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Ran out of things

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I have ran out of things to do with my MacBook. All I seem to do is browse the web. What are some suggestions for me to make my Mac more interesting again?
 
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Browsing the web and taking class notes is all I really do with it nowadays too. My media center handles my other computing tasks such as watching videos, listening to music, and playing games. My Macbook handles all of my photos, so I guess I use it for more than mundane tasks every once in a while.
 
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I sometimes just put it to sleep and look at how peaceful and beautiful it is. the pulsating light. the smooth texture...

Just joking :p, subscribe to loads of RSS that'll keep you busy
 
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If you're bored with your computer, then I would suggest putting it down and doing something that doesn't involve the computer.

Go outside. Read a book. Exercise. Meet with an old friend. Anything that doesn't involve your computer.
 
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Get a new gadget that draws your attention and time away from your macbook. Once that new gadget gets boring, go back to your macbook and it'll be like falling in love all over again...
 
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I enjoy helping other people solve their Mac problems on Mac-Forums...
 

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I agree with D3v1L80Y, get out of the house. To say it in another words. There is more to life than computers.
 
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take up html and server-side programming
 
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Toss Linux on the system and become familiar with an OS which is becoming more relevant on a daily basis.
 
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If you're bored with your computer, then I would suggest putting it down and doing something that doesn't involve the computer.

Go outside. Read a book. Exercise. Meet with an old friend. Anything that doesn't involve your computer.

I agree with D3v1L80Y, get out of the house. To say it in another words. There is more to life than computers.

Well of course guys! You two making it sound like I have no life or something! Haha. :)
 
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Buy/build a PC ;)

now *that* would be a fun hobby! I was actually thinking about building onto my old desktop PC. It has 512MB of RAM and a Pentium 4 processor. Don't know the HD capacity. But yeah I opened it up and all I saw were wires. It really did look like a homemade bomb, to be honestly blunt.

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Whenever I get bored with the computer, I sleep!
 
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Learn ALL the terminal commands, using the terminal is soo cool.

I use it to compile and run all my Java programs :)

heres something to start you off

View attachment unix.pdf
 
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I agree with D3v1L80Y, get out of the house. To say it in another words. There is more to life than computers.

Can't agree more.

May I suggest a pub crawl .... that will take your mind off many things ;D
 
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Go on Digg.

Get some new games for your Windows partition, like Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, or Call of Duty 5.

Go out and go mountain-biking! (best choice amongst the 3 IMHO).
 
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Buy a motorcycle and experience life in the wind. There's a big cool and not so cool world out there. Live it.
 
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Take up a nice hobby. That doesn't involve your computer.
 
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Buy a motorcycle and experience life in the wind. There's a big cool and not so cool world out there. Live it.

Funny you posted that. I've been wanting to do that recently.
 

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