The Zone is not a mystery, it is the Alpha brain state, and you can train yourself to achieve it.

See: http://www.200words-a-day.com/alpha.html

Hey Bitbucket, I mentioned core memory (you know, turn the computer [NCR 399, 1975) off after one keystroke and it is waiting for the next when you turn it back...

Yup, spot on, I could not do Spot when the time came, had to rely on the family while I sat teary eyed.

On a more serious note there is a...