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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

So, we have snowdays and geoguessr; what other timewasters have you found?
Here is a new one: Land Lines

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

The "Drag" function is fun. And I just wound up 10 miles away from where I am at. [Snigger]

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Yeah, I just wasted about ten minutes with Land Lines. Got a lot of Arizona- looks like you can find ANY shape in Arizona. The coolest thing that came up was Liberty Island, looking straight down on the Statue of Liberty. [Yipee]

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Ooo! Ooo! Give this a whirl: Kaleidoscope Painter!

Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Ooo! Ooo! Give this a whirl: Kaleidoscope Painter!

It's your fault I didn't get to bed at a reasonable hour last night [Biased]

.

Thanks for posting that - I love it.

Huia

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Ooo! Ooo! Give this a whirl: Kaleidoscope Painter!

Oooh! I remember that one from when I was first on the internet in the late 90s!

Posted by Roseofsharon (# 9657) on :

[/qb][/QUOTE]Oooh! I remember that one from when I was first on the internet in the late 90s! [/QB][/QUOTE]

Jigidi has been around for a few years, too.

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

There are several "daily jigsaw" sites - I love them.

When I'm in the mood for Geoguesser I can have some very late nights indeed.

Does anyone else find you can be several continents away on one round, and within a few feet the next?

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Roseofsharon:

Jigidi has been around for a few years, too.

JigZone is my preferred daily timewaster.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:

quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Ooo! Ooo! Give this a whirl: Kaleidoscope Painter!
Oooh! I remember that one from when I was first on the internet in the late 90s!

Yeah, I seem to remember seeing it at a UCLA site back around 2000. I assumed one of the Bruin nerds came up with it. I'm not sure if that is true.

Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on :

I use the geoguesser version that only hangs out in the UK. I find it curious how many times it arrives in a cul-de-sac in a boring modern estate, or, conversely, down a long and winding lane with passing spaces, and never lets me use my knowledge of the geology to guess where I am. There are lots of hilly bits about the islands, but it doesn't like them very much. (Except once, when it landed by a notable mountain in the west of Scotland.) It did once land by a roundabout on the way to my local Lidl, but usually chooses places where there is nothing distinguishable.

I take a screen grab of the starting position, go off to find some sort of notice, signpost or such, and then engage Google Maps and Street View to get within a few yards/metres of the start.

Posted by Goldfish Stew (# 5512) on :

Make the neural network guess your sketches....

I still don't know if I'm more disappointed when it doesn't get 5 out of 5 or when it does.

Posted by DonLogan2 (# 15608) on :

226.2m away, BOOYAH!

Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on :

1.3m - helped by it being at the very end of a footpath!

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Penny S:

I take a screen grab of the starting position

The small flag will also take you back to the start.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

I've said of GeoGuessr before that I think it adapts to one's points accumulated during the game. I was playing on my mobile, not using any assistance, only encountering one road sign with lettering, spending <30sec on any map and coming within a few hundred miles at furthest. Then, for the last map, it drops me in a spot that cannot be moved from. No roads, no trails, just a couple of pale people climbing the hill towards the camera. So I took a wild guess, based on the light and plant types. Came within a few degrees latitude, but on the wrong side of the pond.

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

In the spirit of getting whatever laughs you can in troubled times, I highly recommend wasting a few minutes on trumpdonald.org/

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:
In the spirit of getting whatever laughs you can in troubled times, I highly recommend wasting a few minutes on trumpdonald.org/

I must be missing something -- I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to do (or what I was supposed to do)?

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Put your cursor on the horn and drag it around his head and his eyes will follow it. Then left click. The horn will blow Trump's comb-over, make him blink, and sometimes will spray him with confetti. [Snigger]

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

I've tried it in Internet Explorer and Opera -- the trumpet bounces up and down, but that's all. My cursor can't get it to do anything.
[Waterworks]

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Chrome?

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :

Pigwidgeon--

Maybe check what permissions you have set for the page?

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
Pigwidgeon--

Maybe check what permissions you have set for the page?

I tried that.

It looks like a cute time waster, but frankly not cute enough to install another web browser (I really didn't like Chrome when I tried it on my previous computer).

I guess I'll just have to buy my own trumpet and head to the White House...

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

Yeah, it's mildly amusing, but not enough to be worth installing a whole new browser!

Posted by Mili (# 3254) on :

I like completing these, especially the colour ones. They can be pretty addictive though nonograms .

To try to be a bit more productive with my free time I'm back on Duolingo Last year I did the French course. It's fun though you have to keep revising or doing language learning elsewhere to remember it all (at least I do!) This year I have started the Irish course. They're pretty good for a free website.

[ 02. February 2017, 09:38: Message edited by: Mili ]

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