Time saving tips for the shortest day of the year

As if our days don’t already seem packed enough, today is the shortest day of the year. The sun didn’t rise until 7am and will set promptly at 4:53pm, according to timeanddate.com. To get the most out of the day, we’ve pulled pull together some online shortcuts and other time-saving tips, as well as some of the fastest and shortest records around the world. (OK, 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 sydney
What's that stock at? : goog, sbux or luv
Flight running on time? : qf44
Forecast? : weather melbourne
Friend still awake? : time london
Am I being ripped off? : 1000 baht in AUD
How much butter? : 4 ounces in grams
Quick - what’s 28% of $142 : $39.76
If you’re a math student, plug in an equation : cos(pi/6)
Where’s the closest hairdresser? : hairdresser + postcode
What’s the name of that album? : ‘music:Madonna'
Looking for something from on specific site? : ‘site:ebay.com.au running shoes’
What does that word mean? : define:ubiquitous

Time saving tips:

• Fast Morning Make-Up for School or Work
• Greasy hair, but no time to shower? Quick fix for greasy hair!!
• How to Clean a Room in Less Than 4 Minutes
• Top 10 Kitchen Cooking Time Savers - Nutrition by Natalie

Some of the world’s best time savers:

• World's Fastest Talker
• Worlds fastest Train: 574.8kmph.
• Usain Bolt beats Gay and sets new Record - from Universal Sports
• Guinness World Record Todd Taylor Fastest Banjo

Some of the world’s shortest:

• World’s shortest runway
• Jimmy Carr's shortest joke in the world
• World's Shortest Escalator
• The Shortest Chess Game

Posted by Annie Baxter, Google Australia