I often remember a blog post or something that I read by a programmer--I'm sure I discovered it here. Anyway, he said that his wife was conditioned to not inte

I often remember a blog post or something that I read by a programmer--I'm sure I discovered it here. Anyway, he said that his wife was conditioned to not interrupt him no matter what activity he was doing, because he might be 'programming' while doing something like tending his garden. I think all of us programmers have experienced the phenomenon where we get stuck, then stand up and walk away and within 5 minutes we have 5 new possible solutions in mind.