What do you listen to when you code?
gnosis: If the coding is routine, I sometimes listen to my favorite music (EBM or psy/goa trance) while coding.  I especially like to listen to music while coding if I'm in a noisy environment (earplugs are good too).However, when I get to a really difficult problem, I prefer total silence without any distractions.  Again, earplugs are good for that.  But if I need to, I'll go for a walk somewhere quiet to think about it (somewhere with a whiteboard, and/or maybe talk the problem over with a friend/colleague).  Or I might even have to sleep on it.  In all of these cases, there's no music involved.  Music is more for the relatively easy/routine coding.