Originally Posted By: OldBaldGuy
..... Sat and Sun, or does it mean that most of you do your ETS stuff while at work? If that is the case, does your boss know about it, or do you have to play on the sly?....


In my house, we all have our own laptops, including my 8 year old son. We have a wireless network and we're HEAVY internet users (We haven't have a television for close to 10 years, so we get all our entertainment through the computers), and as a result, we feel a need to SHUT THE DARN THINGS OFF on the weekends. We have a simple rule - Sundown Friday to Sundown Sunday, no computer screens EXCEPT for the "home base" system, which is a computer that serves as our stereo/DVD player/family calendar server/photo album viewer. But our personal computers generally stay OFF on the weekend.

At work, we're actively encouraged to "take a break" to use other sites, and even to take on small freelance "side jobs" now and then to keep our minds sharp and flexible. At this moment, I'm at the office, it's 9:24 AM, and I've been working since 6:50 AM, so it's a natural breakpoint.

I wrote an article on this subject a while ago, here it is:

http://19k.blogspot.com/2007/06/on-management.html