Today is the shortest day of the year - the sun didn’t rise in Auckland until 7.34am and will set at 5.11pm, according to timeanddate.com. To get the most out of the day, we’ve pulled together some online shortcuts and other time-saving tips, as well as some of the fastest and shortest records around the world. (OK, we know you don’t need daylight to be online ... but we couldn’t resist sharing some of these). Roll on summer!
Quickest searches:
Looking for World Cup scores? world cup
Local movie times? movies auckland
Flight running on time? type in your flight number, e.g. NZ0001
Forecast? weather auckland
Friend still awake? time london
Am I being ripped off? 1,000 baht in NZD
How much butter? 4 ounces in grams
If you’re a maths student, plug in an equation cos(pi/6)
Where’s the closest hairdresser? hairdresser + your postcode
What’s the name of that album? 'music:Madonna'
Looking for something from on specific site? ‘site:trademe.co.nz running shoes’
What does that word mean? define:ubiquitous
Time-saving tips:
Some of the world’s best time savers:
Some of the world’s shortest:
