Four things that have made my life awesome lately

[starlady]

Because it's not all doom and gloom (and it's for damn sure not all book reviews, either) around here, I swear.

# Auto-reload on my Clipper card. Number of times I have been caught fareless riding around the Bay area since setting it up: 0!

# georgetakei on Twitter!

# f.lux on my computer! The link goes to rydra_wong's rec post. I haven't noticed a radical improvement in my sleep habits (because my sleep habits are terrible), but I have noticed much, much less eye-strain, and a more natural feeling of tiredness around midnight. It'd be amazing just for the eyestrain relief.

# Chocolate banaana bread OMNOMNOM. Being me, I have a few modifications: I used three large bananas and added an extra 1/2 Tbsp (=1.5 tsp) of cocoa powder; baking time needs to be increased to about 90 minutes. I also used light sour cream (and semi-sweet chocolate chips). Conclusion: BEST EVER.

Comments

[teigh_corvus]

Yay for the banana bread recipe! I am currently on a quest for good banana bread [and good quickbreads in general] - I just tried a buttermilk banana bread recipe yesterday, with good results. Chocolate sounds like a lovely addition!

[starlady]

It was so good.

[juniperphoenix]

Oh my god, f.lux is awesome. I've been using it too since rydra's post, and I think it's reduced the frequency and severity of my headaches.

[starlady]

Yeah, it's seriously great.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Just installed f.lux. Already the color seems more pleasant -- a nice rosy glow -- and I'll be very interested to see if this does anything to my seriously night-shifted schedule.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

I think I still have mine set to flourescent light; I should see about dialing it down further.

I noticed the improvement in eyestrain (or more precisely, the lessening thereof) immediately; and I do think it's helped me feel tired earlier--it's a subtle change, but perceptible. But other people seem to have had much more dramatic effects.