I'll second somebody else's suggestion of walking home. There's something about disconnecting from technology and letting your mind wander on a shortish walk t

I'll second somebody else's suggestion of walking home. There's something about disconnecting from technology and letting your mind wander on a shortish walk that sets your brain free to go off and do its own thing. Often, the thing it will do is go solve that hard problem you were banging up against all day in a nice elegant way that you'll be able to code up in 20 minutes tomorrow morning. Of course to pull this off, you'll need both an office and an apartment within a couple miles of it. Not so good if you're telecommuting or working for a company in some horrible suburb instead of sensibly located downtown. For me, during my on-site days, I actually made a point of only ever taking jobs in the city itself, specifically so that I could do this walking trick.