Jun 6 2009 Screw Productivity: Happy Birthday, Tetris!
Today marks the 25th birthday of Tetris. In its quarter century of service it has been responsible for thirty googlejillion man hours of gameplay and countless drops in productivity. I know I got fired for playing at work once. You hear that, the man? YOU CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN! Happy Birthday, Tetris, this long piece is for you. And by long piece I mean 40. A GLUGLULGLULAGLUG!
At 25, `Tetris' drops into place as gaming icon [yahoonews]
Thanks to Pat, Watch-303, catch22 and /Eyeroll, who don't even bother working at work anymore.
Apr 9 2009 Bumptop: Your Own Personal 3D Desktop
Bumptop (which has been in the works for awhile) is a program that makes your desktop appear 3D and much more customizable and manipulable so you can resize icons according to importance and post stuff on the walls and all around have a jolly ol' time not being productive. It's a free download (for light, $29 for full), so go grab it and then show it off to your office-mates. Yell things like "BOO-YA!" and "FINGERBANGARANG!" while showcasing its features to let them know how superior your desktop is to theirs. But, if they're anything like me, they may tell you your desktop sucks and that their desktop is 4-D. At this point, you'll go back and forth 1-upping each other with ridiculous claims of 5-D and 20-D desktops, until one of you says theirs is actually Infinity-D . Then they other (you want this to be you) will insist they have an Infinity+1-D desktop, and that person will win.
Hit the jump for a video explaining all the fun to be had.
Nov 9 2008 Microsoft Running Slave Camp In China (J/K Microsoft, Please Keep Advertising With Us)
Microsoft bought a bus and now offers free transportation to and from work for some of its employees in China. The only catch? You have to sit at a workstation. Good if you like reading email and catching up on the day's news, bad if there's a sweaty man with a whip behind you demanding productivity. Seriously, the last thing I want to do on the way to work is work. If I found myself having to blog in the car I'd drive straight off a bridge -- and into your heart! Here, I got you a promise ring.
Jun 18 2008 Play 1,000's Of Nintendo Games In Firefox
Well with the drop of Firefox 3 yesterday I've been getting all kinds of tips about the program. And this is one of the awesomest: FireNes. It's a Firefox widget that allows you to play 1,000's of NES and other oldschool games at work through Firefox. It takes just a few seconds to download, then you just click on Tools, FireNes in your Firefox browser. All the games appear in a sidebar and you're good to go. That's a shot of me Blaster Mastering it up just a few minutes ago. Seriously, TPS reports or classic gaming? Exactly. Whoa, did you just see that? What was it? HA! -- it was productivity. It just took a flying freaking leap out the window.
FireNes Download (translated from Spanish)
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play any nes game for free in firefox with firenes [technabob]
Thanks Beezy, I hope you're rockin' it out just like the good ol' days
Jan 21 2008 LINDO Laptop Holder Is Pretty Questionable
The LINDO laptop holder was designed by Henning Kunow to hold a laptop while you're sitting, standing or walking. It's utterly ridiculous and I definitely want one. Just think about it -- it's perfect for those times when you, you know, need to, uh, damn I got nothing.
Hip Office - LINDO [likecool]
Thanks to Ben, who is a very productive worker and doesn't need a laptop attached at the hip, for the tip
Oct 11 2007 The Office Collar: Mind Your Own Business
The Office Collar was designed by Simone Brewster. They're constructed of white leather, and come in a variety of shapes depending on what sort of task you're assigned.
The Office Collar has been designed in response to the open plan, working environment. The collars act as spatial isolators, narrowing the field of vision, therefore enabling their wearer to focus on the tasks in front of them.
Sure these would increase productivity at my office, but how am I supposed to get my daily fill of grab-ass in if I can't see my coworkers. I'll be damned if they take that away from me. I'll just flail my arms around, grabbing any ass I make contact with. Can't hold me down. Captain Grab-ass 1, The Man 0.
Office Collar By Simone Brewster [core77]
