Wikipedia

Apart from games, I love reading. In fact, if I weren't spending time playing games, I'd be reading. If I'm in the mood, nothing beats lying down in bed with a good book (well, there's a couple of other things, but they're not open for discussion). Especially if it's a cold, rainy day out and you're nice and warm in bed and feeling lazy!

I'm mainly into the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and I rate Richard E. Feist, Isaac Asimov, Tolkien, and Anne McCaffrey among my favourite authors. But I also enjoy books by Agatha Christie and Michael Crichton, among others. So, I'm not really limited in my range of reading, it's just that I prefer sticking to reading something I know I'll enjoy.

But what if you're not in the mood for gaming, and there's nothing around to read? Well, if I'm online I normally go to Wikipedia and do a search on whatever tickles my fancy at that point in time. Anything from WW2 to army ants goes. I can even check what a certain movie is about if I don't mind reading the spoilers, or find out what a particular tv series is about or what episodes have been aired.

In short, I use Wikipedia to find out info on almost anything of interest that I think of. Sure, it's not perfect and probably will never will be, but I don't mind. It sure beats trawling the net searching for info on something when it'll likely be in Wikipedia.