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1 Website of the Day: Drum Set
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2 Website of the Day: Bokeh Type
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3 10 Amusing Time-Wasting Websites
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4 Ten Websites For Your Laughing Pleasure!
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5 Website of the Day: Ubulu
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6 Awesome Time Waster: The YouTube Piano
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7 5 Fun Time-Wasting Websites
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8 Tron Legacy Time Waster Du Jour: Arcade Aid Challenge
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9 Which Tech Time Waster Distracts You the Most?
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10 Can't Think of a Status Update? Let Generatus Create One
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11 Daily Tech: 15 Addictive Websites
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12 Best of 2010: Time-Wasting Websites
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13 Afternoon Distraction: Explore Brian Wilson's Beard
2010 was a big year for the San Francisco Giants, having won the World Series against the Texas Rangers, but the goodness keeps on coming in 2011. The team has a reality show coming up, but one of your favorite sports guys, Brian Wilson, is showcasing something a little more personal online right now. At this MLB microsite you can actually explore Brian Wilson's beard. Yes, you heard right — Read more
Although we gave you plenty of tips on how to stay organized and on-task this year, we didn't skimp on the fun website supply, either. Time-wasting websites were great for curing boredom at the office in 2010, and these websites in particular were some of our faves. Check 'em out! Read more
Waste your Friday with these 15 addicting websites — Urlesque Kindle iOS 4 app now has dictionary and search — Gizmodo Don't badmouth your mother-in-law on a blog — Lemondrop Make your own Firefox-themed wallpaper — Lifehacker Don't hold your breath for Spotify in the US just yet — Switched Read more
Filed under "completely useless but pretty funny," Generatus is a site dedicated to providing you a Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking status message when you just can't manage to think of one on your own. It bills itself as, "Ideal for the imaginatively challenged," the site pulls funny updates from a variety of tags and trendy items, from popular movie to popular news items. To use Read more
Do you live in constant fear that your boss will somehow find out how much time you really spend checking Facebook every day? We already know that there are some seriously amusing time-wasting websites out there which can easily catch a wondering eye, but what about the other tech distractions that surround you? With email, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, and personal IMs all vying for your Read more
I got the Arcade Aid Challenge through a friend of a friend of a friend. It's part of Tron Legacy's viral marketing campaign — needless to say, it's working! Like a photographic Name That Tune for arcade games, all you have to do is name the 56 video games hidden within the city. You can move the screen around or use the map on the top left to find your targets. Once you click on it and enter Read more
I'm not going to tell you how to spend your time at the office, but I'm also not going to keep these gems under lock and key. These websites are like a black hole in your day, sucking time like there's no tomorrow. Check 'em out — just don't blame me if you get busted by the boss! Read more
Your week has just begun, so why does it feel like it should be Thursday already? If you've got some time to kill during your day as the clock tick-tick-ticks away to the weekend, then check out a few of these websites that will entertain, and put a smile on your face during your daily nine to five. Read more
You have a few extra minutes in your day? Then play along with this amazing time waster and enjoy the YouTube piano. Thanks to some skillful timed bookmarking, you can actually play the notes in this video like you would if the piano was sitting right in front of you. So let out your inner Josh Baskin and tickle those ivories! There was a midi keyboard version floating around last year, but I Read more
Have you ever played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with your pals on long car trips? You know the one: everyone in Hollywood is connected to Kevin Bacon through six people or less? Well, as many times as I've played it, it's true (the man has shared the screen with a ton of people). But Ubulu takes the game to the next level by widening the circle, connecting any celeb to another in six degrees. Read more
