# I am so unbelievably bored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524 "2008-01-14T20:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/21 "2008-01-15T04:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Sketch Book + Pencil = Doodle. Try it. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Me? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/22 "2008-01-15T05:25:42Z")
After spending the last 5 hours in complete and utter futility, forget my previous post. I’d swear like a drunken sailor in frustration of all things computery, but this ain’t the pit. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/23 "2008-01-15T06:06:29Z")
_ **YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE INTERNET** _ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/24 "2008-01-15T06:09:53Z")
Raise your hand if you’ve made it [this far.](http://home.att.net/~cecw/lastpage.htm) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/25 "2008-01-15T06:13:16Z")
(try a [text based](http://sundae.triumf.ca/pub2/cave/node001.html) [adventure.](http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.phpz?cat=&game=1&mode=html) Watch out for the grue, however.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/26 "2008-01-15T06:33:19Z")
[There’s always this.](http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/27 "2008-01-15T06:37:24Z")
[http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp](http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp) this is all you need. Beat it on hard. Or the 100 level challenge. Or play on [www.intelligentgear.com](http://www.intelligentgear.com) (recommended for anybody, really) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/28 "2008-01-15T06:55:23Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] Have you been published, Savannah? [/QUOTE] Yep. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/29 "2008-01-15T14:57:04Z")
I second the Gutenberg idea. I had a slow spell at work near the end of 2007, and I read all of E. M. Forster’s novels and Our Mutual Friend. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/30 "2008-01-15T15:40:52Z")
Oooooh, thanks, everyone! And yes, I was whining, **Hockey Monkey**. **BarnOwl** , hijacks are always fine with me. I will check out some of these sites as the day goes on today, gods know I will be bored out of my skull again! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/31 "2008-01-15T16:18:55Z")
Go to Wikipedia and click on “Random article.” Repeat as necessary. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/32 "2008-01-16T00:35:13Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] **ryobserver** , Would you please recommend a palm server that’s low cost but excellent for downloading and reading Gutenberg’s books? [/QUOTE] Gosh, now I wish I used a Palm, so I could answer this. Can any Palm users pitch in? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/33 "2008-01-16T02:22:08Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Go to Wikipedia and click on “Random article.” Repeat as necessary. [/QUOTE] I think I’ve read here that it was someone’s hobby to correct grammar on random articles. Go forth an uncorrect thingz! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/34 "2008-01-16T02:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] I think I’ve read here that it was someone’s hobby to correct grammar on random articles. Go forth an uncorrect thingz! [/QUOTE] I think you mean “go _fourth_…” But seriously, don’t vandalize Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524/35 "2008-01-16T02:49:24Z")
You could play the [Google image game](http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/). or learn to program. That’s always fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-unbelievably-bored/433524.md?page=1)