Websites For Killing Time

[RedWanderer]

So, this afternoon I had some free time and an unlimited Internet connection, and I found myself browsing through the same sites I seem to visit on a regular basis.

This gave me the idea for a new thread: What are the non-football related, work-permissible (i.e. no porn sites) websites that you visit regularly?

Anything that is updated somewhat regularly and contains content you find interesting would be fair game here, the idea being that the rest of us could give it a try to see if we might also enjoy it. Could be politics, blogs, games, humor, pretty much anything of interest.

[North Wales Red]

Aint It Cool News.

[ohdear]

I quite like the onion for news based American humour.

[NeverOffside]

Aint It Cool News.

I used to go on there quite a bit. I think I even have a login. But eventually the stupid 'first' posts just drove me up the wall.

[RedWanderer]

I obviously spend a lot of time on this and other football-related sites, but when I'm not looking at them I check:

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
Some of you may know this one. Always makes me laugh - basic idea is that the guy collects weird news stories from all over the world and compiles them into one neat site to read.

From this week's edition, under the headline "Can't Possibly Be True":
Two Park Vista High School girls who admitted that they swiped money off the table of a Girl Scout selling cookies at a supermarket in Boynton Beach, Fla., in January told WPBF-TV later that they had no remorse. Said one (on camera): "We went through all that effort to get (the money). We got all these charges (against us), and we had to give the money back. I'm kind of pissed." Added the other, "I'm not sorry. I'm just pissed that I got caught." The victim's mother said that the girls returned to the supermarket the next day and taunted the little girl. [WPBF-TV (West Palm Beach), 2-1-08]

Brilliant! :eek:

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp
This one may have been posted here before; it's one of those addictive Java games that I used to be able to kill an hour or two playing, although now the novelty has worn off some.

http://www.slate.com/ (http://www.slate.com/)
This is one of my favorite all-around sites for interesting articles. The politics stuff is mostly American, but they have a lot of other interesting topics as well, and the writing is excellent.

Any other suggestions?

[North Wales Red]

I used to go on there quite a bit. I think I even have a login. But eventually the stupid 'first' posts just drove me up the wall.

They're still doing that sadly.Hope it doesn't catch on here.
AskMen.com is another OK site.

[ohdear]

What's the first post thing about then??.

[North Wales Red]

What's the first post thing about then??.

That's when geeks sit at their computer all day waitng for a fresh story to break,then not even reading the article they rush to be the first talkbacker to respond to it, writing said word and nothing else.

[NeverOffside]

What's the first post thing about then??.

Unbelievably, posters take great thrill from being the first to post on a movie review thread. They simply post the word 'first' if they are indeed the first to post a response. It's fucking annoying.

or

what he said.

[matchoftheday]

www.killsometime.com ... does this get through your work filters? Go on, test the IT department. Your boss will be pleased when he finds out what sites you've been on...

[biglol]

http://www.boysfood.com/

[Tobyshore]

www.snorgtees.com
Humourous (some pretty close to the bone) t-shirt site

blog.makezine.com
Blog site for MAKE Magazine (for the adventurous DIY-ers and gadget junkies)

www.lifehacker.com
General geek-useful website (not a PC hacker website)

www.mentalfloss.com/blogs
.... full of "really? I didnt know THAT!" items.....

archidose.blogspot.com
A daily architectural news website, some way-out ideas on there...
(work related for me but I'm sure it would be 'interesting' to others too....)

googlemapsmania.blogspot.com
full of 'interesting' uses for the Google-maps product.....

[Vv6]

Just read this old thread and a few people asking about the FIRST post thing.

It reminded me of a clip I saw a while back

If you spend any time on various forums you will like this alot ( its a -- if business meetings were run like forums clip )

Enjoy

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556/

[isaac_hunt]

http://www.somethingawful.com/

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

[Rafas Benitles]

This is quite a good one if you've got an hour or two to kill and like puzzles!!

http://www.jigsaw.x0.com/sphere_e/index.html

[jozza800]

couple of regulars -

http://www.b3ta.com - Funny.

http://www.theregister.co.uk - Up to date IT news (for the geeks among us)

http://www.bash.org/ (http://www.bash.org/?random) - Excerpts from funny MSN and IRC conversations, some of them are very geeky but still funny

[Rafas Benitles]

couple of regulars -

http://www.b3ta.com - Funny.

http://www.theregister.co.uk - Up to date IT news (for the geeks among us)

http://www.bash.org/ (http://www.bash.org/?random) - Excerpts from funny MSN and IRC conversations, some of them are very geeky but still funny

Those are brilliant - and it comes up with a different set each time!!

<FutabaAoi> attractive girls like computers, i carry my case around town because it attracts chicks
<R0SC0E> no, attractive girls think guys that think girls are attracted to guys with computers are cute in a hurt puppy kind of way
<FutabaAoi> dont most people put down hurt puppies?
<FutabaAoi> does that mean attractive girls shoot computer nerds?
<R0SC0E> god i don't mean puppies with like missing limbs or exposed viscerals

QUALITY :D

[Kid of the Kop]

Although it ain't as good as it used to be Holy Moly (http://www.holymoly.co.uk)can have you pissing yourself laughing at times.

[North Wales Red]

This is quite a good one if you've got an hour or two to kill and like puzzles!!

http://www.jigsaw.x0.com/sphere_e/index.html

What have you done to me?:mad::confused::*(

[Rafas Benitles]

What have you done to me?:mad::confused::*(

Have you completed this yet?? ;)

[RedWanderer]

Have you completed this yet?? ;)

Got halfway through it before I had to find an online walkthrough. Stupid duck disguised as a rabbit - I don't think I'd have figured that out in a million years.

[Rafas Benitles]

Got halfway through it before I had to find an online walkthrough. Stupid duck disguised as a rabbit - I don't think I'd have figured that out in a million years.

I wasted a complete afternoon trying to get out of that sodding room...how did he get in there in the 1st bloody place??