Category: Time Wasters

Distractions: Fugazi Archive, Flash Opera, Comedy Death-Ray, Bill Murray, David Rees and The AbCoaster »

Steady Diet of Something: Fugazi to release hundreds of live shows online! via @popcandy 20 Yard Swim – 2 Mile Bike – 20.5 Minute Nap: “Triathlon” used to be an impressive term. Now there are numerous pared down versions, many you can do during your lunch hour. Rare: Bill Murray Interview Worth …

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Good Use of GIFs: Animated Albums »

This bit of fun seems like the next logical step from Sleeveface, but why did it take so to happen? I need more.

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SPIN Magazine’s Most Regrettable Covers 1985 – 2009 »

Attention aging music nerds, Google Books has digitized all the SPIN magazines since 1985. Check it out, it’s a hoot to view the ads from the 80s and early 90s and reminisce about the excitement you felt when one of your bands like Husker Du, Circle Jerks, Hoodoo Gurus or Tommy Keene got some ink in this major music publication. While I give SPIN good marks for its cover selections and subject matter in the early days (and especially for being a good alternative to Rolling Stone), the mag did publish a few of doozies.

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Time Waster: Vintage Ad Browser »

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Got a blog a need an ironic image to go with your topical post? Well then, check out the Vintage Ad Browser. It should give you all the retro kitsch imagery you need to get your point across. Website: www.vintageadbrowser.com

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Close The Spreadsheet, Ignore The Email and Enjoy The Nonsense Now »

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Handy Site for Screw-It-Yourselfers: There, I Fixed It Santastic: Very cool customizable “From Santa” video for the kiddies. “It’s Funny Because It’s True”: Eight ways to kill an idea Do They Know It’s Christmas? The Award-winning Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up has just released their star-studded remake of the Band Aid holiday classic. It features [...]

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10 Best Celebrity Computer Ads of The 1980s »

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King Kong Bundy, Jack Black, the Dances with Wolves guy? Excellent. I love old tech ads and I love watching celebs awkwardly shill for odd products. Here’s a nice collection from Adfreak.

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Amazing Lists of Awesome and Not So Awesome Achievements »

Hungry for some tasty, low-cal distractions before the big holiday? Here’s a bowl of some cheese-filled trivia nuggets to feed your ever-expanding pop culture belly: 50 Best Restaurants in The World, Longest Running TV Shows, Most Expensive Domain Names; Largest Roller Coaster Drops, Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold, World’s Fastest Drummers, Top-Selling Video Games Of All Time & More

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Time Waster: The Art of Penguin Science Fiction »

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Enjoy browsing hundreds of scintillating sci-fi book covers from Penguin Publishing.

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Time Waster: Vivian Maier Photography »

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Enjoy these wonderful “found” photos from the John Maloof Collection: “This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s – 1970s. Vivian’s work was discovered at an auction here in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes [...]

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Time Waster: My Parents Were Awesome »

Wow, there sure are lots of gossip and snark-filled websites out there bombarding you with heaps upon heaps of the negative, the nasty and the nonsense (our favorite). Some fun, so pretty despicable, most leaving you with that less-than-fresh feeling in your soul. Remedy? Today I stumbled across a website every that is refreshingly different, dare I say sweet… and stylish to boot.

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