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My typical habit up until 3 days ago was to wake up around 10-11AM and start working around 2-3PM, until I got tired or burned out.

After seeing several posts on Hacker News about waking up early, I thought about trying it, but never had the drive to follow through.

On Wednesday AM I woke up at 6 naturally for an unknown reason. I got my giant cup of coffee and watched the sunrise from the fire escape. As a designer mind, I found a unique sense of comfort in watching the morning unfold. From foggy, cool, quiet streets to warm(er), busy streets in under an hour. The colors, the sounds, and the smells are refreshing and inspiring.

I can honestly say that I've had some of the most lucid moments of my entire life the past few mornings. If you haven't given waking up early a fair shot, you definitely should. Of course, I doubt it's right for everyone. But I was shocked to find out that it was very right for me.

Thanks goes out to all of the HN members who have pushed this in several recent posts. Seriously, you've changed my life.

I have two desktop computers with 2-year-old quad cores and 8gb of ram. They are still somewhat powerful machines, but they sit in my closet because my MacBook has all of my needs completely covered.

I thought about donating them to a hacker house, like noisebridge - but I hear that they'd probably end up in pieces and never really used.

What should I do with these machines? Happy to donate processing power (put them online in my apartment), but I'd rather just physically give them to a good cause.

Cookie points for crafty ideas.

Thx HN & merry xmas :)