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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Maybe you don’t have to work today, but for everyone else who does, here’ s yet another Websites to Waste Your Week:

What’s Popular on the Internet?

Here’s a neat and handy service: populaire.eu keeps tabs on 150 popular websites every day to keep you up to date on what’s new and popular on the “Net. Blogs, news, video, and on and on. Great website to check often when you”re at work.

wiseGEEK

From their own website: “clear answers for commone questions”. There’s over 28,000 articles here ranging from subjects as diverse as “what is a sonogram?” to “how can I make a room soundproof?”. There has to be some articles here of use to you, make sure to use a lot of company time to find the interesting ones.

fileswap

Here’s an interesting concept: upload a file of your choice and file-swap will send you a file in return. Mostly I’ve been uploading dumb pictures, but file-swap accepts various types of files such as mp3 and pdf. Have fun!

Things People Said: Accident Reports

A whole bunch of funny statements from car accident insurance claims. Statements like, “a pedestrian hit me and went under my car.” Excellent and hilarious article.

Starting Fire with an Ice Lens

Since we’re talking about articles, here’s one on how to make an ice lens to start a fire while camping. Very interesting read, and you can show this off to your buddies next time you go camping.

The History of the Internet

A hilarious look at the history of the “Net, from 1969 to 2003. Laid out in timeline fashion, with pictures.

How to Argue Effectively

A funny article written by Stuart J. Williams, Attorney at Law. Some great tips here for arguing effectively, although the people you debate with may want to physically attack you eventually.

Utopia Theory Comics

Updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Utopica Theory provides a hilarious and just plain weird look on life. Click on the “Browse Comics” to access the full archive of this great webcomic.

The 150 Best Online Flash Games

Whoa. Now here”s a great link for 150 links to various online games. This is a good, serious list for all you hard-core company time-wasters. There’s potentially days, nay weeks, of games here you can play at work while pretending you’re working.

Dumb People Doing Funny Stuff

And in the fine tradition of “Websites to Waste Your Week”, I now present to you a video of, well, dumb people doing funny stuff. Ol’ SlackerDan here thinks the title should be “Dumb People Doing Even Dumber Stuff”, but there you go.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Save me some turky ‘n stuffings, and see you next week for yet another Websites to Waste Your Week!