100+ Ways to Waste Time on the Internet

Not that I have time to waste on the internet (other than the time I waste maintaining this blog), but I like the idea of having a list ready to go as preparation for retirement! 

There are lots of these types of lists on the internet, but wanted to assure potential readers that mine isn't a composite of others: all the ideas here are my own, so there are bound to be some novel ideas included. Though I've tried not to identify specific websites (posting internet links is just asking for people to change their links), there are times when I can't resist, because the websites are particular obsessions of mine.  Enjoy .... I'll join you soon! 

1. Take a Myers-Briggs test to find out your personality type. Then spend the next 10hrs incessantly researching your personality type
2. Join Pinterest and create a collection of your favorite toys when you were a child
3. Use Google Earth's "street view" function to travel around the world. All those places you've always wanted to see? Go see them! 
4. Look up historical highway markers in your part of the state
5. Pick a favorite song or artist and look up "reaction videos" of people listening to the song for the first time
6. Look up a craft and make it at home
7. Assemble a month's worth of recipes
8. Look up the website of a magazine you wish you subscribed to and read a bunch of articles
9. Look up stuff that happened in the world on the day you were born
10. Watch a TEDTalk
11. Watch a documentary
12. Listen to old radio shows, like Lux Radio Theater, Gunsmoke, or Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
13. Make a list of desserts you want to try sometime in your life
14. Visit one of those "postsecret" websites and share your deepest secrets with strangers
15. Look up riddles and write down good ones to use later
16. Make a list of new books to read
17. Turn yourself into a bitmoji
18. Play a replica of your favorite childhood video game
19. Read 2 sentence ghost stories
20. Start (or update) a family genealogy
21. Take a virtual tour of your favorite museum
22. Look up toys you used to own and see how much they're worth today
23. Look up optical illusions
24. Look up sarcastic Amazon reviews
25. Download anatomy coloring pages
26. Look up the current Badass of the Week
27. Send online cards to people
28. Go to a contest collection site and enter contests
29. Learn the birdcalls of birds that live in your area
30. Learn to play a simple song on a piano simulator
31. Read fanfiction inspired by a favorite character, TV show or book
32. Learn how to write your name in different languages, including heiroglyphics
33. Do a carbon footprint calculator to see how much CO2 your family generates
34. Catalog your personal library using GoodReads or LibraryThing
35. Use a house decorating website to plan your perfect room (or house)
36. Look up what pets are available for adoption at local animal shelters
37. Use a real estate app like Zillow to see how much your home would sell for - and, of course, how much your neighbors paid for their homes
38. Watch livestreams from underwater bathyscopes, zoos, or aquariums
39. Play The Oregon Trail. Try not to die of dysentery
40. Go to Mix and discover new websites
41. Memorize a poem
42. Do an "on this day" search in Wikipedia to see what interesting things may have happened  
43. Start a blog
44. find a live earthquake map and figure out which places on earth are currently experiencing quakes
45. Find a live FAA feed and see which planes are in the air
46. Tune into a radio station from another country
47. Look up how to do the Hustle or some other line dance
48. Compare how a major news event is covered in U.S. papers vs. European papers
49. Watch clips of Antiques Roadshow personnel as they value antiques
50. Watch clips from Broadway shows, performed by the original performers
51. Learn how to say "I actually speak _____" in multiple languages, so that when you suspect people are talking about you in a foreign language, you can make them feel bad
52. Use a simple story-building app to create a children's storybook 
53. Create a simple video game in Scratch
54. Use one of those "What Should I Read Next" apps to identify books worth reading
55. Apply different filters to your selfie
56. Find an ocean depth simulator and find out how long it will be until your city disappears underwater thanks to climate change-caused sea level rise
57. Start (or continue to work on) personal bucket list
58. Look up new lifehacks
59. Upload your selfie and find out which great work of art you most resemble
60. Do random science simulations at Phet
61. Listen to incoming cosmic rays
62. Check out Snopes to see which scams are going around
63. Download fonts
64. Go to a writing prompt website and use it to write a short story
65. Dissect a frog
66. Listen to a completely different genre of music than you're used to
67. Look up weirdest animals/plants/insects on Earth
68. Take a class from an online MOOG
69. Research tattoos you might want to get
70. Read an online book
71. Watch episodes of Epic Rap Battles of History
72. Watch espisode of ThugLit
73. Watch episodes of Drunk History
74. Find a meme generator and create some original memes
75. Learn and practice Morse Code
76. Add songs to your Spotify (or other) music account
77. Look up funny tombstone inscriptions
78. Download paper dolls
79. Look up how to doodle or draw simple shapes
80. Visit the menus of famous restaurants and figure out what you would order
81. Look up upcoming concert dates for favorite musical groups or shows
82. Broaden your vocabulary by looking up obscure words
83. Check out recent editorial cartoons
84. Go to freecycle or some other website that specializes in giving stuff away and see what's available for picking up
85. Find an actuarial table or questionnaire and find out how long you are expected to live (Deathclock)
86. See if there are any sexual offenders living in your neighborhood
87. Watch the best commercials from Superbowls past
88. Write an article and post it to Medium
89. Update your Amazon wishlist
90. Make a list of cocktails you'd like to try
91. Plan a dream vacation. Include all destinations, hotels, and restaurants. Cost is no object!
92. Listen to a podcast
93. Take a Buzzfeed quiz. So many to choose from!
94. Mix your own electronic music (Patatap, Incredibox)
95. Learn card magic tricks
96. Answer people's questions on Quora
97. Update a Wikipedia page
98. Upload your selfie to various makeup sites to try out different hairstyles and looks (DailyMakeover)
99. Make a playlist of exercise videos for when you're feeling more lively
100. Online paint by numbers. Just when you thought paint by numbers was insultingly easy
101. Watch live webcam footage - tourist attractions, cute animals, coral reefs ... whatever floats your boat
102. Go to Google and click "I Feel Lucky"