Comments on: In praise of earplugs

By: Concentration: tips and advice to help you stay focused, sustain flow and concentrate on writing, programming or design - Bad Language

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:31:50 +0000

[...] Silence. External noise can break your concentration. Try noise cancelling headphones (I use Bose), music (see Music for working), silent PC (See: Tools for writing: Silent PCs) or ear plugs (See In praise of earplugs). [...]

By: Matthew Stibbe

Matthew Stibbe — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:27:24 +0000

Here’s a post I wrote ages ago about music for writing: http://www.badlanguage.net/music-for-working.

By: Nichola

Nichola — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:24:00 +0000

Would you happen to have any suggestions for music while writing? I find it ridiculously plain to the ears when I don’t hear music. Thanks(:

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:29:28 +0000

Matthew says,” I don’t hear my pulse or heart when wearing headphones or earplugs. Perhaps I’m not listening hard enough!”

Matthew, are you warm? Or maybe that coffin in the cellar is a dead giveaway?!

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:42:52 +0000

My wife sets up a large fan, gently blowing over our bed during the hotter summer nights.

At first the constant humming and creaking as it changed direction drove me bananas. Like Gwen I also needed to keep an ear out for the morning radio alarm, so earplugs were not an option.

A solution came to me one night. Maybe it was a dream, or wishful thinking, but once I imagined that the droning fan was the noise of Zeppelin motors drifting me out across the dark Atlantic, sleep quickly followed!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:26:57 +0000

I’d love to block out the neighbors at night, but then how would I hear the alarm clock in the morning?

By: Owen Lystrup

Owen Lystrup — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:13:35 +0000

I’m not a big fan of over-ear headphones, so I use the E2Cs by Shure. They blog out noise like earplugs, leaving only the music. Nice sound and better price.

By: Schizohedron

Schizohedron — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:41:39 +0000

Upstairs neighbors who never installed rugs and who clomped around at all hours in flipflops first drew me to foam earplugs. Now, three weeks after they moved out, I still find myself enjoying the dead silence they provide. I’m also thinking of wearing them to the gym to block out the lousy in-house pop and the inane prattle of folks lolling about the gear.

By: TOMAS

TOMAS — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:39:35 +0000

I grew up in a small town and grew accustomed to peace and quiet (most nights felt as if I was in a library due to the lack of noise). When I moved to the city, I missed the peace and quiet so much that I would use earplugs to help me sleep and still do so until this day. I also own a set of Bose Noise canceling headphones, but usually reserve them for airplane and iPod use. I'm not sure if you've heard of it, but a great way to generate a pleasant writing environment is by using a Buddha Machine. I've owned for for a few months and it's great!

By: Matthew Stibbe

Matthew Stibbe — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:38:33 +0000

I don’t hear my pulse or heart when wearing headphones or earplugs. Perhaps I’m not listening hard enough!