Today, games and simple distractions to waste your valuable time at work.
- From Janine,
a Swiss game of drunkenness. - Bend
it like a low-res version of Beckham. Has irritating music, and Becks
goes for goal from some pretty unlikely positions. I got 14761 points. - This
game has been around for a long time, but I hadn’t tried it until recently.
It’s hilarious, and particularly resonant for anyone (I’m not naming any names)
who wiled away (is that the correct use and spelling of ‘wile’? I couldn’t decide) their early adolescence playing Dungeons and Dragons in their
basement. You’ve got to love any online game whose latest news item is "The
burrito bug from yesterday has been fixed — thanks to everybody who reported
it." - An exceptionally clever
and fun way to create metadata for images on the Web. - The simplest online
marketplace in the world. I think. - Check out the Greenpeace ad on this
page. Very funny, and utterly British. - Help pick the
best colour combination. Ever.
Bonus links that I need to get rid of: knit your
own licorice panties (thanks, SWT)
and the cheerleader who put
"I" in "team". You can view other link round-ups here.
UPDATE: Boing Boing points to this wonderful short film starring a Lego Spiderman. It’s part Indiana Jones, part Tom and Jerry, all in tiny little bricks.
DarrenBarefoot.com 
Ok, Darren – so how many meters can ya get?
How rude! I think I made it to about 55 metres.
But then, I generally don’t drink, so I’m unaccustomed to this phenomenon.
Can I use that excuse, too?? 😉
I love that cheerleader story. What a bunch of uptight little snots… “The behavioral administration and myself have yet to determine whether or not the actions of Ms. Brenning were in fact planned or if this was just some kind of mishap.”
So she’s either very stupid and unfortunate, or very amusing and equally unfortunate. Somehow I bet she’s a new hero to millions of high school students across the US.
What a great word. It’s “while”. It means “to spend time idly or pleasantly”, as in “I’m whiling my time away perusing your site.”