Unfortunately a lot of the code I’m working on is on lock down at the moment, but I thought that since it’s winter, I’d share a little trick to keep your hands warm during those cold late night coding sessions.

If you’re like me, you’re unnecessarily frugal. This means wearing 3 layers of clothes, a blanket, and maybe even a snuggie before thinking about turning on the heat. Unfortunately, computer work requires finger mobility which generally leaves my hands exposed while I’m working. It used to get so cold that my hands would be in physical pain unless I stopped every 5 minutes to sit on them to warm them up.

Hobo gloves would probably work, except they come up a little too high on your fingers to type, and I don’t have a pair of gloves lying around to cut the fingers off (obviously, my unnecessary frugality prevents me from buying them). So if you’re like me and cheaper than a hobo, you can make some fancy fingerless gloves out of old socks.

Just cut 5 holes on the end, and you’re done. I recommend thick socks obviously to keep your hands warmer, and black socks are probably a little more stylish.

This is also a good use for all of those lame socks that go all the way up your calf (I don’t know why my mom keeps sending these to me?), because it’ll keep your forearms warm.

Try it, it works.