turning on your computer specifically to look up something on the internet but then, by the time computer has finished starting up & logging on, forgetting what it was you wanted to search for
similar to the experience of writer's block
I waited fully five minutes for the laptop to start up and then I had google block, what a waste of time
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.