Having a timer can come in handy for all types of jobs. Lets say you wanted to work on your novel for just one hour a day, or perhaps you needed to get up from the computer a stretch a little bit every 30 minutes? The online tool, e.ggtimer.com is perfect for that.
An egg timer, for those who have never heard of such a device, is something that’s function is to measure a set amount of time. Where do eggs come into the picture? It is most commonly used to aid in cooking an egg in water. What e.ggtimer.com does is it brings that classic idea to the Web.
The web site’s interface is simple. In the text box, you simply enter your time you want to set it for, and hit the go button. You can also set the time by typing in the time into the address bar, such as:
- http://e.ggtimer.com/2minutes
- http://e.ggtimer.com/1hour14minutes35seconds
- http://e.ggtimer.com/5years3months
- http://e.ggtimer.com/30 (when you just put a number it assumes seconds)
When the time is up, it will make a “dinging” noise to let you know your time is up. Filed in the bookmarks where I keep my other simple web application I love, e.ggtimer.com is possibly the best online timer around.
