Cool things to do when there is no Internet Connection

Cool things to do when there is no Internet Connection

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Internet Connections

�No internet connection means PC has no life .

We are so dependent on Internet that we would never want to spend a day without emailing, googling, youtubing, myspacing, facebooking etc. But there might be some situations when you have no access to internet Especially when:

-- You are traveling
-- Your ISP is down
-- You forgot to pay internet bills on time (Just like i do most of the times ;D)

Normally we would watch movies/songs OR read ebooks or may be organize files a little bit, but these things can make u feel bored very soon.

Here are some tips which can help you best utilize this time:

1. Offline Surfing of Bookmarked sites (Yes that is possible if you download web sites you want to surf and track them for offline viewing through following utilities:

- httrack A free utility that can store webpages and relatives links in local disk, with information on the link connections, so you can browse the website offline exactly like you do when connected to internet.

- webstripper is another utility to download websites for offline viewing.

2. Blogging Offline:
If you are a blogger you might consider choosing an offline blogging platform like wbloggar it can help you create the posts offline and publish them on the web anytime you want.

Special tip*: You can also screencast videos for "how to" posts in your blog or sending to your friend.

3. Video Tutorials-
You can learn new softwares and other stuff by watching video from www.Vtc.com or www.Lynda.com and watch them offline anytime on your PC

4. Create some music
If you are into music, you might consider this option, with softwares like FL Studio and Reason you can create own music online

5. Making up a To-do-list-
Of what all you plan to do once internet is back may be about pending emails you need to send or strategies to promote your blog

6. Practicing the Softwares-
Softwares like Photoshop, windows movie maker, dreamweaver etc need some practice to make full use of them. So you can spend some time exploring various options and tools in these softwares or may be even create something useful like a logo or add special effects to your photographs of last vacation!

7. Capturing Random Ideas
Many a times when we dont have something to do we get ideas in a flash,capture thoseby writing them down at one place so that you can implement them any sooner or later

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