A little ruby script that generates images with phrases to unblock you.
Here's an example:
You could use the images in a slideshow screensaver and get a little unblocked after every coffee break. I load the images on a digital picture frame that I keep near my desk to solve deadlock.
bundle install
ruby make_image.rb
the images will build into build/.
This uses imgkit, which uses wkhtmltopdf. On my Mac, the current version of wkhtmltopdf from brew (0.11-rc1) hangs forever without completing. I installed version 0.12.x from the wkhtmltopdf website (prebuilt binary) and it worked.
I borrowed the included list from: https://github.com/cmpaul/oblique-strategies
To customize the list, edit obliques.yaml. If you have oblique programming strategies that you think are particularly great, feel free to make a PR or post them in an issue. If I agree, I will add them to the set.
It is just html, embedded in the script. Nothing fancy. Edit at will.