Not sure if this has been asked before, but thought I'd pop in a new thread anyway.
Do you ever try and explore the Internet a bit more? By that I mean, do you often and purposely go looking up anything and everything; just to see what's out there, or broaden your horizons...
Personally I find that I often stick to a pretty small selection of websites - a handful of news outlets, the odd tech one, here of course, Youtube, the usual suspects for online shopping, a bit of Reddit, and some 'art' sites but that's about it. Whenever I need to find something out, or am a little curious, I'll Google and pick at a few of the results - but I'm only ever really looking at a tiny tiny fraction of what is out there.
I remember back in the late 90s when it was all Freeserve 'free' dial up, and my Dad picking up a magazine called "Internet" or some such original title, which listed lots of different sites under categories; I guess back then it was a novelty to be able to bring up almost anything on a Yahoo search. Even Loaded used to give you lists of sites to go and look at - mind you, when a lecturer at college found them, she gave the class a talk about how "disgusting" it was (probably Office Pest)
I often think about how much stuff is wasted on me, as I don't go looking - maybe Google searching has made me lazy, but it would be mildly interesting to know if anyone else sticks to the same old few sites.
Do you ever try and explore the Internet a bit more? By that I mean, do you often and purposely go looking up anything and everything; just to see what's out there, or broaden your horizons...
Personally I find that I often stick to a pretty small selection of websites - a handful of news outlets, the odd tech one, here of course, Youtube, the usual suspects for online shopping, a bit of Reddit, and some 'art' sites but that's about it. Whenever I need to find something out, or am a little curious, I'll Google and pick at a few of the results - but I'm only ever really looking at a tiny tiny fraction of what is out there.
I remember back in the late 90s when it was all Freeserve 'free' dial up, and my Dad picking up a magazine called "Internet" or some such original title, which listed lots of different sites under categories; I guess back then it was a novelty to be able to bring up almost anything on a Yahoo search. Even Loaded used to give you lists of sites to go and look at - mind you, when a lecturer at college found them, she gave the class a talk about how "disgusting" it was (probably Office Pest)
I often think about how much stuff is wasted on me, as I don't go looking - maybe Google searching has made me lazy, but it would be mildly interesting to know if anyone else sticks to the same old few sites.