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Hey kids! Wanna see the latest example of mainstream media attempting to co-opt a cutting edge social phenomenon it doesn’t understand?
Well then, why not watch NBC’s totally tubular new show Quarterlife? It’s coming later this month. But that shouldn’t stop you from getting involved RIGHT NOW. You can join their bitchin social network site right […]

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Last year, the New York Times finally took down it’s pay firewall. It was a great day for those of us who get most of our news online, while wasting time at work.
One of the last paid firewall holdouts in major media is the Wall Street Journal. There was plenty of speculation that after Rupert […]

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Here’s a perfect post for a Friday afternoon.

Stack items in cabinets so that they fall out on people when opened.
Move specific items to specific places everyday. (I.e. move the boss’ favorite pen from his desk to the floor every day if asked about it blame it on ghosts.)
See how many bathrooms you can visit in […]

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Chalk this up as another inevitability of our age.
Ever since social networks have been around, they’ve sort of been like the music your parents wouldn’t like because the music was too loud. You could post pictures from your keg party because you knew no one of any authority or importance would know how to/be interested […]

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This might be on Fark, but I didn’t get it there. (h/t Cheezhead)
Apparently, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that crack dealers are, in fact, employed in the eyes of the law. Thus, if you deal crack after your accident, you are technically employed, and the state can cut off your disability payments.
Court records show […]

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A weekly wrap-up of the forwards, email, jokes, You Tube videos and water cooler chatter making its way around America’s offices this week.
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I’ve posted before about doing personal web stuff (read: time wasting) at work.
Here are two more excellent options. They are both web proxies, which hide your IP address while you roam the internet and help you by-pass workplace filtering systems.
If you can’t get through to your LastFM account, or Facebook account or favorite instant messaging […]

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A weekly wrap-up of the forwards, email, jokes, You Tube videos and water cooler chatter making its way around America’s offices this week.
I was forwarded this link by about 7 different readers today. Given the opening of the new Rambo movie in theaters today, I simply could not resist posting. Please, please give all credit […]

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I’m actually a big fan of using balloons as stress balls. I like having a stress ball I can destroy in the end.
But if you’re less destructive than I am, this cool post will give you step by step instructions to make your own homemade (or officemade) stress ball.
And if you think this is just […]

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If we put our heads together, we can surely add a bunch to this list. Pitch in with your favorites in the comments.
C/O TimesOnline for the original post.
P.S.: Yes, that’s British slang you’re reading. I’ve included links to definitions.
1. Losing track of gossip. There’s nothing worse than sharing a juicy piece of semi-anonymous scuttlebutt […]

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