Results tagged “timewaster”

Timewaster: Don't make your own decisions

By John Hill on June 25, 2009 10:40 AM |

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You might like the idea of being the president of the United States or the Galactic Federation, but the moment someone asks you what sort of cake you'd like for lunch, you'd be raising the white flag and letting the invading hordes through the gates.

Timewaster: Tweeting Too Hard

By John Hill on June 18, 2009 1:16 PM |

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You know what this planet really needs? More pointless chatter.

So all hail Twitter, the craze which allows the world to flick morsels of their lives onto the web like breadcrumbs.

Timewaster: Hot Goths

By John Hill on June 4, 2009 3:11 PM |

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I can't even be bothered to iron my shirt most mornings, so the thought of dressing up in about seven layers of black leather, lace and eyeliner fills me with a sort of respect I reserve for people who design space shuttles.

Problem is, the world's weather isn't always "graveyard chilly".

Take a shot at diabetting

By John Hill on May 21, 2009 12:39 PM |

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Should you see Coraline or Star Trek at the cinema? Pizza or Chinese afterwards?

Disputes like this lead to murdered evenings and maimed friends. But what's the cure if you're sick of staking your friendship on coin flips and rock, paper, scissors?

Feed the world (or just yourself)

By John Hill on February 19, 2009 1:25 PM |

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People spend too much time worrying about being fat.

The real problem is that they’re not piling on the pounds imaginatively enough.

Track your trains on the web

By John Hill on February 12, 2009 12:53 PM |

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You'd have to have a pretty good reason to venture outside right now.

If your house is on fire or you're about to get fired, that's fine.

Prepare for some lardy loveliness

By Jon Massey on January 15, 2009 4:14 PM |

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For the next few days at least, many of the country have vowed to turn into hamsters in a bid to get fit and wear down those teeth early in 2009.

But while they’re eating lettuce and running around in wheels, there’s more lardy loveliness for the rest of us unhealthy, meat-guzzling bacon-fanciers.

Become a Martian terminator

By John Hill on January 8, 2009 2:48 PM |

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New year.

Grey January.

Nothing to look forward to except for a chance impalement on a spiked fence that could bring a lawyers4u-style pay-out.

An addictive festive challenge

By Jon Massey on December 19, 2008 11:01 AM |

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Christmas is all about spending time with family and friends.

Of course, if you don’t really like them, you could quite happily pass the whole festive season playing this highly-addictive yuletide game.

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Most people only notice them when they go dark, or when they start to look a bit like a sheep.

But the Cloud Appreciation Society is a haven for those who feel all warm and fuzzy at the sight of nature’s candy floss.

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Have you ever wondered how irritating it must be to be a statue, at risk of aerial attack at any minute.

You're rooted to the spot, get covered in bird droppings, and you haven’t even got a working arm and a tissue to wipe yourself clean.

Obama's Mario Adventure

By John Hill on November 28, 2008 3:00 PM |

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Hop to the White House with this presidential Mario caper.

The call of the dice

By John Hill on November 20, 2008 10:30 AM |

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Beware dice, for they will steal your soul (and most of your working day). Dice may look like spotty Fox's Glacier Mints of innocence.

But they can steal your spirit and your faith in the goodness of the world. Now the little critters can also steal your day in this game of chance.

The clowns of the comment section

By John Hill on November 13, 2008 12:48 PM |

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Wallow in the stupidity of your fellow man with this week's Timewaster.

Stick Cricket

By Rob Virtue on November 6, 2008 1:56 AM |

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Yes, you’ve played it and most probably you’ve got the T-shirt.

But following Sir Allen Stanford’s eponymous Super Series, that cricketing 20/20 bug is back.

A new breed of guide animal

By Jon Massey on October 30, 2008 1:11 AM |

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Guide dogs have been helping the blind for decades.

But is there a new breed of pathfinder in town? The folks at the Guide Horse Foundation are keen to see a different kind of four-legged friend get a foothold in the guiding game.

Barack Obama and the babies

By Jon Massey on October 23, 2008 10:15 AM |

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BASICALLY this is a website for pictures of Barack Obama posing with babies as he campaigns to become the next US president.

He hugs them, kisses them, plays with them and always makes sure he looks happy to be with each and every one of them.

Timewaster - guess the rating

By John Hill on October 10, 2008 1:13 AM |

Test your cricket skills

By John Hill on October 3, 2008 2:30 PM |

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Summer is over and it's time to put away your stumps, bats and balls as rain has stopped play - Or is it?

Not with the rainproof (it never rains in internet world) Little Master Cricket Game.

Death to all moths

By John Hill on September 3, 2008 1:00 AM |

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There are days when boredom and irritation at the behaviour of your colleagues can make you want to release aggression.

Instead of shouting at your co-workers, head to this website, where you can staple some virtual moths to a wall. It is weirdly satisfying but it’s probably not wise to tell your colleagues what all the frantic clicking is about. They may start to worry.

A different perspective