vishaldpatel

I'm reasonably fit, but I'd never stood for the whole day, until two weeks ago. Then I started running the family business while the parents went away for vacation. I decided to stand / walk instead of grabbing a stool because I thought it would compensate for the lack of other exercise I'd be getting - business hours are fairly long, and I really don't feel like workout out after.

Take-aways so far:

- When standing, I automatically change it up - sometimes I stand up-right, sometimes I stand with my legs split a bit.

- After a couple of days of discomfort, I can basically stand all day, no issues.

- I come home, and sit. And if I'm watching TV, I pass out for a good 20 minutes. Automatic nap.

- I don't feel sleepy at work at all. Zero lethargy. I don't feel sleepy after lunch.

Some advice:

- Try to engage your core, your glutes, legs.. different muscles to keep you upright.

- Change things up. I try not to lurch. To lower myself, I split my legs a bit. Sometimes for fun (while reading email, random junk online..) I do a half-squat.

Don't forget to exercise, just in case.

tl;dr - everything that can break will probably break. Everything else will just get torn to shreds.

Imagine having more electricity than we need in California, especially from wind. We could desalinate water from the ocean all night long.

If you're on Firefox on the desktop, then it installs the add-on. To see which add-ons you have installed, go to Tools -> Add-ons in Firefox! Thanks for trying out the plug in :)

Haha - I tried it. It's shocking at first and annoying soon after. I figured that soft power is the way to go.

There's no substitute for a healthy lifestyle. That said, even with one, you may find that you need a tool like this. I know I do.

I added the ability to turn it off as a feature after needing it! =). But yeah - there are heavier alternatives for heavier needs.

I'm sure there are - not sure how lightweight they are though. I'll release a Chrome extension fairly soon.

The hostfile is great! I use it for more permanent blocks. Reason I use the plugin is to be able to turn blocking on and off quickly if I need to, and as of the next version which will hopefully be available tomorrow, I'll be able to block going to sub-directories.

So, say you have a habit of typing in /r/cars ... I don't know how to block that using a hostfile, but with the plugin this won't be a problem.