Since quite a few here spend 10+ hours a day in front of their monitors and stress their eyes with it would you consider it worthwhile the investment to go with a LaCie, NEC or EIZO display instead of the common HP/DELL office screens? The biggest advantage even if you do not work with imaging seems to be the build in colorimeter to wor...
We have been assigned to build a e-health platform for a customer, and in the design process we have arrived to this dilema: We have two options for the data model, the HL7 RIM (reference information model) and another one (still to be designed). Although the RIM has been documented extensively and it seems very complete, I'm not sure ...
Recently my eyes have been giving me trouble. (Fatigued, Blurriness, Headache) The eye doc said my in good shape. I ditched my CRTs for a pair of LCDs, that helped a lot. The lighting in the office is not great, but I can't change it yet... Have you used computer glasses? Do they really help? UPDATE I have been wearing computer glasses ...
This question on computer glasses reminded me that the next time I need to get a new pair of spectacles I've been thinking of getting photochromic lenses, which darken automatically in sunlight (UV specifically). Been getting sick of having to fiddle with clip-on sunglasses. My only concern is that there may be some drawbacks for those...
Duplicate: Tips for reducing eye strain I always experience pain in my eyes after just a few hours of working in front of the monitor. Specifically, there is a sharp aching at what feels like the back of my eye, and once I start to feel it I have to lie down and it helps to close the lights and blinds. What are some things professiona...
Has anyone tried using foot pedals in addition to the traditional keyboard and mouse combo to improve your effectiveness in the editor? Any actual experiences out there? Does it work, or is it just for carpal tunnel relief? I found one blog entry from a programmer who actually tried it: So now I can type using my feet for most of th...
I was busy programming and I didn't notice that my room went dark. I switched on the lights. Then it struck to me. People say that while reading light should be in the front. What do you think will be a good position for the light while programming to reduce eye-strain? P.S: Ignore the light coming from the monitor! ...
Many of us tend to stare at a console / terminal screen for much of the day. What set of colors do you use on your terminal? Which do you find cause more eye strain / fatigue? I tend to find grey on black to be easiest on the eyes, but are there other color choices that may be more eye friendly? ...
We programmers generally need to work for long continuous hours, which turns our brain battery down. What things you do to keep your brain fresh and concentrated? ...
Recently, I've realized that I have stopped blinking while working at a computer. Are there any programs available to assist with blinking? Is it feasible to build a program with OpenCV (or similar software) with a camera to detect blinking (and the absence of) and maintain a decent blink rate? ...
From wikipedia: The primary symptoms of OCPD are a preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, and schedules; being very rigid and inflexible in their beliefs; showing perfectionism that interferes with completing a task; excessive focus on being productive with their time; being very conscientious; having inflexib...
I was highly impressed with this question and its responses concerning domain knowledge in the finance industry and it was very useful to understand what kind of expertise one need before starting Programming in Finance Industry. I want to get domain knowledge to start programming in Health Care Industry and so how should I go about i...
Hi, I'm trying to build a CCD document. My application has some raw data which has to be converted into a CCD document. And I've no idea where I should start from!! From this thread I learned that MDHT and Braid can be used to create a CCD document. But thats all I could grasp. I thought that I need a CCD XSD, a java library which will...
Hi, I have a project where the is windows, freebsd and linux servers. I have to monitor some services : mysql replication status www status status with regexp on a webpage space on disk Is there open source software to do this and rapid to deploy ? Thanks in advance Best regards ...
Hi , Was wondering if ASP.NET's System.web.Management can be used for logging events like userLogin, Passwordchanges,access to some resources or should we use the system.Web.Management for logging of errors and healthmonitoring Is there any way that I can do the logging of events without re-inventing the whole thing. I know ELMAH is us...
hi all. i want to write a server health monitoring tool. i want to a tool that periodically check server's availability and alert when any problems has occurred.i searched on google and noticed that i colud use JMX for my case. but when i read JMX documentation, i have confused. so i need help about how to do this. for example a tool t...
hi all. i want to write a server health monitoring tool. i want to a tool that periodically check server's availability and alert when any problems has occurred.i searched on google and noticed that i colud use JMX for my case. but when i read JMX documentation, i have confused. so i need help about how to do this. for example a tool t...
I cannot get this to work for the life of me, I am attempting to gain 3-legged Oauth access, but I can't get the first step to work. My Code so Far: include("OAuth.php"); $consumer_key = "anonymous"; $consumer_secret = "anonymous"; define("URI", "http://www.google.com"); $request_token_url = URI.'/accounts/OAuthGetRequestToken?scope=h...