# Kinda fun time wasting site(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268 "2010-02-09T12:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/1 "2010-02-09T12:39:49Z")
[Hand Drawn Map Association](http://www.handmaps.org/index.php) Kinda like Post Secret & Rand McNally and SDMB-Fark had a baby. [Etsy](http://www.etsy.com) I troll here regularly for artsy cool stuff. Share your favorite timewasters. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/2 "2010-02-09T14:15:38Z")
[James Lileks](http://www.lileks.com) is a columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. His site contains lots of pop culture from the 1920’s thru the 1950’s. You can spend many lunch hours going through the vast collections posted here. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/3 "2010-02-09T14:49:06Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > [James Lileks](http://www.lileks.com) is a columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. His site contains lots of pop culture from the 1920’s thru the 1950’s. You can spend many lunch hours going through the vast collections posted here. Oh god, the gallery of regrettable foods is awesome. Particularly [Bran-Plus for Bran Minus People.](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/bran/index.html) When you’re done there, try building a virtual mechanical machine to move the ball from point A to point B in [Fantastic Contraption.](http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/) ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/4 "2010-02-09T15:25:18Z")
> [@Joe Frickin Friday](#): > > When you’re done there, try building a virtual mechanical machine to move the ball from point A to point B in [Fantastic Contraption.](http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/) All I get at that site is ads…☹ ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/5 "2010-02-09T15:28:58Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > All I get at that site is ads…☹ After a little bit (30 seconds?), you’ll see a little [sub]skip ad[/sub] appear above the ad. click on it. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/6 "2010-02-09T16:38:53Z")
[Shorpy.com](http://Shorpy.com) is an archive of hundreds of cool vintage photos–you could literally spend hours there. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/7 "2010-02-09T20:40:34Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > [James Lileks](http://www.lileks.com) is a columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. His site contains lots of pop culture from the 1920’s thru the 1950’s. You can spend many lunch hours going through the vast collections posted here. [This](http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/)one is my favorite. The first time I read it I was at work and almost had an aneurism trying not to laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinda-fun-time-wasting-site-s/528268/8 "2010-02-10T00:11:17Z")
> [@Slypork](#): > > [This](http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/)one is my favorite. The first time I read it I was at work and almost had an aneurism trying not to laugh out loud. OMG yes! Looking at those pics just creeped me out–I’ve been reading Lileks for years, too. Maybe we should ask around here and see if anybody ever went there—will do right now.