‘Round the Square: Boredom-busting websites
BORED: Are there times when you’re just bored? You’ve counted the tassels on your living room pillows, tried to remember all the planets, pondered whether an avocado is a vegetable or fruit (it’s a fruit). You could watch television, but you don’t really feel like it. Read? Nah, not really in the mood for that either.
What about flitting around on the internet to some interesting websites? The site for Educators Technology has some fun recommendations.
Bored Panda: Explore entertaining articles, videos, and images across various topics. There’s a list with photos from someone who turns discarded bicycle parts into art — but not like you’d expect.
Sketchfab: Manipulate and explore a vast library of 3D models.
Sporcle: Test your knowledge with trivia and quiz games on countless subjects.
Google Arts & Culture: Explore global art, museums, and historical documents. Look at more than 100 statues in the Washington National Cathedral. Explore high definition art works, historical events, historical figures. Look at museums in Japan and Austria, a palace in Italy. Play games, like Mice in the Museum or do a cultural crossword.
Listverse: Read fascinating lists on a wide variety of topics. Ten psychiatric diagnoses of horror villains and their victims. Wild facts about the making of popular westerns. Recent newsworthy hallucinations.
Playbuzz: Engage with fun quizzes, polls, and games.
The Great Discontent: Get inspired by interviews with artists and creatives.
Jigsaw Planet: Create and solve jigsaw puzzles online.
Virtualpiano.net: Play and create music using your computer keyboard.
Accuweather: Stay updated with the latest weather forecasts and storm tracking.
Chrome Music Lab: Learn about music and sound through interactive experiments.
Classic FM: Listen to and discover beautiful classical music.
Big Think: Watch videos and read articles on science, technology, and more.