Sunday, June 11, 2006

Bloggers don't fear, help is here

This post is dedicated to all those brave soldiers who are brave enough to throw caution to the winds putting a lot on the line only and only for their love for the world of blogs. Now I am sure a lot of you are aware how addictive these blogs get after a point and how you during a course of a especially boring day keep hopping between your favorites hoping to see an update or for that matter anything new and interesting that might prevent you from dozing off at work or your school or university. Its a particularly hard job as you try to grab a peek from the prying eyes of your boss or an overtly boring teacher. You know the risks are large and if caught spending your precious time on them you are really in for it.

So today I wish to share some trade secrets of this very delicate art of how to sneak a peak at these blogs without getting fired at work or dropping a grade at school. Well first and foremost one thing you might notice is that a lot of blogs contain music and as soon as you open the blog your cubicle becomes the unintended recipient of a lot of your colleague's attention. So the thumb rule is to always have the mute turned on your laptops. This also helps to avoid getting caught using messengers at work. Yes a lot of you do know how embarrassing it can get when in the middle of a presentation or meeting a message pops up accompanied with that hard to miss 'ding' sound. Another method to surf blogs safely would be to use RSS readers so that you get email notification whenever a blog is updated or someone comments on your blog. But that's a safe option and we all know how we hate to play safe and love to flirt with danger especiallywhen it comes to our bosses. So if you still want to keep checking all blogs for updates here's an original, tried and tested method. As soon as you see a new post you can copy and paste it to a word file and then sink back in your chair and read the word file without any fear. So something like this end up looking like a harmless this and thus a potential 'I am sorry, we are gonna have to let you seek more favorable avenues of employment :(' magically transforms to 'Oh my my I cant believe you've already started work on that report already :)'. Another option that works beautifully as an alternate means to the beaten to death and very very suspicious 'alt+tab' manouvre is to use this PANIC button in case you get walked on upon in the middle of a very interesting blog. In fact I am so kicked with this idea that I am thinking of leaving permanent tab on the right side of my blog to make all your blog reading experience a safer and more enjoyable one. So now that you are equipped with all these tips and tricks I shall leave you to enjoy the world in blogs in peace, may the Blogger Force be with you.

15 comments:

totti said...

Hee hee.there is no Help buttion for commenting, i guess.But today is sunday :). And, you may get fired for the panic button thing. Are those real names and real data for the company?

Anonymous said...

hahaha...

this has truly happened with me once during my preso :) :) very embarassing!!

Point 5 said...

my work computer is very well positioned as it faces only me and not to any oncoming visitors...but I am trying to get rid of the habit of checking blogs at work...its addictive

Madame Mahima said...

oh guess what...when i worked at discovery channel i was supposed to be hard at work with programme scheduling when i decided to take a break and read a blog.
the next thing i knew i had bloody hindi music blaring out for the whole department to hear.

guess whose blog i was on?
GO ON.
TAKE A GOOD GUESS.


you and ure bloody music.
:@

just for that - how are your pants? :P

Jinguchakka said...

You are the man!!
lol. You address a very ticklish issue. :-))
Now onwards, I can browse in peace.
:-)
Thanks a ton, Dude!

janani said...

This is till date the best post you've ever written! :-) Great ideas. +1 for the permanent tab idea. :-)

Casablanca said...

I came here to comment on Bigger and Important Things, but Mahi's comment totally cracked me up :D :D

Madame Mahima said...

thanks casa, but it totally sucked when it happened..i mean i couldnt even pretend it WASN'T me seeing that i was the only brown person there!
*snarls at frohan*

Anarkist said...

Yes Mahima, the exact same thing has happened with me too. I have a sticky note on my computer which says, "Mute volume before visiting Rohans blog". I'm not kidding.

Rohan Kumar said...

@totti Oh cmon wth totti you dont expect me to be that dumb after penning down such a smart post ;)

@Anonymous Next time pass it off as one of windows artificial intelligence things and pray ur boss is dumb :)

@Point 5 Oh cmn u know it you can run from it but you cant hide, the BLOGS will get you sooner or later :)

@Mahi Oh cmon you should realize that you work in foreign countries and can easily pass off the music for anything say devotional music or meditational music. I will even throw in a 'Dum maro dum' for added effect to throw ur bosses off with the Hare Rama Hare Krishna bit. PS pans are fine except for crazy woman keeps wanting to see them on fire in her mind

@Jinguchakka Thnk you at last someone who understands the criticality of this topic :)

@janani Thank you very much, permanent tab shall be put into effect soon

@Casablanca Now tht Mahi's comments have been taken care of ets get back to your Bigger and Important Things now

@anarkist Cmon for cryin out loud you should realize that you work in a foreign country unless you have desi advisor and can easily pass off the music for anything say devotional music or meditational music. I will even throw in a 'Dum maro dum' for added effect to throw ur bosses off with the Hare Rama Hare Krishna bit

Madame Mahima said...

rohan, young kids may chance upon this blog..please don't talk about your pants being on fire.
people will get the wrong idea as it sounds very very dirty.
incredibly besharam.

Rohan Kumar said...

@mahi Ah ur imagination takes u on these wild rides, I think my PG 13 blog can do w/o it though ;)

Marvin said...

i use headphones to muffle all those sounds. shall try the Word thingie - really good idea.

Madame Mahima said...

MY imagination?!?!!?
oh thats rich coming from you :@

bah!!!
*mahi pulls her hair in frustration*

Rohan Kumar said...

@Ch@ry Working with headphones at work is a surefire SUREFIRE :)

@Mahi No wonder u looked like the MAhi of old with that boy cut ;)