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- Welcome to Sanity Saver(TM)!
-
- You use a screen saver to prevent monitor burn-in.
- Now there's Sanity Saver(TM) to prevent user burn-out.
-
- Shareware by Grey Matter, P.O. Box 76312, Atlanta, GA 30358, (404) 416-1424.
- Copyright (c) 1992, Lee B. Grey. All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- Sanity Saver(TM) is a Visual Basic application that reminds you to take care
- of yourself. As a software developer and all-around fanatic, I get in front
- of a computer and forget about my physical body. I don't take breaks, I
- don't use the bathroom, I stop blinking, I might even stop breathing for
- significant amounts of time. So I invented Sanity Saver(TM) to nudge me
- every now and then, so that using a computer does not become a life-
- threatening pastime.
-
- What you have here is version 0.05, rather a low number, you might notice.
- This is my first pass at this program; let me know what you think it needs,
- doesn't need, etc. Feedback is welcome, appreciated, encouraged, requested.
-
- Currently, the program will monitor three types of breaks. None of them are
- enabled to start with. Click on Preferences! to enable and modify the
- setup. The breaks are: eye strain, breathing, work breaks. Eye strain
- breaks are the ones they tell you to take so that your eyes are not near-
- focused all day long. Maybe one day all computer people won't need glasses!
- Breathing is a very important and overlooked part of life. Every now and
- then the program will remind you to take a few deep ones. Work breaks are
- the nearly extinct times when people stop working for a while to let their
- brains relax. Legend tells us that breaks can actually enhance productivity,
- but I'm skeptical. Still, work breaks are included in Sanity Saver(TM).
-
- Future enhancements:
- Preferences recorded between sessions
- Custom reminders (one-time and periodic)
- Other types of breaks/reminders (posture, stretch legs, isometrics...)
- Reporting on break frequency, length, postponed breaks, etc.
- Graphics, musical interludes, soothing break-enhancers
- Keystroke/mouse click statistics
- Hardware monitoring of life functions (BP, pulse, breath, temp, etc)
- Who knows what else
-
- As shareware, you are free to try this program, spread it around, etc. If
- you become a regular user of Sanity Saver(TM), I ask that you send the
- paltry sum of $10.00 to the above address so that you can become a legit,
- registered, and blessed user. In return for your hard-earned cash, you
- will receive, in addition to the warm feeling of registration and life-
- time free updates, three free FRACTAL GREETING CARDS! Let me 'splain:
-
- Grey Matter (me) is my company. I am a contract programmer, software
- consultant, and entrepreneur. My latest endeavor is an attempt to get out
- from behind the computer all day long. I have created a line of truly
- gorgeous greeting cards, beautifully printed on high-quality paper. Each
- card is a fractal that I personally zoomed and colored. So far the response
- has been quite enthusiastic.
-
- So, in addition to registering your copy of Sanity Saver(TM), you get three
- fractal cards (with envelopes) as a bonus! All for the disgustingly low,
- low price of 80 bits! Send cash, check, or money order to Lee B. Grey,
- P.O. Box 76312, Atlanta, GA 30358. Thanks!
-
- By the way, all the standard disclaimers apply, about software being sold
- as is, me not being responsible for any damage or loss, etc. You know the
- whole bit. I also disclaim any responsibility for papercuts from the cards.
-
-
- ***************************** EXTRA! EXTRA! ********************************
- In honor of the Olympics, if your registration envelope is postmarked before
- August 9 (the last day of the Olympics, and a Sunday), you will get two
- extra cards (a total of five). Pretty cool, huh?
-