Downtime Sparks Creative Thinking

Step MacroDroid flow Shortcuts flow 1 When: Clipboard update contains google.com/file/d/ When: Clipboard 2 Action: Variable Set %clip = Clipboard Get Clipboard 3 Action: HTTP GET https://quickchart.io/qr?size=500&text=%clip Call: https://quickchart.io/qr?size=500&text=[Clipboard] 4 Action: Save HTTP Response to Download/QR_timestamp.png + Flash "Saved" Fetch → Save to Album "Codes" + Show Notification "Copied & Saved" Drop a URL shield PDF inside the folder: a one-page PDF that itemizes the full addresses, deadlines and hashes. Recipients stop asking "which version" because the sheet refreshes itself when you replace the file–Drive repairs the embedded hyperlink on the fly. Stride a 600-meter loop that mixes three textures—concrete alley, tree-lined sidewalk, loading dock. The shift in surroundings forces the brain to re-index surroundings every 120 seconds, boosting associative novelty by 28 % (Stanford 2022 mobility/cognition trial, n = 47). 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Lock the set: File → Version history → Name current version; even if someone copies the folder, the original sequence remains intact. Self-destruct trick: append &usp=sharing_e + a Unix timestamp in seconds; after the picked date the link redirects to a 404, no script required. Bandwidth saver: keep each shot under 1600 px on the long edge; the built-in viewer streams a 1280 px proxy, slashing data use from 12 MB to 800 KB per image without visible quality loss on phones. Stack it with &slide=id.p1 to lock the start slide and &autoStart=false to halt autoplay. One clean string does the job: paste it into Slack, Notion, or any LMS; recipients land straight in full-screen mode on any device. Gotta switch back? Delete the parameter and reload–zip re-push required. Enable airplane mode right after the copy action; the link lingers in RAM and you can inspect it offline without bumping view-count inflation. For mass grabs, feed multiple IDs into a single note, split them with commas, and feed the list to a terminal one-liner that loops through curl -L -O "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=$i";. Keyboard shortcuts still rule–arrow keys advance slides, Esc exits–so the audience can navigate sans risk of altering content. If you must let a colleague annotate later, send the original /edit link via DM; the /present version remains read-only even for users who have editor rights on the underlying file. Bookmarklet shortcut: make a new bookmark, set the URL field to javascript:location.href=location.href.replace('/file/d/','/uc?export=download&id=').replace('/view?usp=sharing','');. Open any shared item, fire the bookmark, and the browser refreshes with the raw file–runs even on 3G. Need a static index page? Run =IMAGE("https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id="&A2&"&sz=w1920";) down column B in Google Sheets, populate column A with file IDs exported via drive.google.com/drive/u/0/search?q=parent:FOLDER_ID, then choose File → Publish to web → HTML. The auto-generated table renders clickable thumbnails that launch the high-res copy in a new tab, and the sheet refreshes within five minutes of any upstream change. Stick uc?alt=media&id=FILE_ID onto https://drive.usercontent.google.com/uc?id=, substitute FILE_ID with the 33-character hash that trails /file/d/ in the address bar, then drop the ready-made URL into any browser tab or embed it as an element—no sign-in required for viewers. Keep a pitcher of water at 18 °C at hand; minor dehydration lowers verbal fluency by 11 %. When the clock hits 60 minutes, take 200 ml, then roll your eyes 20 s clockwise, 20 s anti-clockwise. This vestibular hack increases blood flow to the anterior cingulate, the area that highlights hidden links. Record whatever emerges on index cards—one idea per card, no electronic devices yet. Participants who stuck to the protocol filed 2.3 extra patent claims over the next quarter compared with controls. For boards or investors, bundle the talk as a branded micro-site: File → Download → .html, unzip, drag the assets into a Firebase Hosting folder, deploy with a one-liner CLI line. The result is a lightweight, scrollable story that hits 98 on Lighthouse and can camp on your own domain forever, immune to corporate policy shake-ups or sudden permission resets.