Put a limit on my bandwidth and I go all dumb about what to do online. You know how you see guides for fun things to do on a low budget? There need to be such guides for Internet users on dial-up connections. Heck, that’s not a bad thing for me to do now, actually. Here are the ones I can think of:
- Wikipedia – Most articles are more text than pictures, so they load fairly quickly. Even if a page takes a while to load, you can read the article while-u-wait. I love going here to satisfy my curiosity about some Internet trend, historic event, or computer-related topic.
- IMDB – Takes a little longer to load than a Wikipedia page, but it’s filled with interesting trivia about all kinds of movies and TV shows. I enjoy reading the reviews of movies I’ve seen to see if I agree with what’s been said.
- Google Reader – It’s a very useful RSS aggregator if you have many sites you like to frequently read. It has a bit of an overhead due to its Javascript interface, but after it’s loaded, articles and feeds are pretty quick to pop up.
- Del.icio.us – Pick a tag that interests you and find links associated with that tag that others have found useful. Del.icio.us is an awesome resource even if you have a fast connection, but since it has so few graphics, it works out fine on slow connections.
Oh… dial-up… I last had that when I was 16? So almost 7 years ago. I remember being so patient at that time. I’d wait for 10 minutes for some shitty anime site to load. Now I click the x if 30 seconds are exceeded.
Ugh….dial-up. I’m currently sitting at home on our dial-up connection. I was trying to check myuk to check my grades (already got two yesterday B in economics and B in women studies) and I keep getting error messages b/c my connection is so slow. So this list of sites is definitely beneficial for me here at home. Hope you’re having a blast at home this week. I have a couple of fun stories to tell you when you get back into town though. Anyway, have fun and take care!