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How to get an extra 12 minutes for lunch at work
Brandon Davenport
The best part of your day is logging off your computer, closing the books and heading out for a well-deserved lunch break. Usually, you have a solid hour to scorf down your tuna salad sandwich, and do some window-shopping in the mall (for stuff you’ll never be able to afford) before you need to head back to the office, and seep into the mindless workflow you’ve been trained to tolerate. You may be enjoying your one hour breaks — but an extra twelve minutes could mean all the difference in the world!
The Epic Lunchtime Clock
Randofo from the realm of Instructables has invented the 21st century “Lunchtime Clock” that gives you an extra 12 minutes every day for lunch. It works by using a system that “speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows down 20% every day at 11:48, giving you an extra twelve minutes of lunch to enjoy”.
Quite simply it fools big boss man into thinking it’s 12:00PM when it’s really 11:48PM, allowing you to leave for lunch 12 minutes early, and be back on time at 1:00PM. So technically you left for lunch 12 minutes early, but as far as the boss knows, you left right on time. So, if you know what a resistor is, and are comfortable playing with 16mhz crystals and Arduino boards — Learn how to make this!
