Compendium of Links for Time Wasting

[Super Kami Guru]

Cool Gadgets and Geeky Products!

Looking for geeky gifts? From Star Wars to Game of Thrones We've Got 1000s!

www.shutupandtakemymoney.com

Neat stocking stuffers, cool little gifts, etc.

Find the Invisible Cow

Because it ain't gonna find itself.

findtheinvisiblecow.com

Find the invisible cow, because why not!

MapCrunch - Random Street View

Random Street View - teleport to a random place in the world.

www.mapcrunch.com

Go exploring without leaving your chair!

2048

Join the numbers and get to the 2048 tile! Careful: this game is extremely addictive!

play2048.co

Brain hard enough to make the sequence 2048

The Useless Web

The Useless Web Button... just press it and find where it takes you. The perfect button for the bored, or those looking to find useless sites online!

theuselessweb.com

The useless web, the internet's best resource for nonsense.

HackerTyper: Use This Site To Prank Your Friends With Your Coding Skills :)

This simulator makes it look like you're actually coding like a real pro. Just start typing, we'll take care of the rest ;)

hackertyper.com

Be Jack Bauer, save the world, hack the system!

collection of sébastien de ganay, paper toilet .com by rafaël rozendaal, 2006

PAPER TOILET .COM BY RAFAEL ROZENDAAL - 2006 - WWW.NEWRAFAEL.COM, COLLECTION OF SEBASTIEN DE GANAY - WWW.SEBASTIENDEGANAY.COM, CODE BY REINIER FEIJEN - WWW.BOXOFCHOCOLATES.NL

papertoilet.com

Waste the toilet paper, do it, because you can.

http://newsoffuture.com/

What's going to happen in the future? Let's find out.

pointerpointer.com

Please hold still while we locate your pointer...

pointerpointer.com

What are you pointing at?

Radio Garden

Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

radio.garden

Live radio, anywhere in the world.

beesbeesbees.com

beesbeesbees.com

...sort of a YTMND tribute...sort of...

Staggering Beauty

*******EPILEPSY WARNING*********Wormy wanna' dance. Make wormy dance.

SCREAM INTO THE VOID

SCREAM INTO THE VOID

screamintothevoid.com

Do it, scream your heart out.

ShadyURL - Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.

Troll your friends with some shady shortened URLs

E-mails from an Asshole

Collection of some of the funniest emails

Stellarium Web Online Star Map

Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

stellarium-web.org

It's a planetarium, for the web

List of individual dogs - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Dog tales, about dogs with tails.

Zoomquilt

The infinitely zooming image.

zoomquilt.org

Click it and zone out for a while.

Drive Me Insane!

Play with the lights, turn off the disco ball...do stuff...

Freerice

freerice.com

Take a vocabulary test.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

apod.nasa.gov

NASA picture of th day

Learn a language for free

Learn languages by playing a game. It's 100% free, fun, and scientifically proven to work.

www.duolingo.com

Learn a language

Internet Live Stats - Internet Usage & Social Media Statistics

Watch the Internet as it grows in real time and monitor social media usage: Internet users, websites, blog posts, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest users. Visualize the total number of emails, Google searches, YouTube videos, Tumblr posts, Instagram photos, in 1 second. Historical...

www.internetlivestats.com

Scarily staggering stats about the internet.

Eyebleach.me

Eyebleach, what has been seen cannot be unseen, but it can be soothed. Clear your mind.

eyebleach.me

Erase those terrible memories with the beauty of eye bleach.

Thisissand

Thisissand is a unique playground for creating and sharing amazing sandscapes on your computer or mobile device. Start pouring away to experience this special sand piling on your screen!

thisissand.com

Truly, it is sand...

Test your knowledge: Clickable quizzes on geography, history, flags and other activities for learning

Clickable map quizzes, geography quizzes, flag quizzes, world leader quizzes, historical leaders, geography education, geography learning

lizardpoint.com

Geography lessons, because you've got time.

musictheory.net

Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators.

www.musictheory.net

Learn about the backbones of music.

Radiooooo

Radiooooo - The Musical Time Machine

radiooooo.com

Radio anywhere in the world...but you can go backwards in time!

Sleep Calculator: Ideal Bedtime & Wake Up Times - Sleepytime

Formerly the Sleepytime Sleep Cycle Calculator, this tool will tell you exactly what time to fall asleep and wake up for optimal performance

sleepyti.me

Get on a proper sleep schedule

PaP - Passive aggressive password machine.

PaP - The passive aggressive password machine.

trypap.com

Learn more about your passwords than maybe you wanted to know.

Learn to Code - for Free | Codecademy

Learn the technical skills to get the job you want. Join over 50 million people choosing Codecademy to start a new career (or advance in their current one).

www.codecademy.com

Learn to code, because why not?

Neonflames - draw your own nebula!

Neonflames is a tool to draw your own nebula!

29a.ch

Paint...do it.

Kitten Rescue Cam - live video, pictures of cute kittens | Explore

Watch live video and share pictures of cute kittens at Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles with kitten cam. Learn about adopting a kitten and more at Explore.org!

explore.org

It's kittens. It's live kittens. It's kittens live.

What Should I Read Next? Book recommendations from readers like you

What Should I Read Next? Book recommendations from readers like you. Register for free to build your own book lists

www.whatshouldireadnext.com

What should I read next? Seriously, I need ot know!

MyFridgeFood - Home

Easy recipes using ingredients you already have in the kitchen.

myfridgefood.com

Recipes for you from whatever you have lying around.

OnRead.com - instant free e-book download. Read books online via this free e-book library. Become a literary critic and write your own review to any book.

Download and read free e-books at OnRead.com - the best online ebook storage. Each book is available in several versions: .rtf, .txt, .pdf, .epub, .PalmDOC, .FB2, playable on various media devices. Become a literary critic and write your own review to any book.

www.onread.com

Free ebooks.

OMFGDOGS

Time wasting at its' finest.

OCEARCH Shark Tracker

OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.

www.ocearch.org

It's a shark tracker. Go and track sharks.

Silk – Interactive Generative Art

Create beautiful flowing art with Silk.

weavesilk.com

Weave a masterpiece.

List of conspiracy theories - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Get your tinfoil hats on, it's conspiracy time!

Pokémon Showdown! battle simulator

Pokemon battle simulator, because...

Sporcle - A World of Quizzes

Play millions of free online trivia quizzes. There is a fun quiz about virtually every topic imaginable: Geography, History, Sports, Music, TV and more!

www.sporcle.com

Brain games.

Poptropica - Play it Online at Coolmath Games

Hop in your hot air balloon and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime in Poptropica. Solve a whole new quest on every island.

www.poptropica.com

Old school rpg action.

TagPro Capture the Flag

TagPro is a free-to-play online multiplayer capture the flag video game with servers in North America, Europe, and Australia that runs through all mainstream browsers!

koalabeast.com

Online capture the flag...

http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/

Get those cookies.

Habitica - Gamify Your Life

Habitica is a free habit and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy and happy.

habitica.com

Achieve goals in 8 bit.

QWOP

QWOP is a simple game about running extremely fast down a 100 meter track.

www.foddy.net

It's QWOP.

Periodic Table Regions

xkcd.com

...I mean...it's comic strips. It's nerdy...nerd out.

You are listening to Los Angeles

Ambient music and live LAPD police radio. What's not to like?

youarelistening.to

Police scanner clips mixed with lofi music...

Incredibox - Pump it up and chill!

Incredibox is a music app that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers. Choose your musical style among 9 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.

www.incredibox.com

Create music.

A Soft Murmur

Mix ambient sounds together to wash away distraction and help you focus or relax

asoftmurmur.com

Create your own background music to work to.

Rainy Mood

Welcome to Rainy Mood, the internet's most popular rain sounds. Millions of people use Rainy Mood while sleeping, studying, and relaxing. Enjoy the free web version, or try the iOS/Android app with additional features.

www.rainymood.com

Because rain is relaxing, but it's also wet...

The World's Simplest Web Game

flashbynight.com

Brain teaser game.

Quick, Draw!

Can a neural network learn to recognize doodles? See how well it does with your drawings and help teach it, just by playing.

quickdraw.withgoogle.com

Draw with google...or don't...

DaFont - Download fonts

Archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity.

www.dafont.com

My favourite font site, go install some fonts!

Space Jam: A New Legacy | Official Site

Space Jam: A New Legacy – Now Playing In Theaters

spacejam.com

Classic 90s webmastery.

TasteDive | Recommends music, movies, TV shows, books, games, people, places, brands and podcasts

TasteDive provides recommendations of similar music, movies, TV shows, books, games, people, places, brands and podcasts, based on what you like.

tastedive.com

Like one artist? Find similar artists.

AddictiveTips - Tech tips to make you smarter

We cover the best desktop, web and mobile apps, guides and how-to tips for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.

www.addictivetips.com

It's tips...for everything...

Oregon Trail, The : MECC : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive

Important Technical Note:Thank you for enjoying the Oregon Trail! If your browser gives the error FAILED TO CONFIGURE EMULATOR upload loading, try opening...

archive.org

The Oregon Trail...it's a classic!

Yours for the making - Instructables

Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

www.instructables.com

DIY tips. For DIY...

Snopes.com

The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

www.snopes.com

Fact checking...maybe...

2007 forever

themagicipod.com

Mash up some bangers! ...not food related, sorry.

The Onion | America's Finest News Source.

The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

www.theonion.com

It's news. Sort of.

Lifehacker | Do everything better

Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.

lifehacker.com

Life hacks galore, find what you need for any situation, or just read stuff.

Wizarding World: The Official Home of Harry Potter

Join the Harry Potter Fan Club for free to discover your Hogwarts house. Get closer to the magic this Christmas with our new collection of festive treats.

www.wizardingworld.com

...I mean, she's a biggot, but she made something special...

https://codepen.io/akm2/full/rHIsa

Kill time, create gravity phenomenon.

Google Feud

The world's most popular autocomplete game. How does Google autocomplete this search? "Our new obsession." - TIME

googlefeud.com

 

[Beerus]

Holy mother of lists, Batman! LOL

This is a good time waster: http://slither.io/

 

[Super Kami Guru]

As you might be able to tell, boredom is a factor

I did notice since starting that list a couple of the links have gone down...need to edit those out.

 

[Beerus]

I'm pinning this.

 

[Super Kami Guru]

A handy little list, isn't it?

 

[Beerus]

A handy little list, isn't it?

When you have time to kill, you may as well have fun!

 

[Super Kami Guru]

When you have time to kill, you may as well have fun!

Agreed, and some of these links genuinely help you learn useful skills!

 

[Super Kami Guru]

A few more links to add:

Explore Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics | Innerbody

Welcome to Innerbody.com, a free educational resource for learning about human anatomy and physiology. Explore the anatomy systems of the human body!

www.innerbody.com

A website dedicated to learning about the human body and all of the different systems therein.

CleanPNG - HD png images and illustrations. Free unlimited download. - CleanPNG / KissPNG

Discover transparent background images and illustrations. Best quality, free unlimited download.

www.cleanpng.com

Looking for renders, vectors or other images without a background for your graphic design needs? Here's a good source for just that thing!

Free Online AI Photo Editor, Image Generator & Design tool

Get creative with Pixlr’s online photo editing & design tools. Including AI image generator, batch editor, animation design, enhancer & more. Try now for FREE!

pixlr.com

Got a picture to edit but don't want to open up GIMP or Photoshop? Here ya' go, an online image editor!

https://pixabay.com/

Millions of free stock images for your graphic project needs...

Download Free Stock Photos, Pictures & Images | Vecteezy

Explore millions of high quality, royalty free photos and pictures! Get the perfect background, nature, business, food or abstract photo for your design.

photopin.com

https://www.pexels.com/

Also sites for stock images, great for all your graphic project needs!

Privnote - Send notes that will self-destruct after being read

Share a confidential note via a web link that will self-destruct after it is read by your intended recipient.

privnote.com

A service that lets you send notes that will self-destruct when read, perfect for more secure forms of communication

Skyscanner

www.skyscanner.com

A pretty reliable site for travel deals...ya' know...for when traveling is relevant again.

Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me

Check if a website or service is down or having problems and report your problems! Click now to check/report problems!

downforeveryoneorjustme.com

Pretty sure everyone knows this site, but yeah...is x site down for everyone, or just me? Go here to find out.

Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

The easiest, fastest way to update or install software. Ninite downloads and installs programs automatically in the background.

ninite.com

One of my favourite sites while distro-hopping on my laptop, Ninite lets you download all of your useful typical software in one go, rather than downloading them from each individual source.

Intelligent Diagramming | Lucidchart

Lucidchart is your solution for visual communication and cross-platform collaboration.

www.lucidchart.com

Make flow charts and stuff, because you're bored! Or because work...whatever...flow charts!

Eat This Much, your personal diet assistant

Eat This Much automatically creates custom meal plans for your diet goals. Perfect for weight loss, bodybuilding, Vegan, Paleo, Atkins and more!

www.eatthismuch.com

If you don't want to think while eating, use this site! Plans your diets for you.

JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

All your streaming services in one app.

www.justwatch.com

Trying to find a show or movie and not sure what streaming service it's on now that there are 17,000 of the damn things...yeah, just go here.

HowLongToBeat.com | Game Lengths, Backlogs and more!

How long are your favorite video games? HowLongToBeat has the answer. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends!

howlongtobeat.com

How long does it take to beat the campaign of the latest CoD? Check here!

Diffchecker - Compare text online to find the difference between two text files

Diffchecker will compare text to find the difference between two text files. Just paste your files and click Find Difference!

www.diffchecker.com

Did someone send you an edited version of a document you've written? Go here to check the differences between the original and the revised to see if you agree with the changes.

Online Markdown Editor - Dillinger, the Last Markdown Editor ever.

Dillinger is an online cloud based HTML5 filled Markdown Editor. Sync with Dropbox, Github, Google Drive or OneDrive. Convert HTML to Markdown. 100% Open Source!

dillinger.io

A browser-based markdown editor, great for quick HTML coding.

Internet Speed Test

How fast is your download speed? In seconds, FAST.com's simple Internet speed test will estimate your ISP speed.

fast.com

Want to know how fast your internet is? Go here

Voice Dictation - Online Speech Recognition

Dictation is a free online speech recognition software that will help you write emails, documents and essays using your voice narration and without typing.

dictation.io

Want to write a paper, but would rather talk it through? Talk into a mic, it types it here.

FlightStats - Global Flight Status & Tracker, Airport Weather and Delays

Track real-time flight status, departures and arrivals, airport delays, and airport information using FlightStats Global Flight Tracker.

www.flightstats.com

See flight statistics for specific flights or just pick a random one.

Every Time Zone Converter

Easily find the exact time difference with the visual Time Zone Converter. Find meeting times for your contacts, locations and places around the world. Never warp your brain with time zone math again.

everytimezone.com

What time is it in x time zone? Now you know!

PDF Editor Free - Edit PDF and Form Filler Online - PDFescape

Edit PDF documents, fill PDF forms, and view PDFs online using PDFescape, the free PDF reader, PDF editor, and PDF form filler software. Edit or fill out PDF forms in seconds for free without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Try it now!

www.pdfescape.com

Online PDF Editor, because we all edit PDFs!

Create Infographics, Reports and Maps - Infogram

Infogram is an easy to use infographic and chart maker. Create and share beautiful infographics, online reports, and interactive maps. Make your own here.

infogram.com

Online infographic editor

AlternativeTo - Crowdsourced software recommendations

AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tablets and more by recommending alternatives to apps you already know.

alternativeto.net

Another pretty well-known site. Running a piece of software or application and want to know what else is out there similar to it? Yep, it's here...

Jitsi Meet

Join a WebRTC video conference powered by the Jitsi Videobridge

meet.jit.si

Free online conferencing software, because why not.

Now go, waste some time!

 

[Beerus]

https://pixabay.com/
Millions of free stock images for your graphic project needs...

Another one is Photo Pin. I use that for my kitty blog.

 

[Super Kami Guru]

Another one is Photo Pin. I use that for my kitty blog.

Added that one and Pixels to the list, as well

 

[Super Kami Guru]

Adding a few useful resources to the list again, this time as a way to get some freebies, potentially. Some involve rebates, but as a way to the pass the time and get some free stuff...it's worth a shot!

Hey, It's Free! • Best Freebies, Samples, & Daily Deals

Hey, It’s Free! finds daily freebies, samples, and money saving deals along with jokes! We do the work finding free stuff so saving money is easy and fun!

www.heyitsfree.net

Hey, it's free...it's a site about...well, stuff that you can grab for free. Samples, trials, rebate programs, stickers, etc. If it's free, these guys scour the internet to find it!

Free Samples

Free samples and coupons offered by major companies, updated every day. No strings attached.

freesamples.org

More free samples, go get some free stuff!

Freecycle: Front Door

People giving stuff away for direct pickup, check your local area to potentially find some hidden gems!

Free Stuff Free Samples at Freaky Freddies

Another list that compiles as many free samples, trials and so forth as they can find

Free Stuff Times • Free stuff, samples, and everything free posted all day long!

Free Stuff Times is the most updated Free stuff site on the internet! Freebies are posted all day long, including samples, stickers, coupons, shirts, calendars, gifts, magazines, and more!

www.freestufftimes.com

Free calendars, samples, etc. Different stuff from the others, it seems.

That's it for just now, will find more as I can...just figured everyone likes freebies, particularly in stark times!

 

[Ultra instinct Chi-chi]

Pokémon Showdown used to be my life back when I played Pokémon competitively. I'll probably jump into it again, but in one of the more "casual" formats.

 

[mundomania]

I'll add https://www.boredbutton.com/ and https://mouseaccuracy.com/
I've wasted more time on these than I would like to admit.

 

[Beerus]

Was this posted on here? If not... LOL

TIME WASTER | The Smoking Gun

Public Documents, Mug Shots

www.thesmokinggun.com

 

[Super Kami Guru]

Oh YES! Totally forgot about The Smoking Gun's game. Absolutely needs to be in here

 

[Beerus]

Oh YES! Totally forgot about The Smoking Gun's game. Absolutely needs to be in here

I never heard of it before watching a CinnomonToastKen video just now. Such a good way to make use of criminals lol

 

[Super Kami Guru]

I never heard of it before watching a CinnomonToastKen video just now. Such a good way to make use of criminals lol

Agreed, it's perfect, and I never realized how easily you can assume things about people...

 

[Beerus]

Agreed, it's perfect, and I never realized how easily you can assume things about people...

I seem to be good at picking the murders out and the potheads but I get everything else wrong lol

 

[Super Kami Guru]

I seem to be good at picking the murders out and the potheads but I get everything else wrong lol

Same here, I had one woman labeled as a child abuser and one who stole panties and a guy who stole moon pies or something like that, the woman who I put as a child abuser was a meth addict, the woman I thought stole panties stole the moon pie and the guy I thought stole the moon pie stole panties...

 

[Beerus]

Same here, I had one woman labeled as a child abuser and one who stole panties and a guy who stole moon pies or something like that, the woman who I put as a child abuser was a meth addict, the woman I thought stole panties stole the moon pie and the guy I thought stole the moon pie stole panties...

It is hard to believe some of these people exist....