A Programmers Lifestyle

There are many health concerns when it comes to having a job as a programmer. This is because at their job they are very sedentary. Even if the job provides a stand up desk a programmer can easily start having health issues. It is very important to have some sort of hobby that you do outside of work in order to stay active. Even if that hobby is going for a walk in a park every other day, which will also help keep you from experiencing mental exhaustion. Also make sure to keep your keyboard at the edge of your desk which will force you to not rest your wrists on the table. This can lead to wrist pain. With keeping up with those two habits it makes things a lot easier on you in the long run. Although there are many more things that can be done to stay healthy. One thing is to avoid caffeine as much as possible, even though it may be tempting to drink a ton of caffeine in order to get extra work done it is probably better to just get some sleep and try in the morning. This also goes for food, it is tempting to eat pizza most of the time since it is easy but getting into the habit of cooking your own food will do a great deal for your health, and your wallet.

Summary of a healthy programmers lifestyle:

Have an active hobby
Use proper technique when typing and position your keyboard accordingly
Avoid copious amounts of caffeine
Get plenty of sleep
Cook your own food

If anyone has any more suggestions for young programmers to stay healthy then leave a comment.

Lynx: A text based browser

I have recently stumbled upon this text based web browser and it is really nice for when you just want to read a lot of text conveniently on a screen. It also keeps you from using youtube and other similar services. This will also prevent you from seeing so many adds on the internet and pop up adds are a thing of the past. Not only that you can easily customize a terminal to look how you like and the font that you want. So this makes reading in a terminal very enticing. So if you don’t like how the browser is displaying your content then it may be time to try out a text based browser. You can get Lynx from their website.

If you have used this text based editor then leave a comment below to tell everyone how you like it.

Dolphin on Mac

Dolphin is a Gamecube emulator that you can use to play any old game from the Gamecube. This can bring back really great memories of playing classic games like “Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 & 2”. It even lets you play multiplayer on those games across the internet. So you can easily connect with old friends and play like you used to do when everyone was little. There are also ways to get true online gaming for some games, if they still have a server going or you make your own server for the game. It is extremely simple to set up the program and start playing the game right away. You can find any old Gamecube game online to download. You can download Dolphin at their website.

If you are interested in emulators then you may want to know about OpenEMU for macs.