This is not the kind of productivity improvements that I have in mind for this blog. Game productivity is certainly also a kind of productivity. So here goes.
I'm sure FaceBook 
needs no introduction. Cafe World is a game within FaceBook where you run a restaurant by taking care of its deco, staffing, and primarily, by cooking a variety of dishes. Along the way, you upgrade earn cafe points which will allow you to upgrade your Cafe.
Background
Different dish requires different duration for cooking - from 5 mins to even more than a day! So there's plenty of clicking cooking to occupy your time.
You can actually close the page and the game will keep on running. However, the loading for the game sometimes will take a while. So, more often than not, I will leave the Cafe World running in the background while I do other work. Waiting for the distinctive chime of the food bell informing me that the cooking is done.
However the convenient chime comes with the irritating background noise of the restaurant - people eating, cash register tinkling etc. Not exactly optimal when you are trying to concentrate on other task. Yet when you turn off the sound option from within the game control, all the sound will be turned off. What to do?
The solution.
So I accidentally chance upon the solution. I'm sure the developer folks at Facebook must have deliberately designed it this way. You just need to click the "Save" button to eliminate the restaurant noise. The "Save Complete" box will pop up. But just leave it there. Now, alternate tab and do your other stuffs. i.e. Listen to your mp3s. When the food is done, you will still be able to hear the food bell chime! 
So now, have fun cooking minus the noise!
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