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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWe get it! It\u2019s 3 p.m. Your third coffee wore off an hour ago, and the cursor\u2019s just blinking at you, waiting for motivation that isn\u2019t coming. Logging off is not an option, and you need a quick reset. Well, here are some fun things you can do at your desk, without getting a notice from your HR or IT department flagging your activity. You are typing a few words into the search bar you have already opened. Google<\/a>\u2019s engineers have spent two decades quietly hiding jokes, games, and one genuinely useful search trick inside the world\u2019s most serious piece of software, and most people never stumble upon them. Well, that ends today.<\/p>\n In the search bar, type \u2018do a barrel roll\u2019 and hit Enter. The whole results page does a full 360 in about a second flat. This may be the easiest one on the list, but still the most satisfying.<\/p>\n Now, in Google Images, type \u2018Atari Breakout\u2019 and, on a good day, your search results turn into the arcade classic itself. Think paddle, ball, and all, built from the very thumbnails you just searched. It\u2019s one of Google\u2019s more visually clever eggs. It\u2019s also one of the flakier ones lately, so if it doesn\u2019t fire on the first try, don\u2019t assume you did something wrong.<\/p>\n How about having some real fun? Type \u2018Google Pac-Man\u2019 and you\u2019ll land on the fully playable version built for the game\u2019s 30th anniversary. Expect ghosts, pellets, and more right where your search results usually sit! Sometimes it is pulled out of live search, so treat it as a bonus.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s take a walk down memory lane. How did Google look back in 1998? Well, you can experience it right now. Just type \u2018Google in 1998\u2019 in your search bar and hit Enter. Your results page will look like the time when it was launched: before ads and autocomplete. It\u2019s like stepping into a time machine.<\/p>\n Maybe you need to look at things from a different angle. Slightly tilted? Search \u2018askew\u2019 or \u2018tilt\u2019 and the entire page leans slightly to the right, just enough to notice. This is subtle enough that half the people who try it assume their laptop has glitched! This trick works best on desktop, where the tilt actually has room to show.<\/p>\n Wondering what to do next? Maybe quit this job? Or move on from the relationship. You don\u2019t have to reach for a coin to help you make a decision. Search \u2018flip a coin\u2019, and Google will give you an instant, digital heads or tails. No app, no physical coin, and absolutely no excuse to keep agonising over that decision.<\/p>\n If the mid-afternoon blues have really got the best of you, roll a die. Search \u2018roll a die\u2019 or \u2018Google dice\u2019 and a six-sided die appears on command. You have the option to roll more than one at once. Maybe this is how you make the decision you\u2019ve been avoiding all morning.<\/p>\n This trick may come in handy. Put your search terms in quotation marks, and Google will only surface pages containing that exact phrase, in that exact order, instead of loosely related results scattered across the internet.<\/p>\n Say you want everything TOI has ever written about the World Cup, but you\u2019re tired of wading through fan blogs and clickbait to find it. Type \u201csite:\u201d followed by a domain and your keyword, like site. timesofindia. indiatimes. com World Cup, and Google narrows its entire index down to that one website. This is really a shortcut, and one of the few on this list that your boss might actually appreciate you knowing!<\/p><\/div>\nGo for a spin<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Get an arcade break<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Play Pac-Man<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Go back to 1998<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Askew<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Flip a coin<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Roll a die<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Find exact phrases<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Search specific sites<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n