i don't know man.remember frank zappa,he smoked and refused to exercise.he is also dead(prostate cancer).do what you want to do,but don't expect it will help.it didn'help frank ,you have a 50/50 chance of it helping you.don't think about your image as a geek,thats for other people.think about yourself.bill

Ha! Word!

~Jonathan

I believe exercise and fresh air is simply a way for one's brain to have time to think about the code one will write when back home.

programmers have always been like this. the image won't ever change, let's face it.

Dear Brian,

Really? Programmers have always been like this? Can you give me some background on that, because I doubt the current stereotype would exist if didn't have some grounding?

Personally, I have some hope that the image will change. More later, in another post perhaps.