[white-flame]

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us:

- Roll out of bed

- Crawl to your computer station

- Work on hobby projects in your underwear

- Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday

- Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube

- Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair

:-)

[Mizza]

My thoughts exactly. Where's the IRC? Where's the trap music? Where's the high-proof liquor?

How else do you expect to get anything done? :-P

(Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". Honey-moon with a sig-other kind of day, maybe, but some of us like to live more.. intensely.)

[semi-extrinsic]

This was "veldig koselig".

And I wholeheartedly recommend learning how to poach eggs. Not only is it yummy, but there is a distinct pleasure to having your three-year-old sleep over at her grandparents, and at breakfast time there request that her egg be poached.

[flgr]

> Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig".

That word sounds half-way between the English "cozy" and the German "kuschelig". A missing link. Interesting. :)

[Broken_Hippo]

It is kinda cozy and cuddly, kind of. "Koselig" is one of those words that doesn't have a direct translation, and takes a bit of experience for the immigrant (me!) to get an understanding of.

[Broken_Hippo]

Thanks muchly for another example! Harder to grasp for outsiders living here.

[Waterluvian]

Knock over half empty soda can, partially clean up the spill with some pizza greased napkins.

[bitwize]

Preferably Jolt Cola, the official beverage of the elite hacker.

[voidz]

True in the 90s. Nowadays it's Club Mate.

[jschwartzi]

Red Bull if you're in the US.

[choosername]

thought that's a small, german thing

[throwanem]

In the US it's an "I read 2600 Magazine and go to HOPE and I have a point to make" thing.

I mean, it tastes good, and it does carry a decent punch in terms of caffeine. But coffee's a lot more convenient, and you spend less time explaining it.

[ZoF]

Also cheaper.

[hoers]

Not anymore. Saw plenty of club mates at defcon talks.

[bootload]

"Jolt Cola"

I spent half the 90's drinking Jolt from the local Quiky-mart.

[a3n]

Is that still around?

And damn I miss Computer Language magazine, and the covers, and the awards.

[detaro]

I think especially for those of us that do your plan too often it might be worthwhile to consider this "pretentious" version every now and then ;)

[rexpop]

Your aesthetic is a kind of pretense, too.

[white-flame]

The "aesthetic" involved is purely a side effect of focus, on personal creativeness and learning. There's no aesthetic goal being pursued, as in the case of using fine dishes and caring about dress.

Many of us long to take a break from obligations and sink into a deep state of singular flow on our creative hobbies, whether it be software, building a ship in a bottle, working on that car rusting in the garage, etc. To be able to take a full day, ignore everything else, and spend it on exactly one passion project is a personal, internal joy; not one predicated on pretensing up to match externally presented standards.

[swift]

It is a genuinely poisonous idea, and one we should all seek to rid ourselves of, that other people do not really enjoy the things they seem to enjoy, but are instead involved in some kind of status pantomime that we like to call pretension.

By thinking this way, we misunderstand and alienate ourselves from other people, and we cut ourselves off from experiences that we might really enjoy. Given that we all only have a limited time on this planet, that's a high price to pay indeed.

Don't mean to jump on you specifically; I just found the use of the word "pretentious" in this thread very triggering. =p

[Normal_gaussian]

The way you are presenting it, and what caused you to present it, shows it is a pretense. That does not stop it being other things, but it is a pretense.

[manish_gill]

Your approach is what I do. The OP is what I would like to do.

There's nothing pretentious or high maintenance about either! :p

[dominotw]

This is exactly how my day is going to be today. Glad I never got married or decided to have children.

[a3n]

I delivered my only-born to college two days ago. I miss him already. And we have had many days together much like the one described in the article.

[madaxe_again]

1) jump out of bed at 6am, revelling in another fresh day with limitless possibilities!

2) stuff 'n shit

3) wake with a start at 4am in an armchair, with huple's cat on your face. Stagger to bed.

4) goto 1.

[premek]

:(