Written on January 26th, 2006 at 07:01 pm by Darren Rowse
How to bring your blogging productivity levels to 0 in one simple step
b5media’s blogs have come to a standstill today.
No its not server problems and no our bloggers have not started a mutiny. No it’s much more evil and sinister than that.
In our private bloggers internal bloggers communications one of our bloggers, Jesse, introduced everyone to Escapa!
Before you visit the link – be aware you could be about to destroy your productivity for the day.
Let me know your record time – I’m at 21.12 second but there are b5′ers who’ve gone way past that :-)
38 Responses to “How to bring your blogging productivity levels to 0 in one simple step” - Add Yours
Chris @WordPressBlogging.com
January 26th, 2006 7:27 pm
You know what’s funny is that games similar to this have destroyed many a days of productivity and yet I believe hard work should be rewarded with a little funlike this……right everybody?! ;)
Andy Merrett
January 26th, 2006 8:19 pm
Hmmm, I played it a couple of times and got to 18.2 seconds – bored now, to be honest. :)
HART (1-800-HART)
January 26th, 2006 8:25 pm
30 minutes and 18.859 was the best that I can go… I have to give up before I lose my mind on this one!
But, while you’re on topic .. Can you (or perhaps anybody out there) help me with a private blogs? Perhaps you might find this to be a good topic to blog about on a slow day!
I have a medical blog that I have been posting in both public but mostly in private mode (wordpress 2.0). It works, if I post it as a private entry. However, if I edit the entry – suddenly it goes to published and public mode, and my rss feed kicks it out with the pinging process. I hope that I was the only one linked to the feed in bloglines, and no one else saw the private information. I’d like to know if there are any tips you could suggest for peace of mind that a private blog is really private (without me reading the entire wordpress.org forums) /// Thanks in advance. \ HART
Andy Merrett
January 26th, 2006 8:39 pm
I’m not sure exactly, HART, but I think sometimes the post status gets set to published – you need to check to ensure it is still on Private (or draft). This may not be all there is to it – I publish very little in private mode but I do draft articles from time to time.
A.H
January 26th, 2006 8:43 pm
21 seconds for me =)
A.H
stuart
January 26th, 2006 8:44 pm
42sec
HART (1-800-HART)
January 26th, 2006 8:47 pm
Andy.,, It’s easy to select the private mode during draft mode, or at the beginning, but like I mentioned.. it’s if you decide to edit it, or add to the post it switches automatically to publish status. Very annoying, but hopefully – I’m hoping there is a hack or plugin out there, or a secret technique to avoid that from happening. Maybe someone involved in wordpress 2.1+ might know if it’s an issue to be corrected?
Andy Merrett
January 26th, 2006 8:54 pm
Sorry HART that’s what I meant – when you edit it – you have to set it back manually. I seem to remember it did that in 1.5 as well.
Cherryblu
January 26th, 2006 8:56 pm
25.139 for me :-)
HART (1-800-HART)
January 26th, 2006 9:06 pm
Oh .. by the way .. this is how you “win” at Escapa, according to http://wiki.ehow.com/Get-a-High-Score-in-Escapa … haha DUH no wonder it keeps speeding up too fast for me around 16 seconds.
Steps:
1) Lower your computer’s core processor speed. The blue blocks will then move around the screen slower since your computer won’t be able to compute the physics in the program fast enough.
2) Set your core multiplier to 1 through your system’s bios settings.
3) Visit the Escapa site and impress your friends!
Codrin
January 26th, 2006 10:03 pm
29.168 after 2nd try
Gp
January 26th, 2006 10:09 pm
Oh darn! I need my medications now….oh man!!!!
John
January 26th, 2006 10:48 pm
Felt like I was doing a soccer training drill!!! lol, cool!
Marco Raaphorst
January 26th, 2006 11:11 pm
Optical mouses…
18.296
Logitech, maybe other brands are doing better ;)
jong
January 26th, 2006 11:14 pm
that was uber cool haha. 22.something
Marco Raaphorst
January 26th, 2006 11:27 pm
Mouse brand please?
I am serious!
Andrew
January 27th, 2006 12:33 am
How can any game be as addictive as fishy?
http://www.theflashgames.com/fishy-swf.html
The only flash game that has held my attention for more than 5 minutes :)
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January 27th, 2006 12:34 am
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Julien Marchand
January 27th, 2006 12:37 am
Bah, if you really want to ruin your whole week, go to http://www.addictinggames.com. I dare you to click on that link… :P
Jeremy Wright
January 27th, 2006 1:53 am
Fishy is da bomb :D I hit 25.13 on this and was happy. It was pretty easy once I figured out the pattern. I’m sure with another 20 minutes I could get above 30.
Michael Tung
January 27th, 2006 3:34 am
27 seconds for me
chris
January 27th, 2006 4:28 am
you darren are an evil evil man! I have work to do and I am stuck playing your silly game. By the way, 38.45 seconds, it only took me 45 minutes! damn you! Not on topic but has anyone ever seen there listings disapear in google? yesterday I had 152 listings, all of my posts for 1 of my blogs and I was getting great traffic, then last night I was down to 52 listings in google. Any ideas anyone?
Paul -V-
January 27th, 2006 5:10 am
Arrggggg! Nooooooo… I just finished my 12-step program for CivIII.
Michael Hampton
January 27th, 2006 5:17 am
Keeping private posts private: Hit Save, not Publish.
Nischal
January 27th, 2006 6:13 am
Mine was 11 seconds.
Once you get the hang of it then you will get it.
Its kind of easy in the beginning. You don’t need to move th ered box too much. But I think after 5 seconds the blue boxes start to move faster.
Anyways, was fun.
I hope Google could have introduce such game in China…so that the government would be busy…I guess you know what i m trying to say.
You can see at my blog on that issue…
http://www.internetsalsa.com
Jon Heizer
January 27th, 2006 6:27 am
20 seconds was my best, but yeah, bored after playing 3 times. Back to work I guess…
Issa
January 27th, 2006 8:22 am
I only got up up to 12. I want to do better. But had to quit before my addictive nature got ahold of me.
Bill Hutchison
January 27th, 2006 10:31 am
19.03 seconds after 5-minutes of play, then I had the self control to shut it off. I just hope that the rest of they guys in the office can do the same since I made the mistake of showing it to them…
Chris Meisenzahl
January 27th, 2006 11:32 am
47 seconds! ;-)
Ash
January 27th, 2006 2:01 pm
aaaaaaaaaarghh….daaaaamn yooooooooou escapa
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Jim Logan
January 28th, 2006 4:07 am
23.312 seconds on the first try and I’m stopping. I can see how this could get out of hand :-)
Darnell
January 28th, 2006 3:34 pm
Cursed game! Can. Not. Stop.
George
January 30th, 2006 4:36 pm
43.641
Erik Vossman
January 31st, 2006 8:54 am
Hmm, 47, 43, 38, I think some people need a computer upgrade. Works well with a slow computer.
Andrew
February 10th, 2006 8:06 am
I’m at 23.438 seconds so far on Escapa…and I am wasting time at a record pace.
The Reviewer
February 11th, 2006 3:31 am
This is so addictive, I have played it for about an hour, I must be crazy :). just wanted to thank you, now I am smiling
Seige
February 24th, 2006 7:02 am
Right, I shouldn’t have clicked on that link! It’s all your fault, darren. Warning us just lures us into doing it.
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