From CLAWs olden times wiki archive

TheTome: WorkAvoidance

All the things we do when not distracted by work.

Blogs and forums

• rec.arts.sf.written on usenet
• Fandom Wank and its siblings -- if you hang out in any online fandom, you may find these amusing.
• http://limyaael.livejournal.com/ -- rants about writing fantasy cliches
• http://www.365tomorrows.com/ -- science fiction vignettes; some of them are arb, but some are really cool. They now take outside submissions.
• OMG, ponies!!1
• Boing Boing -- shiny things from all over the 'net
• The Daily WTF -- it will make you feel so much better about your own code.

Articles and archives

• Computer Stupidities -- more pointing and laughing; tech support anecdotes
• PEBKAC -- ditto
• Nasty, Nasty Clients! -- the same, but for tattoo parlours; not for the faint of heart. Or those eating lunch.
• Wikipedia -- Start somewhere random. Be sure to tie yourself to something, or you'll fall in.

Games (arcade)

• JavaEscape
• SmackThePenguin
• AT&T Text-to-Speech Make Audrey talk Afrikaans
• HomeRun
• DHTML Lemmings
• Parallel Parking Game - it's American/European though...
• EngineerSports - The Treb Challenge

Games (life-eating long-term commitments)

• Kingdom Of Loathing - When you get to level three, join the "Claws" clan.... muhahahahaha (now who is pure evil, IllumiNati?)
• NationStates - Create a country and get political

Live entertainment

• Yahoo Answers -- point and laugh!

Quizzes

• TestOfBoredom - our very own page for quiz results

See also:

  MindlessLinkPropagation - links, not necessarily sources of long-term amusement