As we have promised before, here we start our first lifestyle related discussion @ greenTechspot. The basic motivation behind this is to enjoy some geeky and non-geeky juice of our life and have our so earned break! Obviously we will be getting bored after much hi-fi technical discussion so lets just sit back for sometime and spread our legs on those easy chair and talk about how we spend the most time of our life! So let me be first!
Ok! As you have noticed on the “About Us” section its clearly mentioned that I am a techie since the age of 12! Hey now I didn bluffed 😛 . Actually I always manage my time table in accordance with priority! Like at the time of tests and exams, learn and explore new stuffs while sitting infront of ma PC and so! Here is a glimpse what I do and may be most geeky person do to maintain their geeky life [and yaa not just a geeky life, A killer and most importantly balanced Geeky life]
Ok first thing comes first! In our free time we sit about 10-15 hrs [ahem! do u think its a little bit high :P, I dont think so! ask urself :D] infront of PC right? Obviously we just cant sit all the day on that hard wood chair! So lets place something soft on it 😉
2. A Powerful PC:
So far personally I have worked on PC’s starting from intel celeron 1.2 GHz, 128 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD ~ PC to my current much powerful intel core2duo 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 512MB G-card, 500 GB HDD ~ PC. One thing is obvious that technology evolves with time and keep on advancing through out the ages. So its unlikely that we shall be upgrading our PC now and then but just make sure that we upgrade atleast once in 2-3 years! Hey now I am not filthy rich ok! 😛
3. Some drink:
When it comes to drink I prefer plain old water! Nothing to beat it :P. Sometime I do have some sprite but I prefer not to use any colored drinks! Ask about Hot drink and my first preference is Coffee, and after that of course Tea.
4. Have some snacks ready at our hand:
Now we do feel hungry dont we? What we don’t? Yaa, yaa, I know we often forget about it while coding a php or JS! Hey but this is not a good practice isn’t it? So better we should take care of our life and always [Now dont take this literally] make our mouth do the work :D. I prefer some good old biscuits and some good candy! Now dont start smoking or drinking! Its a reaally bad habit! When you feel hungry just rush to your nearby shop and have something of your choice and enjoy it for the next of your work session. Now don’t forget to take your breakfast, lunch and dinner at proper time! Hey we are a geeks right? So better take care of our geeky life!
5. Take care of your Regular routine:
This is the worst thing to manage! We often forget to study, take bath or even sleep while making our geeky mind work! and this results in some frustration! See being techie is nice but this should not stop the flow of our regular life! What I have been doing is making a chart on my bulletin board to manage my studies and internet! Now make the time-table in a such way that following 70% of it can make some serious +VE change on our life!
6. Go outside:
Hey spend so much time on your PC! Its time to go outside! Well I don’t prefer to play cricket or football but I do go outside to have some walk! This lowers the pressure and frustration and helps to add more ideas and innovation to our geeky mind! If you know driving then going for a semi-long drive can help!
7. Socialize ~ Not virtually but actually:
We do spend some time on social networking sites like orkut, facebook etc but this is not the end of our social life! We should be having some real world friends also! In fact if you are too much into social networking [Personally I am not!] then try making your real word friends your social networking friends!
8. Solve loads of Maths:
Have a geek mind? Really? Then test it solving maths! Yes plane old maths! I have found programming similar to mathematics! If we can solve complex numerical problems we can learn programming at ease! Can’t believe? Try it yourself!
9. Have a Girl friend/ Boy friend? ~ Give him/her time:
Duh the most valuable thing we often forget! Happens to boys most the time though, but I have also came across many geeky girls and their condition are the same!! Ask youself? It’s whom, with you share all your feelings? Who is the person to whom you excitedly tell about your new program or Web-app?
The answer is one! isn’t it? So don’t hesitate to give him/her the same love and time also even if you programing something really important! Nothing is important than life! Isn’t it?
10. Share your problems:
Hey everyone faces some problem in life and we do need to share them buddy! You know the best person to share your problem with! Yes its your parents! No one can take their place! Just ask them about your problem, be honest and you will surely get some relief 🙂
11. Take a break:
Last but not least, don’t forget to take some break from all this! Go and watch some TV, have some walk, talk with your friends or just play some computer game [My favorite ~ NFS and Burnout paradise]
Have your say:
This is what I think about an ideal geeky well balanced life style. I try to follow most of them but obviously its unlikely that we will not make any mistake! But mistakes are something from which we can learn! So don’t forget to add up your comments also to share your ideology about your/our precious life!
I've been working and using my computer for some years now… and one of the biggest problem i had with my pc is low memory that can result to computer freezing when i am doing something.