Going out on a limb here. I’m 8 hours away from a 10 day vacation and have cleared out my inbox, set up everything I can think of before I go (knock wood) and now I’m staring out the window at the birds.
What do you people do when you are bored at work? I mean, like…stealing time from the company?
8 thoughts on “Bored at Work”
I wish I could go back to 1st year at Queen’s and select computing science as my major. CISC. I can still remember it. Two of my housemates took CISC degrees. They’re making killer salaries right now.
icanhascheezburger.com makes me laugh so much during lunch that my coworkers think I am sniffing glue!
Blog.
Crossword puzzles.
sleep.
I write nonsensical blogs, mostly about things I hate.
Then I read blogs from people who have a better grasp on the English language.
I Then surf new IPhone apps. This lasts about two minutes. Then I cruise Craigslist, checking out Missed Connections to see if somehow I’m on there. I never am.
Then I go to:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Wow. What a great life I have.
Jim M: I did hear about that with much sadness. I will be out of town but I’d totally go for that. Wasnt brave enough to do the underwear on the subway gig…
Don: Look at you with your App-etite! thanks for the tips! Currently I’m one level away from finishing Spore:Origins. Tris illegally is still on my phone.
Furry: Going to see in-laws in Vermont. Transporting a used computer for Mom-in-law. Basically relaxo stuff.
so where and what is the 10 day vacation?
Tattoo touch-up day for me…and going to work with my guy at New Tribe on the ideas I have for the next three…now that ‘fun in the sun’ time is about over for the year, I can go furiously at adding more ink! Have fun wherever you are going!
hmm.. update all your iphone apps? checkout http://gotapps.com/ to see if some random dude’s recommenation for apps works out for you.
Speaking of apps.. check out Cosmovox – it’s a Theramin on your iPhone. wee!
Also check out Stanza – a nifty ebook reader and access to a goodly amount of content (I suspect you would enjoy Peter Watts)
I read Deadrobot.com.
BTW, do you know about this:
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/09/22/mp3-experiment-toronto-details/
Seems like it might be your type of thing. We just had one here and I guess it was a pretty big success.
Of course, now that I re-read it seems you’ll be on vacation for it. *sigh* I tried.