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30 March 2006

Time sink roll call! List your favorite web-based diversions here.→[More:] Shopping sites, games, music archives, come one, come all! I got a stomach bug last night & am currently home, partially clothed, barfing my guts out every half hour. Help a lady out, MetaChat!

The photography of Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

Symbols.com.

For all your DIY shopping needs.

Found this little treasure one fateful day....

post by: rebirtha at: 11:55 | 17 comments

Six Six Five is good reading, though the sense of humour may not be for everyone.

The recaps at Television Without Pity are great fun.

I've spent ages with the I Ching Poetry Generator.

Chordbook.com, for guitar players.

posted by Zozo 30 March | 11:59

I'm not going to be helpful, but I wanted to wish you well, rebirthday. Get well soon!

posted by mike9322 30 March | 12:05

First Monday

posted by warbaby 30 March | 12:11

Prehispanic Raised Field Agriculture in the Bolivian Amazon (Google cached page)

posted by Hugh Janus 30 March | 12:15

And this, more on the same topic.

posted by Hugh Janus 30 March | 12:19

God save me from Bookworm. I shudder to think of how many hours I have spent there. Jigzone is another bad one, as is the Bubble Game.

Must. Stay. Away. Me, that is, not you. You are exempt from productivity. Feel better soon!

posted by mygothlaundry 30 March | 12:19

Babble, a combination of Boggle and Scrabble that's ultimately neither.

posted by me3dia 30 March | 12:32

Coudal sends me down the rabbit hole every time.

posted by Miko 30 March | 12:36

I used to play a bunch of Web Boggle because its live and head to head.

And TextTwist

And I just reinstalled Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo again and have been having a blast with the free online multiplayer mode. Hmm, maybe I'll set up a MeCha server for any other interested frag happy kids.

posted by fenriq 30 March | 12:51

Oh yeah, and Thong Battle and its other affiliate sites.

posted by fenriq 30 March | 12:52

Another vote for Bookworm and Text Twist. And Bejeweled and Solitaire (both Spider and traditional) are two more I play a lot.

Other than games, most of my day is spent at Metachat, AskMe and MeTa.

posted by deborah 30 March | 13:06

Livejournal.

posted by sisterhavana 30 March | 13:11

Even more compelling, livejournal images. Without the context, the last 40 images uploaded to livejournal. It's like eating peanuts, I just sit there and hit refresh over and over, and try to imagine the story behind some of the stuff that pops up.

posted by crunch 30 March | 14:20

crunch: There go the next two hours of my life.

posted by Zozo 30 March | 14:41

gayisjames

posted by Eideteker 30 March | 14:58

Zozo, I had to come home to check out the I Ching thing (no Flash on the computers at work), and wow... that is too freakin' cool.

posted by BoringPostcards 30 March | 19:16

Eide! he rocks! i'll take him for our team. : >

great stuff here...i'll add 2 old faves: Hourly Cruft, and Webcollage (sometimes nsfw)

posted by amberglow 30 March | 19:34

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