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26 points·drusenko··9 comments

Maybe I'm just getting old (I'm 29) but I'd found the zipline and the go-karts to be too much.

I'm all for chill-axing over a round of Halo on the XBox360 between intense periods of work to de-stress and wind down, but I'd just be distracted no end by people zooming around the office on karts and ziplines.

A lot of the folks working in the background didn't seem 'go kart' types but instead were working away on $50 Ikea desks and chairs. Personally, I'd invest more into my staff than my toys.

(also thought it was quite telling that someone went to the quiet room [described as 'where you go to get some important work done'] to play a computer game.)

I think the ops guy on the skype session had the right idea -- work remotely (with a decent chair and desk, and some monitors, and no one zip lining about, in a room which isn't an aircraft hangar), then visit the office for playtime or meetings.

They have cheap desks but the chairs are not $50 ikea crap; they're pretty comfy. fyi

And at least when I was there, go karting was really about a 5-6:30 activity.

bubblicious

Same thought exactly. Wild launch party, anyone?

ha you beat me to posting this

scooped up all of your karma ;)

heh

http://blog.earlh.com/index.php/2009/07/building-a-zip-line-...

particularly: http://blog.earlh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/p5q.jpg

We also tried a giant rubber band to increase speed. Everyone involved smelled like condoms for the rest of the day.

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