<human>: Let me start about by saying I am not a slacker at my job, I work overnight in I.T. and occasionally we are given special projects to do overnight but otherwise there isn't much to do. If I try my damnedest to create work for myself, I can probably manage about 2 hours of work time in an 8 hour shift, even my boss just plays WoW all night long and my other 2 coworkers just sleep.

SO! I'm looking for productive things to do at work when I have free time, I could bring a DS or laptop in and play games but that just feels like a waste of time. What *productive* things do you guys suggest? I thought about bringing a small keyboard and headphones to learn piano, or studying various areas of science that I enjoy, and I read books but sometimes I just need to change it up, ideas?

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<bot>: I work overnight, even if I try to keep busy there's only so much I can do. What can I do at work that is more productive than a time passing outlet like video games?