Eyestrain, Computers, The 20 -20–20 rule, Light bulb APIs

The 20–20–20 rule:

• Every 20 minutes, look at something at least 20ft (6.09m) away, for at least like 20 seconds.

Computer glasses (to reduce glare and eyestrain):

• gaming glasses (e.g. the Gunnar tint and coating (http://www.gunnars.com/faq/) can be found at e.g. Best Buy (where they are known to carry e.g. Gunnar Intercept computer gaming eyewear glasses frames))
• safety glasses (can often buy in bulk)
• nosepads (replaceable)
• nosepads (built-in)
• glasses measurements (mm)
• temple measurement
• vertical/frame height
• eye_size*2 + bridge size ~= width

Monitor adjustments (to reduce glare and eyestrain):

• brightness/contrast
• lighten the blue channel (*)
• good monitor stands support vertical tilt

Tools that gradually modify monitor settings to match the natural solar cycle:

• f.lux (http://justgetflux.com) — Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS
• Twilight (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux) — Android

Browser extensions for modifying brightness, contrast, background, text color; inverting just the CSS colors:

• [Deluminate, Stylish (userstyles.org), High Contrast] — https://westurner.org/tools/#browser-extensions
• Disadvantages: (1) These sometimes cause hiccups (easily diagnosable by unchecking the extension(s) and CTRL-R refreshing the current tab) (2) If the browser colors are inverted AND the whole screen is inverted, there’s probably a less contrasty CSS styleset

System High Contrast / Color Inversion:

• “settings” > “appearance” / “accessibility”
• Compiz color filters (e.g. negative-red, negative-red-dim https://github.com/westurner/dotfiles/tree/master/etc/compiz/colorfilters)
• xgamma, xbacklight, xrandr, xflux (e.g. https://github.com/westurner/dotfiles/blob/master/etc/i3/config)

Dark Window Manager themes:

• Windows: WindowBlinds, Win7+
• Ubuntu 10.04+
• Gnome 3: [dnf install -y] gnome-tweak-tool > “Appearance” > ”Global dark theme”
• OSX 10.10 Yosemite “Dark Mode”

*[Blue] Light affects sleep (/alertness):

[…] experimental research suggests that an average person reading on a tablet for a couple hours before bed may find that their sleep is delayed by about an hour. — https://justgetflux.com/research.html

• Complementary color lenses filter the opposite wavelength(s); so lellow-ish lenses block blue light.
• Probably because the ocean sounds.
• [I think] red light is easier to accommodate to in the dark.

Features for Multicolor LED [Bluetooth] light bulbs:

• adjustable (spectrum; millions of colors)
• gradual wake-up alarmable (n min)
• gradual dim (~30min)
• API: Continuous Integration build lamp, AV, HVAC
• Hub / Hubless (1[+] registered mobile)
• API: Digital (Voice) Assistant
• API: RESTful JSON[-LD] LDP URIs
• API: HTTP WAMP sensor swarm
• (Open Source) Web Interface
• Phillips Hue (http://meethue.com/en-us/products/)
• Misfit Bolt (http://misfit.com/products/bolt)

Font Antialiasing:

• System font ”smoothing”; LCD
• System FXAA full-screen Antialiasing
• GUI toolkit antialiasing configuration
• [#GIF]

Font Size:

• System DPI (dots per inch)
• System base font size (px pixels)
• [GTK,Qt,Win] Application font size (px)
• Browser base font size (before e.g. a reset.css) (px,pt,em)
• Site CSS font styles (px,pt,em)
• Inc+: CTRL + ScrollUp, CTRL + +
• Dec-: CTRL + ScrollDown, CTRL + -
• CTRL + Shift + […]