The Life of Lou Ruppert

Studies have shown that people have a hard time sleeping when exposed to bright lights at night. I try to dim mine an hour or two before bedtime, but usually there’s something I “absolutely have to finish” on the computer. So, despite my best efforts, I still end up getting beamed in the face with artificial sunlight. Thanks to a program I found recently, however, I no longer need to worry about getting a sunburn from my bright screen.

The program is called F.Lux, and it works by dimming the color temperature of your monitor as it gets later in the day, based on the sunrise and sunset times in your zip code. As I’m typing this, my screen colors are very mellow, like sunset in a hayfield. Running F.Lux, I don’t get that feeling like I’m in an interrogation room anymore, like I would before with a bright screen in a dark room. It’s available for PC, Mac, and Windows and is free, but sadly not open source yet.