red eyes

i've been spending way too much time in front of the computer lately and have been getting less and less sleep. as of now, my eyes are so strained/tired/sore, there's more red than white.

how do you guys deal with this? do you just sleep it off or do you do anything else?

To keep myself going, I reach for the Crown Royal. Your eyes will feel no more sore'ness after that...

Heh, my wrists usually burn out from typing code before my eyes do. Damn arthritis...had it since I was 20.

I have no problems

The only thing is that when i code till late or early morning i am really tired the next day. Normally my mind is active enough while programming to keep me going for ages.

i also usually dont have a problem when i stay up coding for most of the night. but my current situation has been going on for the past couple of weeks or so. good thing is the project i'm working on is close to being finished, so i'll probably stay up late only for a week more.

well its good if the end is in sight. Nearly all of the coding work i have done in my life has been custom work for paying clients. None has been for opensource projects.

hopefully, the end is in sight. but my experience when dealing with most clients says otherwise.

MJ, i also have the wrist problem. i think most programmers do.

A lot of other guys have sore wrists but normally its not from programming

A lot of programmers have red eyes, too, but not from programming. . .

Anyway, I'm lucky. The only negative consequence from my many hours in front of a CRT seems to be an extreme addiction to caffeine.

I think the caffeine addiction is actually a pre-requisite of being a computer programmer

I understand the whole wrist thing. Just sitting in front of a computer doing everyday stuff a few hours a day for 15 years will do it to most people. I have been doing it around 10 years and my right wrist is starting to hurt after I game. There are options to reduce stress to your wrist, back, etc..the answer: $$$$$ You can spend anywhere from $400-$1000 getting a decent chair, ecro keyboard and mouse (mostly spent on the chair). But the wrist is the main problem for alot of people.
-andy

I used to get wrist pains, either from long hours of coding or gaming. I didn't spend hundreds, but I got an MS natural keyboard, and a kensington trackball. I put a pillow under the wrist that uses the trackball.

Since then I haven't had any problems, and I've found the trackball is actually more efficient than the mouse. Less movement, more buttons, and after awhile I was even able to be more precise than I could with my mouse. Which helped with Photoshop and gaming.

I kick back in my chair, put the keyboard on my lap, and I'm good to go. Lately I've been thinking about getting a recliner, but that might be a bit much.

I am using a Microsoft Keyboard, but not that natural one. It does have a very good wrist rest though and so due to that i dont get sore. My mouse is a Microsoft Optical. Very smooth and responsive.

I think you need to shut down you computer and to go for a walk

regards
D.

Hehe. Yeah, the natural keyboard is a savior. I also like laptop keyboards, since the keys need very little pressure to push, but they still strain the wrists. Now if there was a natural keyboard with light touch keys...I'd pay quite a bit of money for that.

I actually abandoned trackballs. I had used them exclusively for about 10 years. Now I use optical mice, which are very sensitive and I don't have much problems with them.

As for eyes, I have a very nice monitor, which can do high-resolution and refresh rates at 85 Hz with ease. Both are godsents when you're coding: lots of screen real-estate for multiple windows and white screens that don't flicker.