Best way to waste time at work?

[sonofslim]

What are your preferred ways waste time when you're sitting at work in front of your computer?

Let me set out the criteria for what i consider to be a good time-waster:

1 Replay-ability. The Onion (http://www.theonion.com) is fantastic, but it's only good for 30-45 minutes once a week. I'm talking about something you can do for extended periods of time. Think Snood.

2 Boss-ability. That which does not draw too much attention to itself, and which may be quickly disposed of (or peferably minimized, so you don't lose all your progress.) It's a little tough to hide it when you're running some massive full-screen shooter.

3. Office-friendly. We all have to do work sometime or later... a great time-waster knows this, and will not pout when you have to pause to put a coversheet on your TPS report. I used to be into online Scrabble, but I kept having to interrupt my game when someone walked into my office and I lost a lot of games on time.

Aside from that, the field is wide-open... do y'all have favorite time-wasting websites? Are you into Burning Monkey Solitaire? (You should be.) Do you just let the gentle RF waves roll over you?

[jefhatfield]

the onion is great reading

but nothing beats whittling the time away better than

www.macrumors.com

[Abstract]

Exactly.

Or just go here ---> http://www.boredatwork.com/

NOTE: Hey, the guy in the "Unemployed Man Getting Really Good At Unemployment" article at The Onion is using a Powerbook. Nice. :cool:

[sonofslim]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
but nothing beats whittling the time away better than

www.macrumors.com

but then again... can macrumors really be considered a waste of time?

[ejb190]

Originally posted by sonofslim
but then again... can macrumors really be considered a waste of time?

Considering some of the threads in the Community Discussion section.....

[jelloshotsrule]

some games on yahoo are great...

especially ones where you somewhat mindlessly click to make blocks of color disappear.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
some games on yahoo are great...

especially ones where you somewhat mindlessly click to make blocks of color disappear.

JT's Blocks u mean? ;)

I've never played that one...honestly...

[King Cobra]

Try the following rumors sites:

Rumor 1 (www.macrumors.com)
Rumor 2 (www.pcrumors.com)
Rumor 3 (http://www.chaosmint.com/forums/)

:D

[Royal Pineapple]

www.bored.com

[WinterMute]

The Quake 3 server that sits under my desk is pretty good, every so often someone will shout "fragfest" and we all head for a deathmatch, only one, that's the rule, but there's no limit to how many times you can shout "fragfest":D

Other than that, I go sit on the roof and drink coffee.

[P-Worm]

maddox.xmission.com (http://maddox.xmission.com)

And of course www.p-worm.com (http://www.p-worm.com) :D

P-Worm

[sparkleytone]

IRC

/server irc.krono.net
/join #macrumors

[scem0]

masturbation?

You don't want your boss to catch you trying to hide 'your business' in a corner of a cubicle though ;).

I'd probably still give it a shot.

scem0

[tazo]

Originally posted by scem0
masturbation?

You don't want your boss to catch you trying to hide 'your business' in a corner of a cubicle though ;).

I'd probably still give it a shot.

scem0

lol scemo.

thats not exactly the best thing for your boss to catch, then again its better then him catching you with his wife :)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
JT's Blocks u mean? ;)

I've never played that one...honestly...

hah. jackpot!

never ever i bet. ;)

[applemacdude]

Originally posted by tazo
lol scemo.

thats not exactly the best thing for your boss to catch, then again its better then him catching you with his wife :)

What if the boss is a women? Masturbation really?! Don't you think he'll be huffing and puffing:p Too much noise. How about cybersex? cybermasturbation? LOL:) :) :D :p :( :cool: :eek: : :)

[King Cobra]

This is not a 5 minute time waster... (http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan)

And neither is this. (http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/acro)

[Kwyjibo]

interesitng idea scemo....
yahoo games are fun, i'm a fan of pool

i also liek monopoly online

[mymemory]

If I add togather all the hours I spend in MacRumors for the last two years, easilly I could get another degree in audio enginner or multimedia or any other carrer.

I burn a lot of stress in this forums.

[MrMacMan]

haha Scem0, great.

Penny-arcade.com is great

Also I read slashdot, and most of what they link to , all good stuff.

[G4scott]

http://www.tekzoned.com/spank/

[MattG]

Originally posted by G4scott
http://www.tekzoned.com/spank/

hehe..I sent this to my coworkers. Most of them liked it...my boss wasn't crazy about it ;)