What do you do while you code?

[XHH]

Lately while I code, I've been playing youtube videos in the background. Like this old series I recently discovered: GTA TV

There are subtle funny things in it. Usually I listen to music though. >_> Pretty sure everyone does...

[veethree]

I get distracted easily, So i prefer absolute silence, Which is why i get most of my programming done in the middle of the night when normal people sleep. I do usually consume an unhealthy amount of coffee though, Not necessarily to keep myself awake, But for some reason the taste of it puts me in "the zone". My theory as to why it does that is because back when i first started playing with programming i was excited about it so i pulled all-nighters during which i drank a lot of coffee, So my brain learned to associate the taste of coffee with programming.

Also on rare occasion i like to smoke a small amount of marijuana, That seems to help me to retain focus for a little longer.

[retrotails]

As with everything I code in silence. Can't keep concentration otherwise. Sometimes I chat on Steam but I really shouldn't.
I do like music, I've made ~200 songs now and have a ~2000 song 100% FLAC collection. But I can't listen to it while doing anything else. I don't even listen to music when driving. Normally stuffs pretty quiet in my house in the middle of 6 acres, but there is a major road it borders so there's cops and firetrucks and stuff, plus all my sisters friends she brings over, so I sometimes put on my over ear headphones just to dampen the sound.
I do drink a shitload of Pepsi, about a 12 pack a day... and somehow I maintain 105 lbs.

[jjmafiae]

veethree i dont think its healthy for you to smoke.

[substitute541]

I listen to some music, preferably Coldplay ones. If I'm concentrating on something, I just put my head near the monitor and the music in low volume (since right now, my dad is calling someone on the phone >_>)

Edit: I also listen to some hilarious snippets of the narrator in Concerned Joe .

[jjmafiae]

Cant wait to hear what bartbes does while he code.

[SiENcE]

I watch/hear lets plays while i'm coding.

[jjmafiae]

this reminds me of löve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIGb1lfpBw

some more epic stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zy9fvoR0ug

even more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dy833gGJPg

[XCaptain]

I usual listen to music or the RT podcast. Unless I hit a snag in something...

[baconhawka7x]

Usually I listen to EDM. But on occasion I will watch Ethoslab While I code.