Bored?
Here are some things to do to occupy yourself productively!
InnoCentive offers crowd-sourced challenges seeking solutions for cash. If you've got some time, see if you can come up with a solution to a problem here - it could net you some coin.
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Academic Earth offers a variety of online courses and test prep programs for free. Want to take a particular class on your own terms? Check this out. (Credits unlikely to transfer :D)
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Another site housing free online courses. Learn something new.
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Learn how to do something useful via video tutorials from experts all over the globe. Code a website from scratch, draw better cartoons, and more. Not all courses are free, but courses are reasonably priced.
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Explania
http://www.explania.com/en |
Why does the water in the toilet move when it's windy outside? Why do dogs turn in circles before lying down? What the heck is a vector? Here, you will find animated video explanations to many questions, both odd and practical.
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Instructables
http://www.instructables.com/ |
Do/did you make something interesting? Want to upload a video explaining how you did it and see what other people have done? Instructables contains how-to videos of peoples' projects from around the world. My personal favorite is the "Life Hacks" section.
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PatrickJMT
http://patrickjmt.com/ |
HOW DO I MATH?! While we in the Spanish department would never condone such aberrant practice as studying mathematics, this site is full of great explanations in plain English about that math concept you couldn't quite wrap your head around yesterday in class.
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