Studies have shown that exposure to broadband light sources, primarily the sun, affects melatonin and testosterone production. Many of us work on our computers or “iPads” late into the night without consideration of what staring into a bright light source may be doing to our our hormone cycles. Feminists may have a point when they accuse us of living in our mother’s basement based on some of the irascible comments we leave on their thoughtful media essays. Perhaps the computer is robbing us of our manly vitality and making us just plain bitchy.
Having struggled as well with poor sleep patterns from long winter nights or untimely office commutes, I have tried to improve the situation by installing broad spectrum lights and buying a Phillips Wake-Up Light.
So when my son mentioned a software app that adjusts screen color temperature based on time of day, I was intrigued. Made perfect sense, why didn’t I think of that? Probably took some guy only a couple of lines of “Java” code to implement it, now he’s lounging in a hammock somewhere in SE Asia while the passive income stream fattens his portfolio.
So I checked out the “f.lux” download page and installed it. I noticed that their page allowed Disqus comments, so I dropped one on them. Given Bill Price’s new Spearhead theme of Broadened Horizons, I thought I might pen a testimonial about f.lux, but the raging feedback from their fanbase provided all the free content I needed. These people are more fun to troll than feminists :
