As the communications century closes, Netropolitan notes a steady decline in
employee productivity (Get on with it鈥擡d). Christmas shopping,
however, has got nothing to do with it. The culprit is at large on the Net,
clogging up mail servers and computers until eventually it is impossible to get
anything done. No, it鈥檚 nothing to do with the millennium bug. It鈥檚 the flood of
small but addictive computer games that seem to come with every e-mail.
鈥� Just in case you missed out on all this free fun for your computer鈥攐r
need to escape the relatives over the holiday break鈥攈ere鈥檚 where to go.
Make sure your virus checker is up to date and start with the brilliant moorhen
shooting game at www.104.6rtl.com/crew/moorhuhn/body_moorhuhn.html, where you
try to bag moorhens with your virtual shotgun. A fly on the wall in many an
office this festive season will witness countless moorhens meeting their Maker.
They would also see elves 鈥渕ooning鈥� Santa before he bowls them over, or frogs
being catapulted to their fate in Frogapult, both at www.nstorm.com, or even the
now infamous gerbil in the microwave (www.joecartoon.com).
鈥� Broadcasters force all sorts of Hollywood tat onto the airwaves at this
time of year, so why not get your revenge on the glitterati? At the 鈥淚f They
Mated鈥� website (www.nbc.com/NBCconan/index.asp?section=mated) you can see for
yourself what offspring of various celebrities might look like if they chose to
mate.
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鈥� Here鈥檚 a strange thing: if these games keep you glued to your screen, the
prospect of a Y2K electricity blackout might seem bleak. Fear not. An altruistic
bunch of activists, calling themselves the Solar Guerrillas
(www.homepower.com/rogues.htm), are doing their bit by feeding solar or
wind-generated electricity onto the US electricity grid 鈥渨ith or without permission
from utilities or governments鈥�. Exactly how this will help in the event of a total
Y2K utility breakdown is anybody鈥檚 guess.
