i shouldnt visit the SMH website – it only serves to annoy me.

Parents will love this one – Man dies after playing computer games non-stop.

yesterday on the front page they had some Harry Potter stuff on the main page, including a link to a gallery that said ‘Scenes from the film’ and then the first 8 or so pics were all publicity shots of the characters. [link is to the thumbnail page but the original link just took you to the first pic] so i’m looking at the pictures and thinking thinking “scenes from the film? riiiiight.”

Wasted time a $120bn headache for bosses – Australian workers waste the equivalent of 90 days a year on unproductive activities, largely because of poor management and a lack of planning or control, a global study has found.
It doesnt say it in that version of the article but on the radio one of the things listed was “helping other staff with their work” and one has to wonder – how exactly is that wasting time?