Things to do when you're bored

[jacab]

Everyone has them. Moments of absolute boredom, when you do things you normally wouldn't. At home, at work, at the office.....these moments can hit anywhere and anyone.

Soooo.....therein is the question. What do you do when that moment of boredom comes over you?

[Chiller]

Everyone has them. Moments of absolute boredom, when you do things you normally wouldn't. At home, at work, at the office.....these moments can hit anywhere and anyone.

Soooo.....therein is the question. What do you do when that moment of boredom comes over you?

You probably should use the Omni Lounge forum for this topic:

http://forums.omnigroup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24

[philonous]

Everyone has them. Moments of absolute boredom, when you do things you normally wouldn't. At home, at work, at the office.....these moments can hit anywhere and anyone.

Soooo.....therein is the question. What do you do when that moment of boredom comes over you?

I don't know where you live, but you should try to just go for walk or go to a museum. One thing is for certain, I've been trying to loiter by my computer LESS when I'm bored. Net result? I go running, I meet with friends on occasion for dinner, and cleaning my office is next on my schedule of things, instead of being 1000.

If you are not in a metropolitan area with good museums and theaters, then I can highly recommend several books: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez (Nobel Laureate), Ficciones by Borges (Also Nobel Laureate), The Mind's I edited by Hofstadter and Dennett (I can highly recommend Turing's essays in there, as well as the ones by Lem), and Hitler's Willing Executioners by Goldhagen.

The last one is a bit of a downer, though intellectually engrossing.

Or, click the link in the my sig to buy one of our walking tours. It's the next best thing to being there.

Well....I can't promise. :)

Payam

[gray49]

philonous,
"One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez (Nobel Laureate), Ficciones by Borges (Also Nobel Laureate)"
Add "A Personal Matter"...By Kenzaburo Oe (Nobel Laureate), and you have 3 of the best books ever written...
Peace,
Stuart

[Ilgaz]

I have setup a Workspace named "Revenge" containing:

1) All my webmail accounts spam/junk folder
2) Spamcop (http://www.spamcop.NET) (not .com)
3) Phishtank (http://www.phishtank.com)

I basically report all my native language spam, the spam coming to Spamcop RBL enabled webmails and Phishes.

It makes you feel good as revenge :D

I am sure Omni group didn't think of using Workspaces like that. ;)

[davidjason]

When I am bored...I text "CHAT" to 35777 from my mobile phone. Textmate is such a Blast! I love that I can text with hot gals whenever I want to feel. It’s wild and mind blowing!

[philonous]

When I am bored...I text "CHAT" to 35777 from my mobile phone. Textmate is such a Blast! I love that I can text with hot gals whenever I want to feel. It’s wild and mind blowing!

Well...it definitely blows something. ;)

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[philonous]

philonous,
"One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez (Nobel Laureate), Ficciones by Borges (Also Nobel Laureate)"
Add "A Personal Matter"...By Kenzaburo Oe (Nobel Laureate), and you have 3 of the best books ever written...
Peace,
Stuart

I just added it to my reading list (which I maintain in Omnioutliner, thank you very much).

Thank you very much!

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