[Jewelry making - Article 00054] - Re: [Orchid] Concentration and productivity

[Dave Sebaste]

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>     I wonder who else is like this. I like to "watch" tv or at least
>     listen to NPR while I work. 

    I had just returned from taking my daughter to school and was
    watching CNN when the infamous attacks occurred on the World Trade
    Center in New York on September 11. I watched it unfold in real-time
    on TV. In the following days, I lost a lot of hours hovering around
    the TV, in case something developed. The problem was that my first
    real show was in two weeks and there was a lot to be done. I ended up
    putting a TV in the studio (I had already run the cable) so I could
    monitor events but still remain productive. In the following months I
    would wean myself from the news channels and keep it on the History
    Channel, or something else more positive and constructive. I also
    like the Food Network, since cooking is one of my other creative
    pleasures. 

    In general, looping back to other messages in this thread, I prefer
    to listen to music. I like any kind of music, as long as its rock!
    Right now I'm listening to some Blues Traveler as I write this. Radio
    in this area is tolerable, but repetitious. The advertising is what
    really drives me nuts (cable TV, too).  I take CDs out to the studio,
    but I end up listening to one several times in a row, rather than
    getting up to change it. I have notorious bad luck with CD changers
    (and electric can openers, too). 

    My wife and I have an extensive collection of CDs. I'm finally
    giving in to the idea of burning them all onto a hard drive and
    making it into a kind of digital juke box. I'm thinking that the
    wireless network I just installed will allow me to access digital
    music from this source just about anywhere on the property. Imagine a
    radio station that only plays music that you like and doesn't have
    any ads, or any DJs for that matter!  Worth pursuing! I just have to
    look into a software application that will manage all the recorded
    media. 

All the best,

Dave

Dave Sebaste
Sebaste Studio
Charlotte, NC (USA)

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