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...ways to view the large hole opposite city hall in Nauvoo, Ill. One way is Mayor Tom Wilson's; he gives it a glance each morning on his way to work. The other is from a nearby roof, where a camera transmits one photo every minute of the workday to a website run by a Utah company called Deseret Book. That's 540 exposures a day. Few go to waste. Since January the site has had 6 million hits, most by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nothing is too minor or boring...
...alone. A third of the people questioned in a recent study by N.F.O. Interactive admitted to spending at least 25 min. during the workday using the Net for personal pursuits. But after a while it gets dull checking the five-day forecast on weather.com or hoping some news will break on CNN.com to liven up your mundane Monday. So if you need a quick fix that won't get you fired because it takes all day, here are a few sure bets...
Finally, telecommuting is often touted as an indirect benefit for parents of sick children. Says a New York City lawyer who occasionally works from home when one of his three kids is sick and his wife has to work: "It's a lousy way to spend a workday, but I'm glad I have a job that gives me the freedom to do it when it's essential." Several years ago, his employer started offering in-home care for sick kids, but he never signed up for the service, and he hopes he never...
...would be terribly convenient to circumnavigate the earth in a fraction of a second, to make a round trip to the sun in just over a quarter of an hour, to go to Neptune and back in a workday. Modern life is too busy to waste time getting from here to there, and flitting around at the speed of light--about 186,000 miles per second--would take a lot of the drudgery out of travel...
PACK YOUR BAGS Whiling away your workday dreaming of your next vacation? Better dial your travel agent or get on the Web, because it looks as if Europe is the trip of the year. Last week the euro continued its yearlong decline, slipping below parity with the dollar. It was an important psychological barrier, and experts expect the beleaguered currency will continue its slide over the next few months. On the negative side, that means U.S. exports are getting progressively more expensive for European buyers. But cafes in Paris and pensiones in Rome are getting cheaper...