Coffee engineering

pushpendrak · wrote on 1 Oct 2010, 10:19

i like coffee at work place but alas! it is in morning only. :( ...........

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 12:12

tamhanna, coffee is not only caffeine. It is ritual :)

giesbert · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 12:42

We have free coffee machines in the office, but I only neet the water heater to make my tea. I prefer tea, and I drink a lot of tea each day... but only black one

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 12:47

Gerolf, I'm with you hehe. I also prefer tea :)

tamhanna, it is individual. Tea helps me being awake more than coffee.

giesbert · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 13:35

:-) Tea is ok to stay awake, but don't cook it for 20 minutes...
And as I don't drink coffe (never didi it), what is the alternative?
And tea is really good...
I like the flavoer ones...

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 13:41

Gerolf, smoking helps me too. Sometimes Cola.

giesbert · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 14:23

Cola is only suggar, wuähh.. :-)
And I also don't smoke.
But Tea helps a lot, only 3 mins cooking and will get good ...

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 14:41

Gerolf, also sometimes physical exercises help me, but only if I'm not too tired before them :)

xsacha · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 16:02

Doesn't coffee make your eyes tired and your heart beat fast? Makes my body awake but my eyes always get sleepy.

xsacha · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 16:37

Is that how you have stayed awake all night? :P Insomnia isn't good for your health.

giesbert · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 16:55

If you open the window from time to time, that also keeps you awake, especially in winter :-))

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 16:56

Gerolf, good advice, but not for such warm-lovers as I am :)

giesbert · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 17:07

Lunch every six hours? I should work at night :D

DenisKormalev · wrote on 4 Dec 2010, 17:14

tamhanna, I think you've meant 2000 kcal :). Also AFAIK 2000kcal is not enough for man's body, it is ok for women. Man who does strong physical work needs around 3000 and man with mind work needs around 2500

xsacha · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 02:56

[quote author="Denis Kormalev" date="1291482870"]Man who does strong physical work needs around 3000 and man with mind work needs around 2500[/quote]

No way, man who does mind work needs more than man who does physical work. Our brains need a power plant to function! ;) That's why all those nerds are skinny even though they sit down all day and eat junk food.

xsacha · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 08:23

I wonder if the Trolls could test the effects of their poison (drink) of choice. Alexandra said Marius drinks sodas. Try him on coffee, see his productivity improve ;)

giesbert · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 09:41

Just give him Tea, that's better for the heart :-)

DenisKormalev · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 16:40

xsacha, mind work of course needs a lot of energy, but physical work needs a lot of more energy.

xsacha · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 20:33

Tea drinkers may live a longer life, but they don't enjoy it as much :P
Besides, how are we going to test that? Productivity is much easier to test for.

Denis: I wonder, mind work + physical work? Does anyone exercise while doing mind work? Maybe sit on an exercise/gym ball (that you have to balance on) while coding?

PS. What do you people in Liechenstein drink? They "live longer":http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:JPN&dl=en&hl=en&q=average+lifespan+of+japanese#met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:JPN:HKG:CHE:LIE:ITA, on average, than Japanese.

DenisKormalev · wrote on 5 Dec 2010, 20:36

xsacha, the best is to have mind work, phys work, mind work, phys work, etc. It is recommended by all med people I know.