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May 19, 2013, 10:26 PM
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As a lot of you know, I work from home, sometimes some insane hours of up to 13 hours a day. My work is monotonous, completely on the computer, and isn't hard but it requires a certain amount of concentration to do. During my shifts, I'm invarably on PC lurking, posting occasional things and reading posts when I can.
My problem is this: I have an addictive personality and I plain-out spend too much time on here. It can lead to a feeling of loneliness as well as paranoia. While I have no intention of going anywhere, I need to find other ways to spend my time. It has to be something I can do with NO audio. My work is scoring an oral standardized test so I can't listen to two things at once. I can read some, but not a gigantic amount. I can probably read the size of an average post before having to stop to do something. It has to be something I don't have to put gigantic amounts of concentration in and that I can easily come back to. I've done some of the games sites such as games.com with some success and wouldn't mind other things like that. An art tutorial site might be cool....I don't know. Apps for I-phone or android would also work (I have both). Any suggestions/ideas would be gigantically appreciated and I'll be happy to report which ones work best in my particular situation. Thanks much. |
 Anonymous200777, Squaw, tinyrabbit
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May 20, 2013, 01:01 AM
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Here's a game my boyfriend plays, if you're into fantasy games (and it's free!): https://www.wizard101.com/. Not sure if you can turn the audio off and play, though.
You want art tutorials? I have some bookmarks, but I haven't checked them in a while, so some links might be broken: // 3DTotal.com - CG artists homepage with fresh CG industry news // About.com Painting -- Learn to Paint & Develop Your Art Skills with Free Projects, Demos, How-Tos Graphic Design Tutorials : Graphic Design Software Directory & Portal for Graphics Tips : Desktop Publishing Resources & Graphic Design Links Art Instruction For Beginners - Art Instruction Blog Online - Free art lessons & tips Artist Help Network AMc Home Fine Art Instruction, Articles, Videos & Resources | Artist's Network Contemporary art: Original Photography, Painting, Sculpture and Prints phpinfo() Cybia Software for digital artists and photographers DAZ 3D Home Digital Art Tutorials: Photoshop Illustration and Coloring Video Tutorials; digital coloring, tutorials, coloring comics, digital painting,photoshop tutorials,free photoshop tutorials Dreslough.com - The Home of Dee Dreslough's Artwork and Novel! Fantasy Art Tutorials and Resources Welcome to Malathar's Dragons http://www.free3dtutorials.com/ GagnonStudio - GagnonStudio Paint-By-Grids Home School Arts Main Index Page IMPACT Fantasy and Comic Art How to Draw Magna and How to draw a cartoon http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/ Learn to draw.com, learn how to draw online for FREE! Art Careers , Schools and Education :TheArtCareerProject.com the Figure Drawing LAB WannaLearn.com: Fine Arts : Visual Art WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists And here's some generators and quizzes (again, some links may be outdated): Are You a Freak? Automatic Flatterer http://www.churchsigngenerator.com/ Comic Strip Generator (Over 750 Toon Choices), A Custom Cartoon Maker One Comic Book Cel At A Time - Cartoon Generator, Send As Free Ecards & Mask Email (Hide Text) http://www.eschew.net/gothname1/ http://www.eschew.net/gothname2/index.php Famous Faces Image Generator, Deface A Famous Person's Photograph With Your Custom Caption http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate.php The Fairy Name Generator The Pirate Name Generator | GangstaName.com How Many Goats? What will your dowry be? Name Decoder http://www.fmtalki.com/fhf_prison.shtml Quizes @ QuizGalaxy | The Online Quiz Site Create Your own Quizzes, Stories, Polls, Lyrics, Poems, Journals and More at Quizilla ★☞ SelectSmart.com Free, No Registration, Quizzes, Selectors, Flowcharts, Polls, Personality Tests Politics, Religion, Philosophy, Anime, and more Comcast The Dialectizer http://www.geocities.com/teo592/quiz/dragon.html The Love Calculator http://www.azuresgreetings.com/princess/princess.htm Tombstone Generator http://www.auburn.edu/~shephcd/whatyouare.html YouThink.com - Tell the World What You Think
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May 20, 2013, 07:27 AM
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Wow! Thanks! I'll give some of them a try today and write an update on any that I really like.
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May 20, 2013, 09:27 AM
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Wow that's a lot of stuff. I think I'll have to check some of it out myself...
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May 20, 2013, 09:59 AM
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try knitting or patchwork, you can do both whilst listening to your work and both can easily be put down and picked up later
making matchstick models is another idea you could try soduko or wordsearch puzzles are good boredom busters i mention these as it is not healthy to be looking at the computer for long periods, so give your eyes a rest from the screen whilst not moving you far from the computer so you can still listen to your work. |
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May 20, 2013, 10:36 AM
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May 21, 2013, 12:48 AM
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I thought I deleted a link amongst those I posted about Paganism and Wicca, but I see it (or another one) is still there. That used to link to a Magickal Name Generator, but no more. Just wanted to make clear I wasn't pushing Wicca or anything.
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May 21, 2013, 07:28 AM
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I looked at one or two links yesterday but found that I couldn't search well and work at the same time. I need to look through them prior to working and know which to look at when the time comes.
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May 21, 2013, 10:13 PM
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May 21, 2013, 10:53 PM
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May 22, 2013, 12:28 AM
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Maranara, you don't have to go through all those links for me; they're just ones you might enjoy (if they still lead to where they used to). If you don't want to go to them all, it's not taken personally. I just have a ridiculous number of bookmarks, LOL!
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Maven If I had a dollar for every time I got distracted, I wish I had some ice cream. Equal Rights Are Not Special Rights |
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May 25, 2013, 10:59 AM
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May 25, 2013, 11:23 AM
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 I don't have any ideas, sorry.
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