Comments on: Almost one year of sleep http://blacklog.mitplw.com/2008/08/16/one-year-of-sleep/ Luis Blackaller at MITPLW Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: black http://blacklog.mitplw.com/2008/08/16/one-year-of-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-38865 black Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:39 +0000 http://blacklog.mitplw.com/?p=673#comment-38865 Hey Parker, the data I've collected is pretty simplistic, but I've tried to keep it as accurate as possible. I have a LED clock by the side of my bed, so I can look at the time as I'm falling asleep, and memorize the last one before I finally lose consciousness. Then I look at it as I wake up. I write it down somewhere until I can input it. The simplicity of my design discards important aspects of my sleep pattern like naps or waking gaps in the middle of the night, but I didn't care about that because I usually don't take naps (I should) and I usually sleep very deeply, in one long interval from when I fall asleep to when I'm finally awake. What I would love is to bring a sort of camera into my dreams, and then be able to play them back, in a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/" rel="nofollow">Bis ans Ende der Welt</a> kind of style, but that itself is just another dream =). Hey Parker, the data I’ve collected is pretty simplistic, but I’ve tried to keep it as accurate as possible. I have a LED clock by the side of my bed, so I can look at the time as I’m falling asleep, and memorize the last one before I finally lose consciousness. Then I look at it as I wake up. I write it down somewhere until I can input it.

The simplicity of my design discards important aspects of my sleep pattern like naps or waking gaps in the middle of the night, but I didn’t care about that because I usually don’t take naps (I should) and I usually sleep very deeply, in one long interval from when I fall asleep to when I’m finally awake.

What I would love is to bring a sort of camera into my dreams, and then be able to play them back, in a Bis ans Ende der Welt kind of style, but that itself is just another dream =).

]]> By: Parker Glynn-Adey http://blacklog.mitplw.com/2008/08/16/one-year-of-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-38864 Parker Glynn-Adey Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:35:30 +0000 http://blacklog.mitplw.com/?p=673#comment-38864 Hi there, I am curious about copying your project next academic year. I was wondering though, how did you record your data? What did you consider "going to sleep", and "waking up"? Also, did you directly input everything into the computer on a day by day basis, or did you keep a running nondigital record as well? I think the optimal method for me would be to keep a small diary of times, then input them into my computer at the end of every week, since I usually am away from the computer for about a half hour before going to sleep and after waking up. Similar questions for this entry : http://blacklog.mitplw.com/2007/12/06/sleep-mit-style/ Hi there,

I am curious about copying your project next academic year. I was wondering though, how did you record your data? What did you consider “going to sleep”, and “waking up”? Also, did you directly input everything into the computer on a day by day basis, or did you keep a running nondigital record as well?

I think the optimal method for me would be to keep a small diary of times, then input them into my computer at the end of every week, since I usually am away from the computer for about a half hour before going to sleep and after waking up.

Similar questions for this entry : http://blacklog.mitplw.com/2007/12/06/sleep-mit-style/

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