making better use of my PC

dal · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:03

Hi all, looks like ive got all this weekend off with nothing much to do, have you got any suggestions as to what I could do with my PC other than play games ( huge waste of time - allthough good fun ), was thinking maybe a website but not really got a subject to focus on.

TheCenturion · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:04

Clean it up? defrag etc

dal · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:10

anant_shah94 said:
Clean it up? defrag etc

shouldnt need it, done a fresh install of the OS last week

EDIT : Currently have a play with photoshop at the mo

PapaLazaru · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:11

Sit in the garden, get drunk and use it as a footrest.

Biohazard · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:12

Start scamming some nigerians

TheCenturion · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:13

Biohazard said:
Start scamming some nigerians

Give them a taste of the Shaman's own medicine?

Biohazard · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:15

anant_shah94 said:
Give them a taste of the Shaman's own medicine?

Aiiii man.

Get it right up them!!

You could spend the day trying to come up with some sort of online business, selling penny chews on ebay or something!

jack.mitchell · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:23

Give Linux a go.

Cosimo · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:23

Join the Team OcUK Distributed Computing Projects:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=39

Learn how to set up a website or even start writing a short story.

Better still just go out and do some outdoor activities then go out and have some fun with your mates.

Biohazard · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:25

simulatorman said:
Better still just go out and do some outdoor activities then go out and have some fun with your mates.

This, and drag your PC with you

Simi · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:30

Do some scientific research such as testing if it works under water and if so, how much water.
Also test what resistance it has to force, throw it from a 20 storey building, take it to London zoo and let an elephant stomp on it - while at London zoo pit it against a Bengal tiger in a fighting contest and run a gambling book on it to make money for more research.

dal · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:32

Simi said:
Do some scientific research such as testing if it works under water and if so, how much water.
Also test what resistance it has to force, throw it from a 20 storey building, take it to London zoo and let an elephant stomp on it - while at London zoo pit it against a Bengal tiger in a fighting contest and run a gambling book on it to make money for more research.

Or I could just sit here having a good laugh at all the suggestions

doiks14 · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:52

Learn how to use photoshop for webdesign and touching up photographs...
Learn basic html and start getting into a bit of web development slowly by slowly learning javascript, jQuery, AJAX (learn how to make web apps), MySQL, PHP etc.

edit:
Also, you could learn 3D modelling/sculpting... whatever is in your interest...

chrisxuk · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:54

Take all the components out, clean them and put your computer back together again?

doiks14 · 17 Jul 2010 at 12:58

Oh, and don't forget, you need some time out from time to time.... When I was at University, I worked my ass off studying web design and development and Java

But also took some time off going out with a bunch of people till 4am in the morning and smashing pasty (very often)... As they say, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

FabienO · 17 Jul 2010 at 13:11

Record your games and learn to edit them with style.

doiks14 · 17 Jul 2010 at 13:16

Looking at the suggestions here, there's loads of things you could start learning...

You just gotta choose what you're most interested in.

clv101 · 17 Jul 2010 at 13:20

simulatorman said:
Better still just go out and do some outdoor activities then go out and have some fun with your mates.

Seriously, middle of July on the weekend... get outside.

(just waiting for the laundry to finished before he heads outside himself...)