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So I'm In A Hospital Bed...
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:16 pm
by For Valor
Alright, for stupid reasons, I am currently confined to a hospital bed.
My father has brought in a laptop with about 2 hours of battery left on it.
And I can't get up.
What do I do to amuse myself?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:31 pm
by RobbyPants
What do you normally do for fun? I could list a dozen things I'd do, but I don't know if you'd like them.
Screw around on YouTube?
Catch up on some webcomic?
Is there anything installed on there that you'd normally use? Any games?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:02 pm
by Vebyast
Rent some ebooks from your local (or not local) library's website, then turn the computer to "super super battery saver". I recommend Harry Dresden.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:10 pm
by For Valor
when I'm on the internet, it's for D&D.
Other than that, I don't use the internet for anything other than schoolwork. What does one do on the internet?
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:25 pm
by Vebyast
Stumbleupon. Sign up, tell it what sort of stuff you're interested in, and it'll vend random stuff to you all day.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:52 pm
by K
Web games. I suggest Monsters Den 2 or Adventure Quest.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:02 pm
by Blicero
Tvtropes is an excellent way to suck away a couple of hours of your life, even if a lot of what you find there is total shit.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:20 pm
by ubernoob
Vebyast wrote:Stumbleupon. Sign up, tell it what sort of stuff you're interested in, and it'll vend random stuff to you all day.
Super +1. I'm a stumble addict.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:27 am
by Mask_De_H
Blicero wrote:Tvtropes is an excellent way to suck away a couple of hours of your life, even if a lot of what you find there is total shit.
:V
You could always try coming up with a system. Or gaming. Or masturbating.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:28 am
by Josh_Kablack
You're gonna want either more battery life or some good old pencil and paper.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:42 am
by Maxus
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:57 pm
by For Valor
Thanks guys. Currently surfing stumbleupon and reading girlgeniusonline.
Boredom will not kill me today!
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:09 pm
by CatharzGodfoot
Opening a google reader account, subscribing it to a few known good news feeds, and then reading its recommended articles and feeds while liking, disliking, and subscribing like crazy can waste an hour pretty well.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:49 pm
by Red_Rob
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:47 am
by cthulhu
Order a power pack online, then do whatever else.
a good comic is schlock mercenary.
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:26 am
by Lago PARANOIA
A really, really good webcomic in my opinion--even better than Schlock Mercenary--is David Gonterman's ongoing series 'Scarlet P.I.'
The link is here.
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:20 pm
by Crissa
Lago... That's a serious troll if I ever saw one. Gonterman is legendary for the badness of his stories.
-Crissa
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:21 pm
by For Valor
well, it's kind of entertaining.. in a cheesy sort of way.
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:38 am
by cthulhu
Crissa wrote:Lago... That's a serious troll if I ever saw one. Gonterman is legendary for the badness of his stories.
-Crissa
The real advantage for Schlock for that sort of intensive reading is that he has 3650 days of comics which gives him approximately 1303 pages of comic strip.
Which is a metric buttload and will keep you placated for a couple of days.