Steve Nojobs

Here are some time wasters I’ve been playing with lately at the office, while pretending to work hard. (something I’m not proud of, and don’t suggest you should do, unless you work for Google, where this sort of thing is expected and encouraged.)

1. Spying on people (Steve Jobs) using Google Street Map

We feel a bit stalkerish posting this, but what the hell. As Street View fever sweeps the nation, even the rich can no longer keep their privacy private. We’re looking forward to the day we can watch ourselves live blogging on Google Earth. Source

2. Spelling your name (or whatever else) with Flickr

Spell with Flickr is a fun little program that invites users to type in whatever they want to, then matches each letter of that word with letter pictures. And of course, I spelled iPoor, the iPhone killer.

3. Morphing faces.

Is this Adolf Hitler or Britney Spears? Actually, it’s both. From the page: “MorphThing morphs faces: give it two people and it’ll combine them, to create a new person with the facial features of both.” You can upload your own pictures too.

4. Pop this bubble wrap

A virtual bubble wrap popper. Strangely satisfying and de-stressing. If the internet up ended and burned tomorrow, if it no longer existed we would still know that for a time there was a web page that brought true meaning and satisfaction to our lives.

5. String Spin

Create your own beautiful, and unexpected effects with spinning lines you draw yourself. It makes your scribbles/doodles into a three dimension spinning artwork.

6. Passive Aggressive Notes

A blog showing actual notes written by angry folks who objected to the behavior of their roommates, housemates, office-mates, and so on. Passive aggression is the funniest kind of aggression.

7. The iPhone Killer.

iPoor is a revolutionary phone for poor people. It goes down to the basics with only 4 calling options, allowing you to memorize phones numbers and thus increasing your IQ. It also improves your dating life, with the Am I Hot Widget ™, a mirror located in front of the phone. It has Multi-Touch Technology and tactile feedback (you can choose to press multiple buttons at the same time), comes with mapping capabilities (real maps in the package!).

If you like iPhones, you’ll also probably be interested in this resource: How to Get a Free iPhone, Over 20 Contest sites and 27 iPod Ads with Video and Lyrics.

Bonus

I feel bad for wasting your time. To redeem myself, here are 8 Practical Tips to Cure Your Internet ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). If you have no idea why you’re still reading this, then you should probably check What Should I Do With My Life? If your boss is complaining about you wasting time on the internet, email him or her (anonymously, of course) this article How to Stop Complaining.

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