This week's Fab Five is dedicated to helping students waste time. As if there isn't enough time in the day already, here are five Web sites that are addicting and will waste hours. What makes them unique, however, is they are based on you, the user.
1. Which celebrity do you look like? Upload your photo and this Web site compares your features with those of celebrities and generates photos of whom you look like. It's useful information to know you look 72 percent like Tom Cruise and could play his stunt double if you really wanted to. www.myheritage.com/face-recognition
2. How old is your body? At the Real Age Web site you fill out a questionnaire about your eating, exercise and lifestyle habits. Your answers help it generate your body's biological age, which can either be older or younger than your real age. This could be a wake-up call for you to take better care of your body. www.realage.com/
3. Ever wonder what you would look like as a Simpson's character? Even if you haven't, this Web site is still a good time-waster. Yellow skin, brightly-colored clothes and only four fingers, it's fun to see what you look like as a cartoon.
http://simpsonizeme.com
4. What if your name was part of the coolest new catch phrase? This Web site sloganizes your name with such phrases as "(Your name) is good for you," "Lucky (your name)" and "Ooh la la, (your name)." It's pointless, but amusing to see your name in print.
www.sloganizer.net/en
5. Your wish is chicken's command? This is by far the biggest waste of time, useless in every way, but it's so ridiculous you can't help but love it. Find out for yourself.
www.subservientchicken.com
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Copyright Brigham Young University 31 Jan 2008
