How I Skive Off WorkAdmit it. No one does any work these days. It's all looking at crappy websites with your thumb hanging over alt tab incase the boss walks over. Tell us your best methods of skiving, and any resultant incidents. (Maybe your slacking off has got someone sacked, or resulted in a large scale industrial accident.)
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rob, Wed 27 Apr 2005, 15:53)
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Using Technology To SlackMy methods have involved...
Ghostzilla - puts a browser window in faint grey on white over whatever active window you have. Only shows images when you move your mouse over them, so great for NSFW. Browser disappears when you move away from the window - genius loafing software.
The Wonderful Icon - a brilliant little helper app for Windows. Right-click on the minimise button on a window and the window minimises to the system tray by the clock instead of on the bar with its name to be seen by all. If that's not good enough, I've set Ctrl+Shift+/ to hide whatever is active completely, and it's right under the return key. Way better than Alt+Tab.
Bluetooth - I've got myself set up with a Bluetooth Access Point, so when I go to the loo (which, having IBS, is frequent and for long periods) I can browse the net on my phone. Having a phone that isn't restricted to WAP is a boon.
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Irregular Shed is trying to remember what it is he does, Thu 28 Apr 2005, 10:27,
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