LaTerry's Awesome Tips on How to Survive the Internet 2!

Man, I haven't updated in forever. I can explain in one simple word: Laaaaaaaaaaaaaazy~

Anyway, on to business.

Tips #2: Fun Times! :D

If you ever find yourself board on the internet, something is wrong. Boredom is a serious issue among all people, and I'm doing my best to fight it in all forms. Internet boredom is easily chased away with pitchforks fortunatly. Here are a list of sites that have a +2 effectiveness on boredom.

youtube
Honestly, if you don't know what youtube is, talk to your retailer and move out from under that rock. You can find just about anything on youtube as long as it doesn't break the rules. If something even remotely interests you, search it on youtube. If you think something is awesome, search it on youtube. Youtube can provide hours of entertainment as long as you know what you are looking for.

Mousehunt
I just heard a groan from Jacob. Just skip ahead Jacob, just skip ahead.
Mousehunt is an addictive game on facebook that has forced me to live my life in 15 minute segments. The Kingdom of Gnawnia has been overrun with mice, and the King needs you to help. You start out with a simple trap and can only catch simple mice, such as a white mouse or a brown mouse. Each mice earns you a gold and point reward. As you gain more and more gold and points you can get better mouse traps, like the 500 pound crusher or the Deathbot, and with these better traps you can catch stronger mice, like the Granite mouse or the Zombie mouse. You catch mice by sounding the Hunters Horn every 15 minutes, which is why my life is split into 15 minute segments. The developers are always updating and making the game better for all. Many also suspent that that they are insane because of some of the video's they release, but that just makes it better. They have events all the time, usually on holidays, where they release special mice and do giveaways. I won 50 canadian dollars by playing mousehunt. Seriously.
Go.
Play.
Mousehunt.

homestarrunner.com
If you ever need to laugh, go here. A million laughs, a million laughs.

iminlikewithyou.com
This is a fun little site that lets you play games that totally aren't copyright infringment. You can play Tetris, I mean Blockles, Bomberma- Monkey Balloon, and Draw My Thing (which is suprisingly original). So ya, if you want to play some mind numming little games, this is the place for you.

There are tons of other sites that are dedicated to removing boredom, you just have to search. As always, the internet can be a dangerous place, so be careful. If I find/remember any more sites that should go here, I'll put them here.

On a side note, Valentines Day is on Saturday, and its the first time I actually care X_X

LaTerry's Awesome Tips on How to Survive the Internet

The Internet can be a dangerous and confusing place. Without the proper know how, you may end up buying land on the moon, or having your identity stolen, or worse, you may find yourself bored. The Internet has infinite potential to keep you entertained and occupy your time, but it can also be a place of horrible unpleasantness. So, to keep you safe from being bored or unhappy, I offer you these tips on how to survive the Internet.

Lesson 1: Keeping yourself safe.

There are a bunch of idiots in the world. It seems that they multiply on the Internet. It boggles my mind why people go out of their way to create viruses whose sole purpose is to kill someone else's computer. Yet, they exist, and they probably think that they are pretty funny. Then there are people who don't have lives and so feel the need to steal someone else's life. And then there are people who really want you to visit their site, and so they bombard you with pop-ups. If you don't have the proper software, the Internet can be incredibly dangerous. Therefore, you need to protect your computer with antivirus, anti-spyware, and pop-up blockers. This can be a pain, but just think about how miserable you would be without it.

So that's important, but that's not all you need to do. There are other ways people can steal your identity. There are sites called Phisher sites. They will phish for you. Say you get an email from a website that you have subscribed to or joined or something. That email says to click the link and log in. This can be a trap. The mail could have been sent by a phisher, and when you click the link, you go to what looks like the site, but its really a clever ruse. You would then put your info into the site, but its not the site, and you didn't just log in. Someone just stole your user name and password. You have been phished. If you get an email from a site that says click this link to go to our site, it would be safer to go to the sites main page and log in there.

You email address is very important. Be careful where you give it out. But don't be paranoid either. If a site asks for it, look at their private policy if you are concerned. In fact, that goes for any website that is asking about your information. Read their private policy if you feel concered about why they are asking stuff about you. If they don't have a private policy, then you probably shouldn't trust them. Also, chain letters are a primary target for people to get email addresses. If you look at those, you can find hundreds of addresses after its been passed on a bit. So, don't send chain letters. Honestly, they are some of the most pointless things on the Internet, and that is saying a lot. If you feel that you must, there is a way to send an email and not pass on any email addresses. Instead of putting the email addresses of the people your sending it to in the TO: line, but them in the BCC: line. BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. You could send an email to hundreds of people, and they would never know. Spam companies can do nothing with an empty TO: line.

Just some things to keep in mind. I may or may not add more to this lesson, but for now, that's all. The next lesson will be less serious and more fun :)