Best Time Wasting Websites

[MasterShake]

Got some free time today for a bit, and more coming this weekend with the quarantine stuff so I'd thought I'd share some cool time-wasting life-ruining websites with you here that I have found browsing the (clean) depths of the Internet and things like Reddit. Could be a cool place to curate some of these so people can bookmark them:

Rave DJ (https://rave.dj/):
Pick 2 or more songs and have an AI mash them up for you!

Random Streetview (https://randomstreetview.com):
Teleport around the world instantly with Google Street View and this API!

Zooniverse: (https://www.zooniverse.org)
Help scientists and researchers with their projects by examining aerial maps for ancient structures in the Amazon, or other cool crowd sourced projects.

Songmaker: (https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/)
Create your own symphony! Or just a bunch of beeps and boops.

Sandspiel: (https://sandspiel.club)
Looks boring at first, the next thing you know 2 hours have passed. Hint... you can make a volcano with gas and fire!

Shorpy: (https://www.shorpy.com)
Search HIGH QUALITY National Archives and other historical photos.

What Was There: (http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/39.7392358,-104.990251/zoom/12/)
Search a map of any area to find photos of locations that you can use a slider on to fade in and out what is there now and what was there. (when you click on a photo click Google Street View to see the effect!)

The Internet Arcade (https://archive.org/details/internetarcade) and The Console Living Room (https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom):
Just a small part of Archive.org (https://archive.org) which allows you to play classic arcade and console games for FREE right in your browser. While you are in the archive, download some music from your favorite artists or check out their thousands of downloads of audio books, documents, software, etc. in a safe and legal environment.

My 90's TV (https://www.my90stv.com) (Also available in 70's and 80's Versions):
Go back in time to your CRT TV and emulate surfing channels well before we surfed Netflix.

Thats all for now, will try and dig up some more later!

[MOtorboat]

www.broncosforums.com

[BroncoWave]

meatspin dot com

[Shazam!]

www.broncosforums.com

Beat me to it.

[MasterShake]

www.broncosforums.com (http://www.broncosforums.com)

I said time wasting not soul sucking. How long is the offseason again?

[MOtorboat]

I said time wasting not soul sucking. How long is the offseason again?

This year? You sure you want to go there. It’s a depressing place.

[MasterShake]

This year? You sure you want to go there. It’s a depressing place.

Next thing you know we will be watching teams play in empty NFL stadiums! It will be more or less great! Hell, I bet there is still crowd noise somehow like at Century Link Field in Seattle!

[wayninja]

I can't get rave dj to work. It doesn't ever seem to add any songs I select.

[MasterShake]

I can't get rave dj to work. It doesn't ever seem to add any songs I select.

yeah I got it to work this morning but it’s been down or buggy this afternoon.

[wayninja]

yeah I got it to work this morning but it’s been down or buggy this afternoon.

So much for the peanuts themesong + Brass monkey. Sounds epic in my head.

[MasterShake]

So much for the peanuts themesong + Brass monkey. Sounds epic in my head.

I think its also dependent on the video you use, I noticed Vero music videos seem to work best and I hear if you have a Spotify account to use its even better.

Cool mashup of Beck's Black Tambourine and Last by NIN I just did, I bring you Last Tambourine: https://rave.dj/6L8AhFBJheehug

[MasterShake]

A few more good ones:

The Wiki Game (https://www.thewikigame.com)
Start with one topic and using only Wikipedia links get to a completely different topic! For example can you get from the Wiki page about Twinkees all the way to the one about Satanic Cults in less than 6 clicks? MAYBE?

A Dark Room (http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com)
Ever play old text based story games? No? Light a fire and try it... if you dare!

The Useless Web (https://theuselessweb.com)
Russian Roulette for useless websites!

Human Benchmark (https://www.humanbenchmark.com)
How do YOU stack up against other... humans

[MOtorboat]

I got one for Poet, but I can’t link it here.

:whoknows:

[Nomad]

I'm pretty boring. I go to broncos forums, Facebook, Fox News, Komo 4 news, or Anchorage Daily News.

[Dapper Dan]

I've had to finally set up some sort of schedule. I think it's been nearly a month since I've been to work. I signed up for some classes on iTunes U. It's mostly just watching lectures, but it's something. Maia doesn't seem to have enough work from school so I'm finding some good books and youtube videos to try and keep her brain active. Yesterday she read the first chapter from a Ruth Bader Ginsburg book and we watched a video over the 3 branches of government. Today I had her read one of the profiles from a "successful women of the world" book that I got her. We watched a video about misinformation online.

[Dapper Dan]

www.innerbody.com is a good site to waste time. It has very good 3d models of parts of the body so you can understand what is where and what the fuctions are.

[MasterShake]

I've had to finally set up some sort of schedule. I think it's been nearly a month since I've been to work. I signed up for some classes on iTunes U. It's mostly just watching lectures, but it's something. Maia doesn't seem to have enough work from school so I'm finding some good books and youtube videos to try and keep her brain active. Yesterday she read the first chapter from a Ruth Bader Ginsburg book and we watched a video over the 3 branches of government. Today I had her read one of the profiles from a "successful women of the world" book that I got her. We watched a video about misinformation online.

Nice bump. Thanks for the reminder! These are some great free online courses if anyone wants to pad their skills:

Coding:

Free Code Camp (includes certifications and real world projects for non-profits!): https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn

Coursera - Works in partnerships with many prestigious institutions and programs to provide a host of courses: https://www.coursera.org

Lynda.com - The granddaddy of all online learning is now FREE with a library card number: https://www.lynda.com/portal/sip

Fun Geeky Projects:

Build your own Rasberry Pi Gaming Emulator! Have you seen the NES or SNES classic? Build your own that works with your TV and countless other console systems for a fraction of the cost with access to nearly every game ever made. You can even play updated versions of TECMO Bowl with current NFL rosters: https://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192

Build your own MAME Arcade Cabinet: Similar to above but MUCH more ambitious, have nearly every classic arcade game from 1980 - 2000 in your home office, basement, or even next to your bed in your bedroom. Your spouse will love it!: https://toddmoore.com/arcade/

Make your own play lightsaber: https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-lightsaber/

Have a year to kill? Build you own R2 D2: https://makezine.com/projects/building-your-first-r2/

General Maker Projects:

The SOURCE for really cool DIY projects for a variety of styles and skill levels, from simple type printing to making your own drone: https://makeprojects.com/home
(https://makeprojects.com/home)

[MasterShake]

As a side note, Raspberry Pi is a great toy for many skill levels. In addition to the big MAME cabinet with a PC tower I listed above, you can make a more portable table top one like this. I helped my friend make one a few years back and its a blast. I will see if he can send me pics or video of it in action:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=JjN0kbcG9j0&feature=emb_lo go

EDIT: Note, we did NOT mill the wood ourselves for the cabinet.

We got the cabinet pre-fabricated from Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/market/bartop_arcade

Buttons and Joysticks from retailers like this: https://www.diyretroarcade.com (the wiring is all plug and unplug, very easy! I also learned the difference between Japan and USA style arcade sticks and buttons)

And I designed the wrap graphics and lighted marquee here: https://www.gameongrafix.com

At the time took about $300 and a few months off and on. We had the CRT monitor so that saved some money. You can also just buy an emulator box that goes right into your HDTV if thats easier: https://www.retrogaminghouse.com/products/all-in-one-emulator-console-system-20k