1. Tuck a hot-water bottle between your feet or wear a pair of ski socks to bed. The science is a little complicated, but warm feet help your body’s internal temperature get to the optimal level for sleep. Essentially, you sleep best when your core temperature drops. By warming your feet, you make sure blood flows well through your legs, allowing your trunk to cool.
2. Figure out your body cycle. Ever find that you get really sleepy at 10 p.m., that the sleepiness passes, and that by the time the late news comes on, you’re wide-awake? Some experts believe sleepiness comes in cycles. Push past a period of sleepiness and you likely won’t be able to fall asleep very easily for a while. If you’ve noticed these kinds of rhythms in your own body clock, use them to your advantage. When sleepiness comes, get to bed. Otherwise, it might be a long time until you are ready to fall asleep again.
3. Take a combination supplement with 600 mg calcium and 300 mg magnesium before bed. Not only will you be providing your bones with a healthy dose of minerals, but magnesium is a natural sedative. Additionally, calcium helps regulate muscle movements. Too little of either can lead to leg cramps, and even a slight deficiency of magnesium can leave you lying there with a racing mind.
4. Eat a handful of walnuts before bed. Walnuts are a good source of tryptophan, a sleep-enhancing amino acid.
5. Take antacids right after dinner, not before bed. Antacids contain aluminum, which appears to interfere with your sleep.
6. Spend 10 minutes journaling the day’s events or feelings after tucking yourself into bed. This “data dump” will help turn off the repeating tape of our day that often plays in our minds, keeping us from falling asleep.
Month: June 2009
but does it float
“extra-super-trustworthy”
The actual business plan was that Clear would do detailed background checks on travellers, who would then be trusted to bypass security completely because they were extra-super-trustworthy.
The eternal optimism of the Clear mind – Joel on Software
I just went through the TSA screening process, so this is a topic I’d really like some answers on… like, has even one single shoe bomb been found since they started doing the absolutely silly shoes off shuffle with every passenger at every airport? Has anything even remotely suspect been found in a shoe? Anything?
Maybe I should read “the news” more often, but TSA is a joke. The agent who was checking ID’s joked that she was going to the TSA screener of the year awared today (because she was really fast and super friendly-unlike about 99% of the clowns I encountered during the whole laptop/shoes/conveyor belt act.
When I carried my plastic trays over to my seat, one of the agents followed me and stood very much inside of my personal space while I put my shoes back on and re-bagged my laptop, scooping up my two plastic trays with a slight scowl as though some security risk had just been averted.
Yeah, I love flying.
US tries to stop Geronimo lawsuit
US tries to stop Geronimo lawsuit
US government officials are trying to halt a lawsuit by Geronimo’s descendants to have the Apache leader’s remains reburied.
Work starts on New Mexico spaceport
Work starts on New Mexico spaceport
Construction begins at the site of the world’s first commercial spaceport, a project aimed at revolutionising space exploration.
Nokia N80
Look at what I had found! (via shawnblog)
I’ve been in the ever frustrating “gotta get a new phone” mode lately because my free phone benefit from Sprint is coming to an end next month. The new iPhone 3GS, Nokia’s N97 and the upcoming Samsung Pixon12 have had my attention in varying degrees.
The carrier question has been on my mind as well. I’ve used them all in the past and Sprint has been about as good as the others for me over the last couple of years.
Yesterday, it dawned on me that I still had my Nokia N80. I moved recently and had thrown a lot of things out, so I wasn’t sure if or where I might have the phone. I knew I hadn’t sold it and I was beginning to doubt my sanity if, after all, it turned out that I had thrown it out… I mean, it’s old hotness, but it’s a great camera phone!
So, here it is, all cleaned up and ready for either T-Mobile or AT&T with no contract. I just need to find out which makes the most sense for me.
As always, but even more now, I would appreciate your comments if you have any carrier preferences, thoughts, etc.
Family Surprised At Czech Meaning Of ‘Say Cheese’
When Danielle Smith posted a family picture on her Web site and some social networking sites, little did she expect that a life-sized version would end up in the window of a Czech grocery store….
I live in a crazy time.
I live in a crazy time.
Anne Frank, 1929 – 1945
via QOTD
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
Cordell Hull, 1871 – 1955
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