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Usually any old thundering Delta Blues tune will do. Not the phony stuff that passes for R&B nowadays. Give me old school stuff from Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon etc. I especially like Steppenwolf's version of "Hoochie Coochie Man"[^]
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Yeah, thats my kind of music, good old thumping blues/rock. I have a great heavy version of Boom Boom by Hooker that also excellent.
You must like my choice to I guess?
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Munchies_Matt wrote: You must like my choice to I guess?
Oh heck yes. Thorogood's among my favorites.
Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.
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A couple years ago, my kid did a project on Muddy Waters for school, so being the responsible parent I took him to the Blues Heaven Foundation[^] at the site of the old Chess records building in Chicago. Where I talked with Willie Dixons grandson, and played his bass for a little while, it was pretty darn cool. 
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jeron1 wrote: it was pretty darn cool.
Yeah, I'm a little jealous right now.
Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.
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Michael Giacchino is incredible, the Lost soundtrack is amazing!
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I wake up to talk radio.
At the time the radio starts up (5h45), there is a song that is playing, but it changes every morning.
I'd rather be phishing!
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My favorite is my vibrating wristwatch. Tried waking up with music, failed. When music plays, I integrate that into my dreams instead of waking up.
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Ah, OK. I wake up when I want, but love this tune to crank up first thing when I make my green tea. Really kicks the day off with a smile!
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The only time I've used an alarm clock in the last 25 years or so is when I'm traveling and I have an early flight. I despise alarms of all shapes and sizes.
I get migraines  , and one of the keys to managing them is ensuring I get enough sleep. If I need to sleep in an extra 15 or 30 minutes in the morning, I do it. As it is, I'm usually the first one in to work at 7:00 a.m or so.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Pretty much anything by Sully Erna and Godsmack will get your blood moving, but this is my favourite:
Godsmack - Drum Battle - Sully Erna vs Shannon Larkin (HD)[^]
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I rarely use alarm - flexible work hour I suppose.
Alexa waits me up when alarm is necessary.
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Coffee maker; dog whining. Not necessarily in that order.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Don't need an alarm clock, dogs and cats are on that. But just in terms of getting the mood up getting your steam on I like Elvis Costello's "This Year's Model". IMO it's one of those rare albums where every track is great. "Pump It Up" however is a shot of pure adrenaline.
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Yeah, that is a good song!
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I used to wake up to Sonny&Cher, “I got you, babe” but I could never get moving forward with it.
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If I needed to get amped up on the drive in it will be Rush, Boston, Van Halen (not Van Hagar), Robin Trower, etc.
This is a great waker-upper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTZHHQplIX8
"Just one more morning, I have to wake up with the blues..."
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I've received an email from a prospective employer inviting me to set up a job interview. A note at the end requests a link to my GitHub code repo or sample code/projects prior to the interview.
I don't have a personal GitHub repo or code samples because, unlike probably most here, I no longer do programming as a hobby on my own time. Everything I've done in the last 15 years that the interviewer would be interested in is proprietary code I've written for my current employer, and I don't feel comfortable sharing that outside the company, even though the two industries are not related by any stretch of the imagination, so they wouldn't be able to benefit.
What would you do in this situation? Rewrite some of your code to remove any hints of its purpose or value to your employer? Write new code?
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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TNCaver wrote: unlike probably most here, I no longer do programming as a hobby on my own time
Er hum, cough. never. I only do it if someone is paying. Cant stand bloody computers.
TNCaver wrote: proprietary code I've written for my current employer
You should still keep your own library of code, so you can cut and paste it into new projects, then charge the client full whack for doing sod all.
Use that.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: I only do it if someone is paying
Me too. Coding at home would be like a dentist going home every night and practicing on his family and friends.
I don't deal with clients. I have never worked for a code-for-hire shop (and don't plan to start now). I code for the needs of the company I work for, their web site, their intranet, their windows services, and now, their Salesforce implementation (yuck, and one of many reasons I'm leaving after 17 years here).
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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