- Spiral-bound: 96 pages
- Publisher: Quirk Books; Spi edition (12 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1931686025
- ISBN-13: 978-1931686020
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 17.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 774,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
According to efficiency experts, the average computer user spends 9 minutes every day waiting for files and web screens to download (that's more than 54 hours a year!) - and that's not even counting the time spent rebooting after the downloaded file crashes your computer. Now, at last, there's an activity book to help computer users make the most of their time. Computer Waiting Games is a witty, fully illustrated guide to more than 50 how-to projects, puzzles, games, and activities, ranging from the decorative to the slightly demented. A mix of self-improvement handbook, computer manual, and Martha Stewart Living, this book teaches readers new sports (Mouse Ball Bowling), dazzling crafts (Create a Floppy Bird Feeder), amazing weight-loss techniques (Printer Cable Calisthenics), and even New Age philosophy (Harmonize Your Desktop with Feng Shui).
About the Author
Hal Bowman is a tech support consultant in New Jersey. He developed the activities in this book after three years of working with a 28k modem and a 486/66 processor.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent prezzie for the Computer Nerd,
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This review is from: Computer Waiting Games: Things to Do While Uploading, Downloading, Processing or Crashing - Activities for the Impatient (Spiral-bound)
This book is a brilliant present for the guy who spends all day long sitting infront of his computer (like my boyfriend). I've bought him this for Xmas and I know he'll love it. Each page has amusing things to make and games to play within in to keep them from losing their temper with the connection speed!Well worth the money!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hahaha!,
This review is from: Computer Waiting Games: Things to Do While Uploading, Downloading, Processing or Crashing - Activities for the Impatient (Spiral-bound)
Extremely entertaining book. Keep me happy throughout my turbulent computer experiences. Well worth buying this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Fun!,
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This review is from: Computer Waiting Games: Things to Do While Uploading, Downloading, Processing or Crashing - Activities for the Impatient (Spiral-bound)
I love this book! Everyone who owns a computer has all the necessary components at their disposal to make the arts and crafts projects or games and puzzles created by the author. It's a lot of fun, and would make a terrific stocking stuffer, pollyanna gift, or housewarming present, for anyone on your holiday list!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Totally demented,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Computer Waiting Games: Things to Do While Uploading, Downloading, Processing or Crashing - Activities for the Impatient (Spiral-bound)
I read an interview with the author in the New York Times and thought this book sounded pretty cool. Now that I have it, I can report that it is totally demented. The activities are completely nuts--what kind of person thinks this stuff up?--but the amazing thing is, they all really work. Even the Floppy Disk Halloween Mask. And the drawings are terrific. Best of all it even comes with a mouse-pad cover. It's a great gift for the computer geek in your life.
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