Sunday, June 20, 2010

Time saving tips for the shortest day of the year

As if our days don’t already seem packed enough, today is the shortest day of the year. The sun didn’t rise until 7am and will set promptly at 4:53pm, according to timeanddate.com. To get the most out of the day, we’ve pulled pull together some online shortcuts and other time-saving tips, as well as some of the fastest and shortest records around the world. (OK, OK, we know you don’t need daylight to be online ... but we couldn’t resist sharing some of these). Roll on summer!

Quickest searches:

Looking for World Cup scores?: world cup
Local movie times? : movies sydney
What's that stock at? : goog, sbux or luv
Flight running on time? : qf44
Forecast? : weather melbourne
Friend still awake? : time london
Am I being ripped off? : 1000 baht in AUD
How much butter? : 4 ounces in grams
Quick - what’s 28% of $142 : $39.76
If you’re a math student, plug in an equation : cos(pi/6)
Where’s the closest hairdresser? : hairdresser + postcode
What’s the name of that album? : ‘music:Madonna'
Looking for something from on specific site? : ‘site:ebay.com.au running shoes’
What does that word mean? : define:ubiquitous

Time saving tips:
Some of the world’s best time savers:
Some of the world’s shortest: