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* Learning why procrastination is actually good for you at [http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~john/procrastination.html Stanford's study website] | * Learning why procrastination is actually good for you at [http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~john/procrastination.html Stanford's study website] | ||
* "Spending time" with significant other. So ''that's'' what kids call it nowadays... | * "Spending time" with significant other. So ''that's'' what kids call it nowadays... | ||
| − | * Drinking | + | * Drinking [[beer]]. |
* Editing this wiki | * Editing this wiki | ||
* Mindless web surfing | * Mindless web surfing | ||
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* Reading emails sent to the [[WARP]] [[listserver]] | * Reading emails sent to the [[WARP]] [[listserver]] | ||
* Writing emails to the WARP listserver on important topics such as: "If Yoda, Gandalf, Superman, and Voldemort had a four-way death match onboard the spaceship ''Serenity'', who would win?" | * Writing emails to the WARP listserver on important topics such as: "If Yoda, Gandalf, Superman, and Voldemort had a four-way death match onboard the spaceship ''Serenity'', who would win?" | ||
| − | * Reading [[WSO]] | + | * Reading [[WSO blogs]] |
* [[Snack Bar]]! | * [[Snack Bar]]! | ||
* Writing WSO blogs | * Writing WSO blogs | ||
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* [http://www.somethingawful.com Something Awful] or [http://www.slashdot.org Slashdot] or [http://www.fark.com Fark], the black holes of the internets | * [http://www.somethingawful.com Something Awful] or [http://www.slashdot.org Slashdot] or [http://www.fark.com Fark], the black holes of the internets | ||
* [http://www.googlism.com Googlism] | * [http://www.googlism.com Googlism] | ||
| − | * Playing with | + | * Playing with PhotoShop |
* Getting a livejournal | * Getting a livejournal | ||
* Checking your livejournal friends list | * Checking your livejournal friends list | ||
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* Getting into pointless arguments at [http://www.ephblog.com Ephblog] or WSO blogs. | * Getting into pointless arguments at [http://www.ephblog.com Ephblog] or WSO blogs. | ||
* Reading webcomics ([http://www.pvponline.com/ PvP], [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], [http://www.somethingpositive.net/ Something Positive], and [http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript The Order of the Stick] are all great for procrastinating; also, check out this [[List of Webcomics]].) | * Reading webcomics ([http://www.pvponline.com/ PvP], [http://www.penny-arcade.com/ Penny Arcade], [http://www.somethingpositive.net/ Something Positive], and [http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript The Order of the Stick] are all great for procrastinating; also, check out this [[List of Webcomics]].) | ||
| − | * Playing WoW or similarly addictive computer games | + | * Playing [[WoW]] or similarly addictive computer games |
* Learning a new [[students with computer skills|programming language]] | * Learning a new [[students with computer skills|programming language]] | ||
* Finding and downloading programs for your computer | * Finding and downloading programs for your computer | ||
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* Reading aaaaalllll the way to the bottom of this list. | * Reading aaaaalllll the way to the bottom of this list. | ||
* Read quizzes, stories, and poems on Quizilla.com. Find out what kind of cocktail you are!! | * Read quizzes, stories, and poems on Quizilla.com. Find out what kind of cocktail you are!! | ||
| − | * Get the "Stumble" plugin for Firefox to be taken to a random page on the internet based on your interests. | + | * Get the "Stumble" plugin for [[Firefox]] to be taken to a random page on the internet based on your interests. |
Revision as of 13:09, May 6, 2006
- Learning why procrastination is actually good for you at Stanford's study website
- "Spending time" with significant other. So that's what kids call it nowadays...
- Drinking beer.
- Editing this wiki
- Mindless web surfing
- Reading blogs, sending gifts etc. on XuQa
- Looking up high school friends on Facebook
- Watching Daily Show clips on comedycentral.com
- Obsessively checking email (thereby slowing down everyone else's email)
- Continuously refreshing the WSO homepage to see shared photos
- Reading emails sent to the WARP listserver
- Writing emails to the WARP listserver on important topics such as: "If Yoda, Gandalf, Superman, and Voldemort had a four-way death match onboard the spaceship Serenity, who would win?"
- Reading WSO blogs
- Snack Bar!
- Writing WSO blogs
- Talking on IM
- Text messaging really, really long messages
- Addicting Games
- Strong Bad Email
- Something Awful or Slashdot or Fark, the black holes of the internets
- Googlism
- Playing with PhotoShop
- Getting a livejournal
- Checking your livejournal friends list
- Editing your livejournal format
- Making livejournal icons
- Reading a magazine
- Renting a movie from Sawyer and watching it on your computer (may I recommend Secret of the Sock Monkey?)
- Downloading a movie, (series, season's worth of programming from the network, Red vs. Blue, etc.)
- Cleaning your room
- Complaining about life to your roommate, JA, or total strangers
- Going to other people's rooms and distracting them
- Getting into pointless arguments at Ephblog or WSO blogs.
- Reading webcomics (PvP, Penny Arcade, Something Positive, and The Order of the Stick are all great for procrastinating; also, check out this List of Webcomics.)
- Playing WoW or similarly addictive computer games
- Learning a new programming language
- Finding and downloading programs for your computer
- Writing a script to control your favorite IM program from the command line
- Posting to the CS dept. sign.
- Ride the CS dept. scooters all the way from the physics building to the math library.
- Lathering, rinsing and repeating...several times
- Making a big pile of leaves and jumping in it
- Completing little tasks for the Amazon Mechanical Turk, and getting paid $0.03 each.
- Dancing around your room
- Playing Snow Bocce
- Using this Wiki to play "My Dad"
- Contributing to something pointless
- Reading aaaaalllll the way to the bottom of this list.
- Read quizzes, stories, and poems on Quizilla.com. Find out what kind of cocktail you are!!
- Get the "Stumble" plugin for Firefox to be taken to a random page on the internet based on your interests.
