Doing some useful stuff on the net?

Question

can you suggest some useful stuff to do on the net other than just sitting and chatting and spending time on myspace and yahoo answers :) ,after getting back from work I have a lot of free time at my hands and my laptop is my main source of entertainment so any suggestions and good websites to learn something new or make constructive use of the net.

Some of you might suggest to go out and enjoy but going out after a long day at work is really tiring ,i am hardly home on weekends so i do my social activising at that that time

Thanks for the help

Answer 1

there are a lot of free game sites...

many TV channels, such as Discovery, National Geographic have web sites.

you can do a Yahoo or Google search for any topic which interests you to learn more about it.

there is a good political news website www.crooksandliars.com among others.. you can do a search for National or World news to find sites.

lots of interesting blogs out there -- you can search for Top Blogs.

you can write your own blog...

there are also sites with jokes and even short stories.

lots of forums out there, on everything from mental health, to pets, to astrology. if you are interested in nascar, for instance, do a search for Nascar Forums... you can join to participate or just look around.

if you are interested in learning about something, you can do a search for a tutorial on the subject... say you're stumped about Internet Explorer 6. just do a search for IE6 Tutorial. Loads of computer related tutorials out there!

there is also a lot of "how to" information on the internet... this is where i learned to install a toilet once, when i was tired of waiting for my husband to replace and reinstall ours!

i collect photos and artwork, tole painting projects, papercraft ideas. i also collect graphics, and even sell my old junk on ebay once in a while..

yes i'm an internet NERD.. take care.