February 18, 2009

Abandon Productivity, All Ye Who Enter Here

filed under: Procrastinetion

Do not - I repeat do NOT - click on this link if you have anything pressing to do in the next few minutes. Or hours. Maybe days.

Coconut Run - from Johnson Controls (Ingenuity Welcome!).

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Once you get the hang of it, it's simple - you build a cart to catch a load of 15 coconuts, then you run the cart over rough terrain to deliver them for processing as quickly as possible. Your efficiency is rated by a formula of speed by the number of coconuts delivered.

(Tip: once you've seen what each tool does, uncheck "show tips" so that it stops popping up at you).

I have worked my way up to 96% efficiency which - trust me - required real concentration. My best design yet is here (try it yourself for a while before you peek, so that your design ideas are fresh).

Ad-dic-tive.

Posted by rjt at February 18, 2009 02:52 PM
Comments

how's that challenging new job?

Posted by: perj at February 20, 2009 10:55 AM

You're missing a key modifier: "that *more* challenging new job..."

Posted by: rjt at February 21, 2009 07:32 PM