it turns out please. I have been having trouble getting to sleep for years now, this might just explain it.
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I see the reasoning behind it, but the sunglasses would have to block out almost all blue light. I think glasses designed to block lasers would work, but the sunglasses might work too.
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Came across something weird that makes sense today. The human body generates a natural compound called Melatonin regulates sleep. It's produced by the body when it's dark. Blue light causes the body to stop melatonin production which triggers wakefulness. Those of us that tend to stare at bright monitors late at night could be triggering insomnia by the lack of melatonin production. Purportedly wearing amber or yellow sunglasses that block blue light allows the body to naturally produce melatonin and make you sleepy. I've noticed that if I go onto the computer before bed I tend to stay up way later than I intended to. Since I already have amber sunglasses I'm going to give it a spin and try it out by putting them on an hour before I want to be sleepy and see what happens. I'd be curious if anyone else tries this to see what their experience is as well. Something that seems to really back this up for me is we get a lot of power outages here in the fall and winter due to huge storms that roll through the Pacific Northwest and trees falling across the power lines. When the power goes out in the afternoon or evening when I'd normally be on the computer or watching TV etc I notice I start to get really sleepy and yawn a lot. Course it could just be boredom but I think it's a neat thing to try out.
"I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter." — Blaise Pascal
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Thanks, Kent, the 'Flux software is fascinating : I have it on now, and have set the latitude and longitude properly for my location in Asia. CP is now a strange salmon-pinkish color. For me a certain shade of light blue is inherently "peaceful, and I usually paint my bedroom ceiling that shade of blue, with the walls white, favoring also translucent blue curtains. best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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And you would know about that how? :-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Why, from the fact that you've mentioned your escapades on said websites numerous times right here on CP, Rog! :-D (And no, I don't have a Myspace account.)
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)