In which Miss Lunatic illustrates the progress bar as applies to real-world events

[azurelunatic]

Context is not important, other than that some real-world events can be defined as "grinding", but do not have a progress bar. I point out, well, one may create one's own. As witness:





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Comments

[amyty.livejournal.com]

You win at taking the Internet offline!

[azurelunatic]

Thank you!

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

You forgot the picture with only one progress-bar-element filled!

[azurelunatic]

So I did!

[lacey]

I was waiting for this comment!

[azurelunatic]

/me saves that for devs, mostly

[lacey]

Incentive!

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Always glad to oblige! ::bows gallantly::

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Snerk. Cooooooool!

[azurelunatic]

The webcam is one of the most awesome inventions ever. And I love this towel.

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

That's a curiously mesmerising idea. I can see I'm going to spend all day looking for progress bars in my own life today... let's hope something gets beyond the first square!

[azurelunatic]

I was looking around for a little whiteboard when I came up with the idea, but the only one was the largeish one on the wall. If I were going to do this often, I'd want a little whiteboard with a permanent bar on it that I could fill in with fun markers.

I have the fun markers.

[wibbble]

Too late now, but this might be handy in future: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Homemade-Whiteboard-on-the-cheap!/

[azurelunatic]

Ooo, interesting, particularly if I draw the progress bar under the plastic.

[wibbble]

There was also one where they used a white piece of paper and a CD case, but I couldn't find it. I think that might be easier to write on/rub off.

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

container store is where I got my tiny ones.

[azurelunatic]

Ooooh, another place for me to be seduced by?

[nalidoll.livejournal.com]

I meant to tell you just how much this amused me when I saw it.
Now, I have had mental progress bars in my head, ever since.




Oh, and as a side note... Do you know of any uber-list of lj theme days/commonly observed special events? (Talk Like a Pirate day, Pi day and Rabbit Hold Day we have, a friend was just asking if there were more, and if a list existed.)

[azurelunatic]

Hee! I'm wondering if this will catch on as a trend.

I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unofficial_observances