How Playing Hooky From Work Can Boost Your Productivity. Feeling stressed Tired Skipping out on work might seem wrong, but according to one neuroscientist, it could end up making you more productive in the long run. Its common to feel tired after a long day at work or to need a holiday after a month long sprintRead more Read. As Dr. Tara Swartexplains to Fast Company, taking a little extra time off from work is good for your brain. In order to be productive, Swart says, you need blood flowing to all parts of your brain. YS4TiLn0m10/0.jpg' alt='Rpg Maker 2000 2003 Xp German Pc Parts' title='Rpg Maker 2000 2003 Xp German Pc Parts' />Otherwise, you dont get enough of the glucose and oxygen delivered to the brain that you need to think and keep focused. Eee Pc 701 Linux Drivers. But when youre too stressed at work, or feel like youre being treated unfairly, the brain moves your blood supply away from the higher centers of your brain and switches into whats called survival mode. In this state, you can work well enough to get by, but your productivity suffers and youre less willing to work with others. According to Swart, without the proper blood flow being sent to the higher, executive functions of the brain, you lose your ability to regulate emotions, suppress your biases, switch between tasks efficiently, solve complex problems faster, and you think less creatively. In the video, Swart likens your brain to being the CEO of your body. CEO thinks, what their values are, or how they like to work, youd be able to give them the best piece of work that you can. Its exactly like that with your brain. The more you know about how it works, the more you can get out of it. So Swart suggests you take some personal time off whenever youre really stressed or having interpersonal problems in the workplace. Call in sick even if you arent, or better yet, take one of those mental health days that arent used often enough. Youll come back more productive, creative, and feeling warmer towards your coworkers. So, yeah, anyway, Im going to go take the rest of the day off dont tell my editors, and I hope you do too. Looking Back At Some Of The Weirder Limited Edition Consoles. In 2. 01. 7 most video game consoles look pretty similar black boxes of varying size aimed at being as discrete as possible. The brands who manufacture and distribute them also have more clout and prestige of their own. So its weird to think that in the late 9. Nintendo thought it was important to use Tommy Hilfiger to promote the Game Boy Color. Nintendos and Tommy Hilfigers ingenuity is more than just fun and games. We strive to push the envelope with innovative marketing strategies, said Peter Main, former VP of Sales and Marketing for Nintendo of America in the summer of 1. Nintendo of Americas executive vice president, sales and marketing. This promotion is a natural partnership, since both companies tailor to the trendsetters who dress to impress and enjoy interactive entertainment. Re read that last part and just let the cynical whimsy of it wash over you. Then take a second to imagine the floppy haired designer behind the self titled line of over priced normcore flashing a Pikachu inspired gadget while waiting at the bar. Linux gaming refers to playing and developing video games for the Linux operating system, involving a Linux kernelbased operating system, often used for all. Nintendo recently partnered with other fashion brands to create a line of gaming inspired clothes, but its hard to imagine a limited edition, torn denim Urban Outfitters Nintendo Switch coming out in 2. Still, theres something quaint to the idea of two completely unrelated companies like Nintendo and Tommy Hilfiger collaborating to exploit peoples insecurities about whether theyre cool enough. In fact, the random, cross promotional, special edition video game console has a longer than expected history that acts as something of a time capsule for conspicuous consumption over the past several decades. Part of me hopes that in the future these unlikely partnerships will continue, but in the meanwhile heres a brief look at some of the more random ones. Audi R8 Xbox One SProbably the ugliest special edition console ever designed, the Audi R8 was meant to combine the allure of sporty German cars with a box of computer chips. Maybe there was a way to square this circle, but an Xbox One S in the shape of a faux Audi R8 hood was not it the Lamborghini One S is gaudy but still better looking. The shear audacity of it was inspiring though, and I applaud any and all efforts to design any future video game consoles in the shapes and colors of un related everyday objects. Taco Bell Xbox 3. A deep purple case with the Taco Bell icon peaking out from the lower right made this particular limited edition console particularly brazen. Instead of just awarding the winner of a contest selected from those feasting on crunchwrap supremes a simple box they could play Gears of War on, Taco Bell decided that lucky individual would have to shoulder the burden of showcasing the companies marketing for whatever wanton soul passed through their abode. It wouldnt even be that terrible without the logo I went with the purple 3. DS because, while the color does nothing for me in general, Ive had a special place in my heart for eggplant looking hues ever since Kid Icarus. The database recognizes 1,746,000 software titles and delivers updates for your software including minor upgrades. F3DA488B87FC1B4D9B79B69B519A05C98F3773/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside%7C1024%3A*' alt='Rpg Maker 2000 2003 Xp German Pc Parts' title='Rpg Maker 2000 2003 Xp German Pc Parts' />MTV Gamecube. As Console Variations reported earlier this year, MTV made a number of branded Gamecubes in 2. They were given away during daily broadcasts and went from Zebra Gum like the above to camouflage and even faux wood veneer, because nothing said Super Smash Bros. Melee like a Snow White brick being raffled off in between music videos for In da Club and Crazy in Love. Men in Black Play. Station. A great movie, a terrible game, and a really lazy console. The Men in Black Play. Station is incredibly rare, fetching over a 1,0. Just jet black with the movies logo plastered over the disc lid. But it was also emblematic of a time when being a blockbuster film insured some sort of video game spin off, and in this particular case, even a console sku. I talked about this particular one at the top, and it remains my personal favorite, mostly because of how dissonant the combination is. The Game Boy sold for 6. Pokmon craze if you purchased a certain amount of Hilfiger merchandise. Thats not something my parents would have ever done, but I can still remember looking through a fall catalog imagining what boring polos I might wear in exchange for the opportunity to capture an Oddish in full handheld color. Coca Cola Game Gear. Unlike a lot of other weird branded stuff, theres plenty of stuff bearing the Coca Cola script Toy trucks, cups at somewhere around half of all chain restaurants, any time you see a polar bear sitting on an ice cap. A Coca Cola Game Gear though Something about it still feels unnerving, like Id always be thirsty while playing sub par platformers on a really tiny screen. Maybe when the soda company realizes the error of its way and brings back Coca Cola Zero proper they can cross promote with the Vitas successor. Marlboro Atari Lynx. No doubt the oddest of all, Marlboro, a cigarette company, went in on the failed Atari Lynx handheld. In the end it was something of a match made in heaven, given the declining fortunes of both companies, even if Marlboro still sells nicotine and Atari no longer sells handhelds and the latter never killed anyone while the former has battled endless lawsuits about the lethality of its product. Customers would work up points with each new box of smokes which could be traded for different stuff, including a giant red brick of a handheld. While the prospect of another cigarette branded console might seem like an impossibility, vape enthusiasts seem to have a way of making things happen. Even if Nintendo doesnt release a vapa able Joy. Con in the near future, I wouldnt put it past DIY gamers to make it happen.