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gnubardt on Jan 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Impossible for the HN crowd: Do nothing for 2 minu...

Workrave[1] and antirsi[2] have helped me take breaks like this regularly. Beyond the wrist relief it's nice to take a short break and refresh my mind before continuing work.

[1]http://www.workrave.org/ [2]http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/

pmsaue0 on Jan 20, 2011 | [–]

I use these: http://www.scirocco.ca/takeabreak.html and http://www.dejal.com/timeout/

There is a work method based on this as well: http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

pmsaue0 on Jan 20, 2011 | [–]

it's also nice to not work

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