MetaFilter posts tagged with timewasters

Just Don't Breath IN!

amyms — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:26 -0800

Here's something interesting you can do with those clear plastic buffer discs that come in stacks of blank CDs: Blow a looooong bubble that looks like a condom. Here's another example. Here's a doubter trying it for himself. Apparently you can do it with actual CDs too, at least according to this post at English Russia. There are lots more videos of CD bubbles on YouTube, showing varying levels of success.

You spin me right round, baby, right round

psmealey — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:13:13 -0800

The Fine Art of Japanese Pen Spinning Crazy Japanese experts show their amazing spinning skills. Here's a handy instructional video so you can get your start. A little digging reveals that web resources on this ancient discipline (known in Japan as "rōnin mawashi") indeed are plentiful

WHY ARE THEY SO BIG??

anarcation — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:17:35 -0800

Tangerine Panic: dodge the inexplicably falling fruit [flash, via digg]

ginz — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 03:21:05 -0800

Scrollbar racing Only for the truely bored. Here's more to waste your time.

Shadowkeeper — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 07:50:51 -0800

9:05 Remember back in the heyday of Infocom when you would routinely spend four or five days straight (subsisting on RC cola and beef jerky, only taking breaks to visit the john) trying to crack all the puzzles in Zork II or Suspended? Yeah, those were the days. Now, of course, you're a busy guy -- you can no longer devote entire weekends to the joys of text adventuring. That's why, today on your coffee break, you should play Adam Cadre's 9:05. Playing the entire game, from start to finish, should take you no longer than 10 minutes. But set aside a bit more time, because you'll probably want to play it again.