Jake of the Web Time Wasters And Then Some

Automate your ransom note making

http://metaatem.net/words/
or search 'Spell with flickr'

You can spell out words like a kidnapper's ransom note using pictures of letters from Flickr!

Damn Intersting Stuff

http://www.damninteresting.com/
True to its name, this site goes over often relatively unknown historical and scientific facts and stories.

Stories about a 3.5 billion gallon lake that was accidentally drained completely in 3 hours, or a 1920 terrorist bombing of Wall Street in New York, or a fire that has been burning since 1962. If you geek out on the History Channel, you'll love this site.

"Unneccessary" "quotes"

http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/
or search 'unnecessary quotes'

Recommended by Atropos

Hundreds of submitted "pictures" of unnecessary "quotes". Any English geeks will be alternately amused and frustrated.

This peanut looks like…

http://www.thispeanutlookslikeaduck.com/
Pictures of things…that look like ducks…

5 Gigs of free online storage

skydrive.live.com
5 gigs of free online storage space. You can create folders that are shareable with friends, family, coworkers, or anyone!

Virtual Frog Dissection

http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html

Or search 'Frog Guts'

Then click on 'demos' in the top right corner – they will take you through a virtual frog dissection! It's actually a little gross when you have to use virtual scissors to virtually cut through a virtual sternum.

Calculate your Economic Stimulus check

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/02/14/calculate-your-economic-stimulus-tax-rebate/

The upcoming 'Economic Stimulus' plan calls for taxpayers to receive a one-time check during 2008 from the Government (a 'rebate'). This site lets you know how much to expect, since the payout is based on your 2007 tax returns.

Baloon on a string

http://www.geocities.com/clownstaples/swf/ballonstring.html

A non-helium filled balloon tied to a string, the other end of which is inextricably connected to your cursor. The main point is to try and click on the balloon – which is not that easy. It's kind of like the Mexican ball in a cup game.

Make every web page safe for work

http://www.workfriendly.net/default.aspx

Do you have friends who send you questionable links at work? Paste any website URL into workfriendly.net, and it will open the page in what looks like a Word Document. It will remove any pictures (and granted, therefore most of the fun). The best part is there is a special 'Boss Button' in the top left corner. When you move your cursor over the 'Boss Key', it turns the entire page into Time-Management-Stephen-R-Covey-sounding motivation, so you can go from goofing off to looking like you're a go-getter in about 1 second.

Lego version of the Bible

http://www.thebricktestament.com/

Recommended by Kyle Arnell

Bible stories, illustrated with Lego dioramas, with 336 stories and 3,652 illustrations, the work of a San Francisco artist, Brendan Powell Smith. He is an atheist, but is actually very true to the Bible stories, at least as they appear in 'Modern English' translations of the Bible.

There is actually quite a lot that could be considered 'Not Safe For Work' as there are many images depicting Lego people mid-coitus and the like, so he has politely marked each story with warnings for nudity, sexual content, violence or bad language.