Every day, I am bestowed with a finite amount of mental manna. I can use this mental manna in a variety of ways; however, once it is gone, I am reduced to performing brain-dead activities. Mental manna can be used for writing, car work, programming, etc.; just about anything that requires a certain level of concentration.
There are a couple of extra facets to this brain-energy. Occasionally, it can be recharged. If I am having trouble writing, doing some reading may replenish a small amount. If I am having "coder's block," wetting the grey matter's palette with a simple programming task that has sat on the back burner may jump start it enough that I can tackle the much larger task at hand. Additionally, if I am in the zone, each unit of mental manna becomes supercharged and is worth like 10 units. The amount of mental manna one is given at the start of each day, I believe, follows the Stephenson equation.
Currently, I have greatly underestimated the intricacies of hand-rolling my own meta-directory. My mental manna is being completely drained. Not only that, but I would give my left arm to have a zone like this right now.
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The Zone is your friend. I'm WAH again tomorrow, going to try to slide back in there.
And the Stephenson equation is God's Honest Truth, which is also why I think I haven't gotten any work done in months.
You know, I did not want to reduce to nagging (like some other people); but where is my Chuckie-style J2EE vs. LAMP run-down?
I'm a fucking cripple for christ's sake! Give me a break.
Honestly, I've been mulling over it for a few hours here and there, and have often considered just posting "Dammit, J$, just use *****!". But no, I'm going to prepare a nice, well thought out piece for you.
And besides, if I remember correctly, we didn't leave Vegas on Friday afternoon, did we?