My [free] Roady XM radio home kit arrived today. I have it hooked up in my office and techno is blaring (currently: Fatboy Slim). My productivity has gone up 13%.
I unfortunately had to disconnect my speakers from my computer to do it, but I’m sure that when I spend a little time that I’ll be able to figure out a better solution.
Right now, I’m concentrating on my dissertation. I have a defense scheduled at Notre Dame in about 2 months, but I have to turn in my dissertation loooong before that (about a month before the actual defense). So I have only a few weeks to finish all the writing (most of the text has been written, but it’s a matter of [significant] polish and re-spinning to tell a cohesive story). This will pretty much consume my entire life for the next few weeks…