May 02, 2004

Curious George: Email lists My job isn't the most exciting in the world so I like to read cool stuff to pass the time. Unfortunately, people can see my screen and I feel inhibited in my web surfing. I've subscribed to a few email lists like The Guardian's football Fiver and Complexity Digest that I can read without it being immediately obvious that it's not work. Any monkeys know of any other good ones? I'm primarily looking for interesting/amusing content rather than news stories.
posted by theantmustdance 20 years ago
  • I Love Everything is my favourite place to hang out at the moment. It can be very funny and informative and is almost completely devoid of political snarkiness. I'm reluctant even to publicise it.
  • Mil Millington of "Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About" Fame has a mailing list (read the comments for the link), but it only comes out once a month at the most. It is pretty damn funny, though.
  • If you're interested in comics, Warren Ellis's badsignal is pretty interesting. Even if you don't like comics its pretty good, too.
  • Could you read rss feeds without drawing suspicion? That would give you a whole bunch of options for hours of enjoyment. If you are interested in the infectious disease outbreaks of the world, the promed listserve sends out a digest usually once a day. Be the first on your block to read about the newest menacing virus!
  • This is pretty funny. If you like mean-minded scuttlebutt and jokes about paedophilia and wanking off animals, that is.
  • NetFuture is an electronic newsletter with postings every two-to-four weeks or so. It looks beyond the generally recognized "risks" of computer use such as privacy violations, unequal access, censorship, and dangerous computer glitches. It seeks especially to address those deep levels at which we half-consciously shape technology and are shaped by it. What is half-conscious can, after all, be made fully conscious, and we can take responsibility for it. As seen at MeFi.
  • mustdance, if what you really want to is lose time without everyone noticing ghostzilla is for you.
  • Lots of people love b3ta it's pretty scabrous and juvenile and I've just gone off it ... but it gets a lot of laughs at work. I've just signed up for the rocking vicar which appears to be done by the same people who do the excellent Word magazine ... haven't seen an issue of the email yet though ... and an old favourite is NTK the ultimate geek must-have email - I'm not a geek so I tend to ignore the technical bits and just enjoy the sarcastic bits
  • Hey Zemat, do you use ghostzilla? I think that looks pretty cool, although getting caught at work using ghostzilla would probably be worse than being caught surfing normally.
  • She-Said-He-Said is a discussion list; they discuss anything and everything. People post amusing stories, news articles, observations, opinions, etc. I've been on the list since '99.
  • i vote instead for you finding a satisfying and challenging job. follow your passion, make some big changes. go for it!
  • I used ghostzilla for quite some time. But since my job's computer is quite old the load times started to annoy me. More because whenever you move your mouse pointer from the browser windows it autohides and you need to make a fast crisscross move with the mouse to bring it back. Eventually I stop caring about what others see on my PC and forgot about ghostzilla entirely. Ohh, and I love you SideDish. You are so right. Yet it will be dificult to find a job that pays me to surf the web. :)
  • hey, ant, what exactly is it that you do? careerwise, i mean.
  • *crickets*
  • *praying mantids*
  • *ribbit ribbit* I can't resist.
  • *Ohmigod, did you hear that?*
  • BOO!
  • *"Entendez-vous cela ?" Oui. Bruits comme le déjeuner"* or *Nazis*
  • Lien?