Comments for Feedblog http://feedblog.org Code, sleep, have fun Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on On polysomnographs, apnea, oximeters, ANT+, and data recorders. by Travis http://feedblog.org/2011/04/19/on-polysomnographs-apnea-oximeters-ant-and-data-recorders/#comment-2951 Travis Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:17:54 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/on-polysomnographs-apnea-oximeters-ant-and-data-recorders/#comment-2951 Kevin, A friend just recently turned me onto your blog. I though I had sleep aponea. I had a sleep study done. Not full on aponea, they wanted to put me on a CPAP. I told them hell no, I'm not that serious and who can go backpacking when you are addicted to a CPAP? The only real "cures" is surgery or loosing weight. I don't have any weight to loose. But I did 4 things that changed my life. 1. Neti-pot every night before bed. 2. Breathe Right Nasal Strips 3. No more sleeping on my back. 4. Deviated Septum Surgery and Turbinectomy (essentially nose roto-rooter and alignment.) While the effects of the latter are hard to measure due to a 2 week recovery period. The first 2 gave me immediate results. I hope this helps you! Kevin,
A friend just recently turned me onto your blog.
I though I had sleep aponea.
I had a sleep study done. Not full on aponea, they wanted to put me on a CPAP. I told them hell no, I’m not that serious and who can go backpacking when you are addicted to a CPAP?
The only real “cures” is surgery or loosing weight.
I don’t have any weight to loose.

But I did 4 things that changed my life.
1. Neti-pot every night before bed.
2. Breathe Right Nasal Strips
3. No more sleeping on my back.
4. Deviated Septum Surgery and Turbinectomy (essentially nose roto-rooter and alignment.)

While the effects of the latter are hard to measure due to a 2 week recovery period. The first 2 gave me immediate results.
I hope this helps you!

]]> Comment on Reflecting on my recent sleep experiments by burtonator http://feedblog.org/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2950 burtonator Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:15:59 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2950 Erin, that's great. I haven't bought curtains yet... I'm still running with my ghetto garbage bags over the window. It's only been a week though but I'm definitely not going to go back to sleeping how I was before. How much did you pay for the curtains? I'm going to buy some here soon. Erin, that’s great.

I haven’t bought curtains yet… I’m still running with my ghetto garbage bags over the window.

It’s only been a week though but I’m definitely not going to go back to sleeping how I was before.

How much did you pay for the curtains?

I’m going to buy some here soon.

]]> Comment on Reflecting on my recent sleep experiments by erin http://feedblog.org/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2949 erin Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:02:07 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2949 I started following your blog for other reasons but your posts on sleep have made a diff in my life! who woulda thought? I bought blackout curtains & what a difference they make! I could not kick out the cats, and I haven't gotten the glasses (but it sounds like you didn't notice a diff w/them). All I did was change the curtains. It's noticeable. I wake up feeling refreshed. These curtains also block out sound so that also helps. Got them at Bed Bath & Beyond. Not sure how they were *supposed* to attach to my curtains so I just stitched 'em behind. it works. I didn't even know my quality of sleep was off. I just knew it was taking me longer to wake up & I needed more coffee. thanks! erin I started following your blog for other reasons but your posts on sleep have made a diff in my life! who woulda thought? I bought blackout curtains & what a difference they make! I could not kick out the cats, and I haven’t gotten the glasses (but it sounds like you didn’t notice a diff w/them). All I did was change the curtains. It’s noticeable. I wake up feeling refreshed. These curtains also block out sound so that also helps. Got them at Bed Bath & Beyond. Not sure how they were *supposed* to attach to my curtains so I just stitched ‘em behind. it works.

I didn’t even know my quality of sleep was off. I just knew it was taking me longer to wake up & I needed more coffee.

thanks!
erin

]]> Comment on Reflecting on my recent sleep experiments by Greg Stein http://feedblog.org/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2948 Greg Stein Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:22:19 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/reflecting-on-my-recent-sleep-experiments/#comment-2948 Spikes in the heart rate could also be attributed to sleep apnea. Doubtful given your physical condition, but possible. Measuring blood oxy level would verify. Spikes in the heart rate could also be attributed to sleep apnea. Doubtful given your physical condition, but possible. Measuring blood oxy level would verify.

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts After Three days of Pitch Black Sleeping by Kevin Burton http://feedblog.org/2011/04/04/initial-thoughts-after-three-days-of-pitch-black-sleeping/#comment-2947 Kevin Burton Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:49:57 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/initial-thoughts-after-three-days-of-pitch-black-sleeping/#comment-2947 I have one but I don't like them... they always fall off my head and then I wake up with the light in my eyes. I have one but I don’t like them…

they always fall off my head and then I wake up with the light in my eyes.

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts After Three days of Pitch Black Sleeping by Michael Buckbee http://feedblog.org/2011/04/04/initial-thoughts-after-three-days-of-pitch-black-sleeping/#comment-2946 Michael Buckbee Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:46:20 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/initial-thoughts-after-three-days-of-pitch-black-sleeping/#comment-2946 It seems like something a person in a 1930's talkie movie would wear, but I've had really good results wearing a sleep eye mask. They are so cheap that you might want to give it a try. Here's one I found on Amazon for 9 bucks - http://goo.gl/nrvcQ It seems like something a person in a 1930′s talkie movie would wear, but I’ve had really good results wearing a sleep eye mask.

They are so cheap that you might want to give it a try. Here’s one I found on Amazon for 9 bucks – http://goo.gl/nrvcQ

]]> Comment on The horrible problem of synchronized fitness data. by Daren http://feedblog.org/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2944 Daren Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:41:43 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2944 The Tanita BC-1000 scales will ANT+ pair with your FR60 and view the data in the Health tab on Garmin connect. If you got a Garmin 310XT/Edge 500 or something you could use your existing Garmin heart rate monitor and get a bike/speed sensor which does auto start/stop based on speed or cadence, plus in your Garmin connect you'll see moving time along with actual time. Zero averaging for cadence etc can be turned on/off also. That sounds like it could save you a lot of time The Tanita BC-1000 scales will ANT+ pair with your FR60 and view the data in the Health tab on Garmin connect.

If you got a Garmin 310XT/Edge 500 or something you could use your existing Garmin heart rate monitor and get a bike/speed sensor which does auto start/stop based on speed or cadence, plus in your Garmin connect you’ll see moving time along with actual time. Zero averaging for cadence etc can be turned on/off also.

That sounds like it could save you a lot of time

]]> Comment on Zeo sleep experiments with pitch black rooms and blue light reduction by Matthew Cornell http://feedblog.org/2011/04/02/zeo-sleep-experiments-with-pitch-black-rooms-and-blue-light-reduction/#comment-2945 Matthew Cornell Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:14:46 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/zeo-sleep-experiments-with-pitch-black-rooms-and-blue-light-reduction/#comment-2945 I'm looking forward to hearing how your experiment goes, Kevin. I'm glad you liked the post. Sweet dreams! I’m looking forward to hearing how your experiment goes, Kevin. I’m glad you liked the post. Sweet dreams!

]]> Comment on The horrible problem of synchronized fitness data. by burtonator http://feedblog.org/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2943 burtonator Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:36:32 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2943 I really hope you're right. These products need to be very promiscuous about sharing data when the user wants it to be free. I'm just feeling a LOT of the pain right now because I'm a significant early adopter. I use ALL these tools as I'm a tech geek AND addicted to fitness. As *soon* as the Zeo ships with Wifi I'm going to be buying one... It's been two years so hopefully you guys have been working on something cool :) I have like 2 weeks of data on the Zeo. Without it uploading the data transparently I just leave it on the device which means I don't get to look at it when I'm curious. If I actually did all the work all my devices required I would spend like an hour every day just managing data. That's no fun! I really hope you’re right. These products need to be very promiscuous about sharing data when the user wants it to be free.

I’m just feeling a LOT of the pain right now because I’m a significant early adopter.

I use ALL these tools as I’m a tech geek AND addicted to fitness.

As *soon* as the Zeo ships with Wifi I’m going to be buying one… It’s been two years so hopefully you guys have been working on something cool :)

I have like 2 weeks of data on the Zeo. Without it uploading the data transparently I just leave it on the device which means I don’t get to look at it when I’m curious.

If I actually did all the work all my devices required I would spend like an hour every day just managing data.

That’s no fun!

]]> Comment on The horrible problem of synchronized fitness data. by Derek Haswell http://feedblog.org/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2942 Derek Haswell Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:38:29 +0000 https://burtonator.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/the-horrible-problem-of-synchronized-fitness-data/#comment-2942 Hi Kevin - Derek from Zeo here. We hear you. I believe we are nearing the end of body monitoring v1.0 (when self tracking became intriguing to a wider audience, but most of the products only played within their own ecosystem) and at the beginning of phase 2 (when all devices will be connected, and it will be tablestakes that they play nice with one another). Early adopters like yourself are the reason we're approaching this transition... From one of the companies that has learned a tremendous amount from early adopter feedback - thank you. There are brighter days ahead. The arrows in your back will certainly be rewarded with incredible discoveries... Best, Derek(@Zeo) Hi Kevin –

Derek from Zeo here. We hear you.

I believe we are nearing the end of body monitoring v1.0 (when self tracking became intriguing to a wider audience, but most of the products only played within their own ecosystem) and at the beginning of phase 2 (when all devices will be connected, and it will be tablestakes that they play nice with one another).

Early adopters like yourself are the reason we’re approaching this transition… From one of the companies that has learned a tremendous amount from early adopter feedback – thank you. There are brighter days ahead.

The arrows in your back will certainly be rewarded with incredible discoveries…

Best,
Derek(@Zeo)

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