What do you do when you're online?

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I'm sitting here going over my usual routine when I get online when I thought of something. I always do the same thing when I get online. I stick to the same websites that I enjoy. I don't venture off, and when I do I end up at places I know about already. So, I've asked myself,

"What does everyone else do when they're online?"

When I'm online, I...

MySpace/Facebook
GTPlanet
YouTube
Ebay
Craigslist
Bank account
Google
IGN
Full Tilt Poker
Ebaumsworld
Newgrounds
MoFunZone

(In no particular order.)
 
If I'm not asleep, I'm online, so I do a lot. I IM all my friends, get on Gmail, GTP, Myspace, Facebook, Macrumors, InterfaceLIFT, deviantART, YouTube, Wikipedia, and digg. Those are just the things I do every day without fail. I also listen to music, but I do that offline too.
 
If I have a bit of free time, I periodically rotate between GTP, Giles’s forum, MacThemes, MacNN, Facebook, and YouTube. If I have an enormous amount of free time (which I don’t have much of lately), I’ll go on IM. And in between everything, I check my RSS feeds, which I’ve designed to be sufficiently diverse such that I find lots of interesting content or news that I wouldn’t find within the small set of forums that I stay in.
 
  • Gmail
  • Google Reader
  • GTPlanet
  • giles-guthrie.com
  • OzMazda Club
  • MySpace

Lather, rinse, repeat.

If I’m bored I’ll go to YouTube and occasionally TuckerMax. But those stories are never quite so funny once you’ve already read them.
 
Gmail
Youtube/Jamglue for music/video entertainment (continuous)
GTPlanet
Wikipedia
Games/google/something fun
 
GTP
Facebook
Email
Carwalls
Look at the homework I should probably be starting soon......

Repeat. it makes for a lot of staring at pages that haven't changed in teh last 5 minutes.

And my other email and Myspace if I'm really bored.
 
I do a lot of random browsing, but I do the following (almost) everyday:

lots of email,
IM,
yahoo and google groups (for WIP university projects)
umanitoba.ca, and associated university stuff
SAE International
ENGnetBASE, efunda
GTP
guitarmasterclass
browse for torrents
f1live, f1technical, and formula1.com
popurls and stumbleupon! when I'm bored
 
GTP
MSN Messenger
Wikipedia
My site
Final Gear
Email
School website (to find homework which i should really be doing)
 
GTP
Accel
eBay
Batracer
BBC News
TV Listings
More eBay
Call of Duty 2 online
Repeat Process
 
Gmail
Turbobricks
GTP
Race Sim Central
Gamespot
IGN
Demonoid
deviantART
Ebay
IPDUSA
barely legal porn, milf porn and then random amateur porn.

Exactly in that order. ;)
 
Hmm...

Trillian
Anime
Manga
GTPlanet
Penny Arcade
Youtube
Wikipedia
Ron Paul's site
Club 4A forums
Misc. Research and so on.
 
GTP
Facebook
ebay
youtube
bank account
uk train sim forums
rfactor central
grand prix games.org
eurogamer
 
GTPlanet
FerrariChat
RaceSimCentral Forums
ForzaCentral
GMail
YouTube
thecarforum
& maybe a site I haven't visited in a while....
 
I'm always on Trillian (AIM+MSN)

Daily routine:
RonPaul2008.com
Daily Paul
Ron Paul Forums
Porn
GTPlanet
GMail
Google
LA.GG
YouTube
Tom's Hardware
Wikipedia
PESGaming news
ESPNsoccernet
Porn
YouTube

Once in a while:
The Pirate Bay
DeviantART
Amazon
Head-Fi.org
Bodybuilding.com
AVS Forum
Kendo World Forums
Apple

I also play CS:S and Guild Wars.
 
1. GTPlanet. I usually just check my subscribed threads, but if I have more time I'll browse around.

2. cox.net. Check e-mail, delete and reply to messages, and that's it.

3. Woodwind and Brasswind. Check on the instruments I've written reviews for and see if anyone else has found them helpful. If I have more time I'll browse around and see if any prices have changed.

That's what I normally do, and the bare bones version takes about 10 minutes. But if I have more time then I'll go to some flash game sites and browse for good games. If I have even more time, I'll usually go to eBay or Half.com and search for stuff. Or I'll go to autotrader.com.

:-)
 
I;

Sleep
Go to the Bathroom
Watch TV
Read Magazines
Play the Guitar
Play Video Games
Work On and/or Clean Firearms

I Visit On A Regular Basis;

GTPlanet.net
MGS:TUS
Firearms Forum
AR15
Shotgun World
Defense Review
Defense Industry Daily
Spacewar.com
Sniper Country
Sniper World
ShootingUSA
EddieVanHalen.com
ErnieBall.com
Google
DBSTalk.com
eBay
Telegraaf.nl
Lardbiscuit.com
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS
Smoking Meat Forums
BillyHolcomb.com
YouTube
uspto.gov
955KLOS.com
Game Watch
Konami Pro

I No Longer Visit;

PSM Forum (Shut Down)
AVS Forum (Banned for 'telling off' some XBox360 and Anti-Sony Assholes)
TheGearPage (Banned for being a "racist"(I printed a report revealing we shouldn't purchase Mexican produce because 25% of it is covered in human waste. Naturally, this makes me a "racist.") :rolleyes: Not really a big loss since this place is owned and run by Anti-gun, anti-hunting, anti-freedom-of-speech Liberal-doucebag idiots and I was getting sick and tired of them objecting every thread topic that went against their personal beliefs and opinion.)
PS3GameSaves.com (Closed Down)
Car Racing webstites (In general)
Hunting Websites (In General)
 
While at home:
GTP
Autoblog
Mini USA
Facebook
Lake Orion Weather Forecast
Crtl+Alt+Del
Explosm.com
w00t.com
BBC news
Oakland University Webmail

While at work:
All of the above plus...
eBay
Trocadero.com
gmail.com
U.S Customs website
Haigsofrochester.com
 
I’m confused as to why so many people check their email using webmail – doesn’t anybody use desktop clients? They’re so much more convenient. (And now that Gmail uses IMAP, there’s almost no excuse to not use a desktop client.)
 
I use Thunderbird, but I don't have it at work and linking the college e-mail up to it is a pain.
 
Gtplanet
Gamespot
MSN
University Mail
Hotmail

Cant really remember the others...

I dont use email clients because I really cannot to bothered to set them up plus they take up resources... loading up firefox for everything is just easier...
 
Sage
I’m confused as to why so many people check their email using webmail – doesn’t anybody use desktop clients? They’re so much more convenient. (And now that Gmail uses IMAP, there’s almost no excuse to not use a desktop client.)
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I use Thunderbird with IMAP (where IMAP is possible). I've got 3 email addresses that I use regularly (1 personal, 1 professional, 1 university) so it's much easier to handle and organize that way, as opposed to visiting 3 different sites to get it done.
 
Sage
I’m confused as to why so many people check their email using webmail – doesn’t anybody use desktop clients? They’re so much more convenient. (And now that Gmail uses IMAP, there’s almost no excuse to not use a desktop client.)
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It's easier and quicker to click my Gmail bookmark than it is to launch an app.
 
*myspace
*GTP
*gmail
*ehowa.com
*spokanethunder.org
*dci.org
*youtube

Always the first three first, then everything else in no particular order...but always there.
 
CDailey
It's easier and quicker to click my Gmail bookmark than it is to launch an app.
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Um, what? :p You don’t launch and quit a mail client each time you check your mail; you leave it on all the time, and when you get new mail, it alerts you.

I suspect that 90% of the people who don’t use desktop email clients have never even tried it. Once you use it, you realize how annoying webmail is.
 

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