MetaFilter posts tagged with procrastination

Radio radio

mudpuppie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:28:40 -0800

Please dismantling the Radio(?). your have only screwdriver. The tool you can use is the screwdriver. Japanese skill is NO need to slove this puzzle. Good luck. [Via JIG.]

Read at work

jonathanstrange — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:38:59 -0800

Read at Work. How to read at work without being busted, and not in a "guide to" kind of way...

Something to Watch While You're Procrastinating

salvia — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:28:04 -0800

This post goes out to everyone who is supposed to be working right now. Perhaps you can relate.

Block time-wasting websites using the Invisibility Cloak

russilwvong — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:34:55 -0800

Gina Trapani's Invisibility Cloak is a GreaseMonkey script for Firefox that blocks time-wasting websites while you're working. Conveniently, MetaFilter is included by default. Previously: Temptation Blocker.

There's nothin' Nietzsche couldn't teach ya...

ontic — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:47:06 -0800

The Philosophy Podcast seems to be a podcast where great philosophical works are read aloud. Unfortunately you need to pay for the full works, but the bits are fun. For something a little more contemporary, check out Philosophy Talk, hosted by Ken Taylor and one of the funniest contemporary analytic philosophers: John Perry. In particular, check out Perry's light essays in which the power of procrastination can be harnessed (and apparently now put on t-shirts), an ideal desk is a giant lazy susan, and connections are drawn between golf and suffering.

Work Friendly!

mathowie — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:43:42 -0800

Work Friendly is the greatest website ever for people trying to get away with web browsing at work. You enter a URL, it launches a new window styled to resemble a Word Document window. It even includes a "Boss" key to convert the page to regular text. Check out MeFi in it. [via waxy]

Ask Guardianfilter

Gyan — Fri, 13 May 2005 20:17:38 -0800

Notes & Queries - questions that only fools and geniuses would dream of.

Bear and Cat

carter — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:01:19 -0800

Bear Line up strings of coloured rolling thingies, using Bear's squirty submarine doodad [Flash][cute]

Procrastination Happens

nathanrudy — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:34:33 -0800

Animation on Procrastination ... Here's an excellent, fun animation on the procrastinator in most of us. I would have posted it sooner, but ... well, procrastination happens.

Procrastination Research Group

staggernation — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:49:44 -0800

I've been meaning to post this for the longest time.