Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Top 10: Ways I kill time online

Everyone has different ways to kill time on the internet and this week I figured I would share mine.

http://www.pinterest.com/

1: Pinterest: Specifically the Home Decor, Women's Fashion and Everything sections
I enjoy browsing through the photos and getting ideas for new outfits I can put together, new home decor ideas as well as seeing the occasional Harry Potter or Hunger Games Meme - definitely an easy way to kill a couple of hours


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www.facebook.com

2. Facebook
Need I say more?  It's a great way to stay in touch with not only your friends but also to see what those people in High School that you don't talk are doing with their lives.  As my newsfeed fills with a lot more wedding and baby pictures it is starting to slightly freak me out.

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http://www.younghouselove.com/


http://www.caphillstyle.com/

3. Blogs, the 2 I check the most often: Capitol Hill Style and Young House Love
The First one is about fashion for the professional woman and the latter is about a young couple who renovates their old house.  Both blogs are witty and informative and I check them first things every morning.  Capitol Hill Style posts three times per day (usually unless she has Law School Finals) and Young House love recently switched to once per day, so if anyone has any good blogs I should check out - please let me know!

chrome extensions  Kindle Cloud Reader App for Google Chrome and ChromeBook
https://read.amazon.com/

4. Kindle Cloud Reader
A great way to read online if you want to be slightly less conspicuous then reading a book at your desk.  Also through Amamzon and Amazon prime you can get a lot of books for free or fairly cheap so it's a nice way to stay on top of all those great books!

Get on Google News
news.google.com/

5. Google News
A must to keep on top of current events throughout the world and at home.  I like that I can get google alerts sent to my inbox as well as adjust the different levels of news so I can really tailor exactly what I want

Pottermore
https://www.pottermore.com/en-us/

6. Pottermore
My latest addiction, so much so, that I'm all the way through the first 4 books (which are the only ones available at this time)  It's a great way to explore the world that J.K. Rowling created filled with new history and facts about different characters or objects - for example she talks about wand woods and the different characteristics each one has!  Talk about a woman who had all the details figured out!  Sometimes it get s bit boring "collecting" everything but luckily if you can't find it everyone in the comments is incredibly helpful!

http://www.wikipedia.org/

7. Wikipedia - Article of the Day
I'm not that great at trivia but I feel like reading the "Article of the Day"is a good way to start learning about random people/places/things and it's generally interesting to see if I can find a connection to something I am more familiar with in my day-to-day life.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/

8. Podcasts - NPR "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"
I listen to a few different podcasts, although this one is my favorite.  It's NPR's news quiz and presents the week's current events in a fun and informative way!

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http://www.zillow.com/

9. Zwillow
In my next life, or for my mid-life crisis, I would love to buy and fix up old homes.  Because of this it is always fun to look at the real estate market in my neighborhood - which is SUPER expensive! And then to also look at the housing markets in different places where I think it would be fun to live.

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https://www.usajobs.gov/

10. USAJobs
Even though I love my office and my job it's always good to look around to see what opportunities are out there and to think about what else I would like to do.  If nothing else there's also a bit of confidence to be found in the "Man, I'm glad I don't have that job"

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