So, it’s Talk Like A Pirate Day and you’re at work wondering how you can get “into it” a little more. Many workplaces won’t allow costumes and I’ve found through personal experience that many coworkers tire of hearing Piratespeak after a few hours. ;-)

So what you need is a little ambience for your computer. Visit http://www.2kgames.com/pirates/pirates/Masthead_lang1.swf and let that screen stay up in the background. It’s a kind of splash screen for the Sid Meier’s Pirates game and it has accompanying background sounds like waves, thunder, creaking ships, and the calling out of distant helmsmen as they acknowledge each other (and keep from running into each other).  Just set your volume appropriately and you can feel like you’re in the Caribbean, sailing through wind and weather. Only without the peg-leg captain breathing down your neck with his cutlass prodding you to work harder. (I hope!)