Been a while since I used F.Lux (the Windows program that changes color temperature for time of day, for circadian purposes) and they added an "Emerald City" mode that makes everything Matrix colored.
And honestly, I love it. Sometimes when I'm trying to go into focus mode for writing or coding I'll change the UI I'm working with to be bright green on black background, because I grew up with a lot of that.
The color green is supposed to increase mental alertness anyway. Don't know how true that is or how big the effect is but green computer displays make me feel better when I'm blah anyway.
I started using F.Lux again after a long time of not using it as part of a broad-spectrum (tee hee) approach that started with me setting my office and bedroom lights to be dimmer and redder as I'm winding down for the day.
I had been addressing my insomnia by staying up every night until 2, the time I had been giving up on sleep in week after week of going to bed "at a reasonable hour". Since I started messing with the lights that's been creeping back closer to midnight.
This is not a magic fix for insomnia; there is no magic fix for insomnia, and the reason I've stopped using F.Lux every single other time I started is eventually I hit a point of wanting to stay up all night writing or playing games if I can't sleep anyway.
But functions that let me change how my computer displays during the day to suit moods or other changing needs will make it less likely I'll get fed up with it and uninstall it.
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