I had 20 minute naps where I would dream bizarre states of mind, where I would feel like I was going insane, only to wake up completely sane and refreshed, as though I had slept eight hours.

My dreams so far have been odd/boring. A number of times I got the impression I was having some sort of REM daydream. The first one that was unambiguously a dream that I could recall was, oddly enough, a nightmare about falling asleep. I also had a dream with no visual input, which I think has been repeated a couple of times.

The naps I wake up from where I was definitely dreaming tend to take 7-10 minutes from lying down to getting up, which is sort of worrisome, since 6 of those means at most an hour of REM. I'm not sure whether the right response is more naps or trying to lengthen the naps.

I tried to recruit some people, but nothing panned out. Do you have specific people lined up? Where do you live?

I have friends I expect I can get to help. Worst comes to worst, I'm considering the possibility of hiring day laborers, but I anticipate quality control issues that make me reluctant to take that approach. I'm living in Austin.

Oh, another thing I found helpful was a little device that goes on your ear, which beeps at you if your head tilts forward.

Did you make it or buy it somewhere?