Re: Top 10 things to read when your flight is canceled

The last time I was at loose ends in an airport I was working my way through Effective Perl Programming, Hall & Schwartz, for the second time. If I were stranded today, I have Advanced Perl Programming, 2nd Ed., Simon Cozens, in the back-pack. I like to have something useful to read when I am taking a take a sanity break from work. (My Boss thinks I just go find an out-of-the-way table and think Deep Thoughts About Work when I go on breaks....)

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OGB

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Re^2: Top 10 things to read when your flight is canceled by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Mar 14, 2007 at 14:55 UTC
OGB said: (My Boss thinks I just go find an out-of-the-way table and think Deep Thoughts About Work when I go on breaks....) That's such a strange phenomenon, but it's a very useful one. My (slightly)PHB has a similar misconception. Since I often come back from breaks with good ideas to sticky problems, he has come to believe that my breaks involve me disappearing to puzzle on Deep Matters of the Project.^* Naturally, it follows that I need to take more breaks. ;-) : In reality, I go for a walk by the river (nearby); or, in colder weather, perhaps retire to a conference room (we have no lounge) with a fresh cuppa and my Nintendo DS. It's the relaxation that helps me percolate the good ideas. ;-) <–radiant.matrix–> Ramblings and references The Code that can be seen is not the true Code* I haven't found a problem yet that can't be solved by a well-placed trebuchet	[reply]

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Re^2: Top 10 things to read when your flight is canceled
by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Mar 14, 2007 at 14:55 UTC

OGB said:

(My Boss thinks I just go find an out-of-the-way table and think Deep Thoughts About Work when I go on breaks....)

That's such a strange phenomenon, but it's a very useful one. My (slightly)PHB has a similar misconception. Since I often come back from breaks with good ideas to sticky problems, he has come to believe that my breaks involve me disappearing to puzzle on Deep Matters of the Project.^* Naturally, it follows that I need to take more breaks. ;-)

*: In reality, I go for a walk by the river (nearby); or, in colder weather, perhaps retire to a conference room (we have no lounge) with a fresh cuppa and my Nintendo DS. It's the relaxation that helps me percolate the good ideas. ;-)

<–radiant.matrix–>
Ramblings and references
The Code that can be seen is not the true Code
I haven't found a problem yet that can't be solved by a well-placed trebuchet

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