If The Office has taught us anything, it's that no activity is more monotonous than actually producing on the job. For your colleagues who've exhausted Facebook and can't download solitaire, give them a set of Buckyballs. Modeled after the 1985 breakthrough discovery of the spherical cage of carbon atoms, this set comes with 216 magnetized balls that can be reconfigured into an endless variety of shapes and designs. They're like a Rubik's cube that doesn't make you feel like an idiot. Now if only the company's annual report could instill that same confidence. (getbuckyballs.com, $29.95)
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