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4rch3nemy
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So I like spending time on my computer but I feel that I spend it the same way each time. I tend to check threads I've posted in, or my email, or facebook, several times during the course of a 1/2 hour internet session.. I do this because I find myself "bored" of the internet. I don't wanna play games or anything but I like to browse things, see things, read things, and watch things that are interesting. Bonus if it's smart or pertinent to the real world or my little part of it.
My question to you is: How can I improve my internet surfing time? I want to do more and see more but I find myself kinda transfixed to the corners of the internet that I know. It'd help to have some really interesting links to go to.. etc.
I'll download stumbleupon addon for firefox again, but that's a shot in the dark lots of times.
Thanks in advance
My question to you is: How can I improve my internet surfing time? I want to do more and see more but I find myself kinda transfixed to the corners of the internet that I know. It'd help to have some really interesting links to go to.. etc.
I'll download stumbleupon addon for firefox again, but that's a shot in the dark lots of times.
Thanks in advance
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Read tutorials on something you want to do (photoshop, 3D, photography, any number of programming languages, whatever) and then proceed to do that thing.
Check snopes.com if you're in to urban legends.
Look up any number of 'photo of the day' sites. I mean ones with actual pretty photography and not 'oh look someone did something stupid' photography but whatever floats your boat.
Check out podcasts on subjects you are interested in. There are thousands. Just google '[subject] podcast'
Uh... there's definitely loads more but that's just what comes to mind immediately.
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Joking aside, some of the sections of that site are actually quite informative.
Also, visit TV Tropes for hilarious results.
Just stay away from /b/
Reading books? :P
I love having a look in /hr/ every now and then. I always manage to find something spectacularly brilliant (huge panorama shot of a wind farm, beautiful old maps, bank notes from various countries).
Also urban dictionary because you never what you will find (thats how I got my sig).
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
cool stuff. the discovery one doesn't appear to be working with firefox right now, but it works fine with IE
adultswim.com
kotaku.com or joystiq.com
Fark is great for news, and there's always cool stuff to be had on Lifehacker and Wired.
If you're still stuck for stuff to do, jump into the Achewood archives.
Even if you aren't an artist, Looking at art is a great way to spend time on the internet. Concept Art.org is a great fourm to browse, and the Stumble upon art channel is a good way to pop onto random artists sites. If your trying stuble upon I definitely recommend channel isolation for getting sites to capture your interest.
In general though, I would make a list of your interests, some projects you've always wanted to try, or something you've always wanted to do, and just start researching the hell out of it. you never know when that kind of google-ing will bring you closer to a goal you've stopped working towards.
I dont have anything new to bring to the table but this has really delivered thus far. ^_^
Put Stuff In -> Check Recommendations -> Add New Stuff From Recommendations -> Check Recommendations -> Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Just for the love of god be careful. You'll go to check something and 45 minutes later you'll have a dozen+ windows/tabs open, by the time you realise this though you'll be too far down the rabbit hole to escape.
Most of the stuff I can think of has been said, but there's also Damn Interesting, which has some damn interesting articles - worth browsing the archive, and even the comments for some interesting debates or details.
4Chan, specifically /b/, if you are a demon from the asshole of hell - join me in darkness, brother.