KILLING BOREDOM – *NOT* THE FACEBOOK WAY

Well, this is a rather unusual article for me. I’ve been writing detailed blogs on particular things that I feel like sharing. I came across a few websites recently and before I could realize, I had wasted a good 3 hours of my sleep every night on these, for almost a week now. Here are 5 websites (not stumbleupon) that’ll keep you hooked to the internet for hours.

1. WAY BACK MACHINE (WEB ARCHIVE) – www.archive.org

The concept of this website is simple – “How did websites look back in those days?” This website has captured screenshots of almost all the websites that you can find on the internet today. The screenshots dates range from 1996 to present day. I had fun viewing websites of giant companies in the good ol’ days.

2. F*** MY LIFE – www.fmylife.com

If you think your life sucks, check out posts by people explaining why theirs sucks more. It’s quite funny reading all the posts published on the website. You can even agree with them or feel pity for them, if their life is really that bad. I don’t mean to stalk anyone’s life but hey, they put their funny stories on the internet for everybody to read.

3. HOW STUFF WORKS – www.howstuffworks.com

Have you ever been intrigued by how the things around you actually work? From the toaster in the morning to your car that drives you to work, you’ll find all the information on this website. It’s great for the kids who explore and wish to learn new things every day.

4. Uncyclopedia – www.uncyclopedia.wikia.com

This website is hilarious to say the least. It’s a parody of Wikipedia that came into existence in 2005. It became so popular that it grew to having over 30,000 pages in English. It uses satirical humor and curse words that make it a rather hysterical read.

5. ANCESTRY – www.ancestry.com

This is quite an interesting website that has access to information of your ancestors. The websites works best for US citizens. All you have to do is provide all the information you have about your ancestors in a family tree (generated by the website) and once relevant data is found on the database, it gets added to your family tree. It even provides an interactive way of displaying all the information.

FUN FACT – Search for Uncylopedia on Wikipedia and Wikipedia on Unclyclopedia; it gives some interesting results.

I’m sure these websites will help you kill some of the boredom when you’re not on Facebook. Have fun wasting time on these websites; but before you leave, don’t forget to subscribe to this blog for more interesting articles, and let me know if you found any of these suggestions interesting in the comments section below.