Results tagged “bored” from The official blog of Vat19.com

If you are bored while you are online, there are countless ways to spend your unimportant time. You could play games for free, read blogs, go shopping, or update your Twitter/Facebook/MySpace page every minute. Been there, done that. Here's something pretty cool (and free!) that should keep you entertained for at least a few minutes.

Each letter key on your keyboard makes a different "drum" sound. Some of the letters (such as Q) make a normal sound that you'd hear from a typical drum set. However, some of the letters (B, for example) make a totally unexpected sound. The N key sounds like it could've been in "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block.

There's not really a lot for me to say about it other than it's entertaining, colorful, and clever. I guarantee if you turn the sound up on your computer and hit some of the letter keys (try the V key) it'll grab your co-worker's attention.

Got more time to kill? Check out some of the other cool things on this same site, such as a video for TV on the Radio's "Wolf Like Me".

Did you ever have to take keyboarding class in school? It was really boring and you wanted to slap your teacher when she came to your desk and held a folder over the keyboard so you couldn't look at your hands. The class would have been more fun (and I use the term fun loosely here) if you could play games while improving your super fast typing skills.

TypeRacer lets you race against other users. Keyboarding class would've been better if you were racing against your friends (and enemies). Ultimately the nerds would prevail, and then the cool kids would decide to make it uncool to be a fast typer. Life's rough.

As you type out sentences (watch out, punctuation matters!), your little car moves further along. When I tested it out, the sentences ended up being quotes from a movie, and of course, there's a link to buy the movie. No harm in trying to make a little money in exchange for providing a silly typing diversion, right?

I flew past my competitors at 83 wpm. I don't think that is very good, but user Cody came in last at 32 wpm. Cody is probably an 8-year-old, but a win is a win!

You can also do a speed test at 10 Fast Fingers. This is a no frills speed test. No cute little cars. No odd movie lines. No competitors. However, you do get a ranking among the hundreds of thousands of people who have played.

74 words

Speed test

In my defense of that score, they randomly threw in one capitalized word "Indian". Out of no where I had to use the dang Shift key. My pinkie was totally unprepared to make that move.

See how fast (or slow) you type and leave your score in the comments. If you get caught by your boss, he can't get mad at you. It improves your on-the-job skills!

Since pretty much everyone can appreciate the occasional online game break, we’ve decided to offer up some of our favorites. To make our list, they needed to meet three criteria:

·No downloads. (Unless your web browser is missing the appropriate plug-ins)
·Easy to learn. All of the games below are extremely easy to learn, and a few are variations on classic board games.
·Fun. No matter how simple or easy they may be, some games are just not fun (we’re looking at you, Every Second Counts.)


So without wasting any more of your time, here’s the list:

10. QWERTY Warriors – If Mavis Beacon’s typing games got you all hot and bothered, you’ll love QWERTY Warrors. You play the role of a little guy in the middle of a field as all kinds of robotic enemies advance towards you. To kill them, you type their “name” and hit Enter.

9. The Like Better Game - This is the kind of “game” that appeals to people who sit around taking personality tests and posting them to their MySpace profiles. The site shows you a series of pictures and you just click on the one you like better. Every so often, the little pink brain will light up to let you know that it knows something about you (based on your choices).

8. Word Puzzles - If you like getting headaches, you’ll love the lateral thinking and logic puzzles at Folj.com. They offer hints and solutions, so you won’t go through all that suffering without the sweet release of knowing the true answer.

7. Web Sudoku - Unlike pencil and paper version of the game, Web Sudoku has a feature called “How am I Doing?” that allows you to check your work at any time.

6. Shuffle - All you have to do with this one is use your red balls to knock off the opponents yellow balls. It’s incredibly simple and totally addictive.

5. Dice Mogul - Dice Mogul is like Monopoly with a mean streak. In addition to buying properties and adding buildings, you can get bonuses that allow you to steal properties or delete an opponent’s bonuses.

4. Sim City Classic - Unfortunately, you’ll have to register for this one. It’s worth it, though. If you grew up with computers, you’ll almost definitely feel a bit nostalgic playing the original SimCity.

3. Trivial Blitz - They supply the category, you select the boxes that fit in the category. You get more money with each selection, but you risk it all with each move.

2. BoomShine - Deceptively simple. You click the dot and it expands, setting off a chain reaction of expanding dots with each one it touches. Your goal is to include as many dots as possible in each chain reaction.

1. Quick Stack - Quick Stack is quick, simple, colorful, and highly addictive. The upside, though, is that you’ll probably get sick of in less than 20 minutes, so it won’t distract you from too much work.