No work or studying to do. Came down sick, so no hanging out with friends. What to do?
Wiki! In spite of my hatred of wikipedia and all things techno-utopian, I’m rather addicted to wikipedia. I look things up at least 10 times a day, and a recent SDMB thread finally encouraged me to join and start editing in earnest. I’ve edited at least 20 pages today, and started at least 3 more.
Often, I look up one thing, then I middle-click references in that article opening more articles in other Firefox tabs. Then I read those articles, often middle-clicking more articles and opening still more tabs.
Then comes the point that I realize I haven’t left the house in months, and I’m sitting in my own shit and piss, subsisting on insects that are drawn to my stink.
I’m sure there’s a game that could be played along the “six degrees of separation” idea, where the aim is to get from one subject to another purely through links on the wikipedia pages.