From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:34:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje    
   wrote:   
      
   >>bitrex wrote:   
   >>>On 1/26/2026 4:24 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Does anyone use a waterproof notepad to remember shower ideas?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Aquanotes is one.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pencil on a sheet of laminate?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>What are these mfers doing in the shower so long they have the time to   
   >>have ideas and want to diagram them in there too?   
   >>   
   >>Nevermind. I don't think I want to know.   
   >   
   >Indeed, if their brain cannot remember what it did in the shower   
   >then it is not working right anyways ...   
   >For those, use a voice recorder : 'Hey I think I can see a solder joint' sort   
   of thing.   
   >May or may not help  grin   
      
   I have ideas in the middle of the night too, and tend to forget them.   
   I keep a pad and pen on my table and write down the best ones. Some   
   are diagrams so don't document well as voice recordings.   
      
   The conscious part of a human brain is a fraction of what's going on.   
      
   The ideas-in-the-shower thing is a common effect. Google it.   
      
   I know people, even engineers, who have no ideas. I have too many, so   
   the problem is to identify the best ones to act on.   
      
      
      
      
   John Larkin   
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