Things To Do While You’re Stuck At Home Bored During Quarantine
Like many of you, we’re stuck at home, possibly bored and looking for things to do!
Here is a great list of digital resources to keep your mind and body active:
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Virtual Location Tours
AirPano
Probably one of my favorite sites to get lost in - this site features 360 degree VR interactive drone/helicopter views of thousands of famous places around the world.
360 video | VR content | AirPano.com project
Machu Picchu
Experience Machu Picchu in Virtual Reality.
Kuula
Another one of my favorite 360 degree interactive sites to explore the world with
Explore on Kuula
Arts and Culture Google
Has a large number of virtual tours from all over the world such ash the Van Gogh Museum, Tate Modern, and Ruins of Pompeii. The great thing about some of these tours are that you can really zoom in to some of the art in high res detail.
Google Arts & Culture
Eiffel Tower in Paris
Experience Eiffel Tower in Virtual Reality.
Cooking
Best Instant Pot Recipes
These professional recipe makes from Hong Kong really know their stuff when it comes to perfecting Instant Pot recipes.
Instant Pot Recipes & Pressure Cooker Recipes By Amy + Jacky
BBC Food
BBC has a great compendium of excellent recipes sourced from their large collection of food tv shows and books, all for free!
BBC Food - Recipes and inspiration from your favourite BBC programmes and chefs
Seonkyoung Longest
One of my favorite YouTube cooking channels - I love both detailed, entertaining, and delicious all her Asian dishes are!
Seonkyoung Longest - YouTube
Pro Home Cooks
A great cooking channel from NYC - he blends technical knowledge, current trends, and charisma to deliver great episodes that are bingeworthy.
Pro Home Cooks - YouTube
Peaceful Cuisine
More of a relaxing, ASMR experience - this serene and beautifully shot cooking channel is great for when you need that special chill session.
Peaceful Cuisine - YouTube
Asian Street Food
If you love Asian street food, then you’ll love how perfectly all the videos are shot on this channel.
ETTV 이티티비 - YouTube
America’s Test Kitchen 50 Free Recipes
One of the best cooking sites out there - they’ve un-paywalled 50 of their most popular recipes
Free Access: The 50 America’s Test Kitchen Recipes You Need Now | America’s Test Kitchen
Virtual Museum Tours
San Diego Zoo
Live Cams | San Diego Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
British Museum in London
British Museum, London, United Kingdom — Google Arts & Culture
New England Aquarium
Virtual Visit - New England Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
Ocean Voyager Webcam | Georgia Aquarium
Music / Performance / Books
Kanopy
Stream thousands of films, documentaries, etc for free - supported by your public library or university
Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries
Berlin Philharmonic
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall
Hoopla
Another place to borrow books and stream media through your local library
Borrow books
Spotify
With a large collection of streaming music and podcasts, streaming music from Spotify has never been so useful. The free version has ads while the paid version removes the ads and lets you pick which songs to play.
Met Opera
Will have the opera’s most popular performances streaming each night at 7:30pm EDT and available for 20 hours afterwards.
Metropolitan Opera | Home
OperaVision
Free recorded opera performances worldwide
Operas | OperaVision
National Emergency Library
Free access to over 1.4 million books including The Lord of the Rings and more.
National Emergency Library : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive
Stress Relief / Exercise
YouTube is a great place to find anything from yoga, HIIT workouts, meditation exercises, dance classes, and more.
Here are some my favorite channels to stay active and healthy:
Yoga/Meditation:
AloYoga
Alo Yoga - YouTube
Yoga with Adriene
Yoga With Adriene - YouTube
Yoga with Kassandra
Yoga with Kassandra - YouTube
Workouts:
Emi Wong
Emi Wong - YouTube
Nike Training Club
All premium workouts on the Nike Training Club App are free until further notice
Nike Training Club on the App Store
Peloton
This crowd hit is offering a 90 day free trial of their workouts. You don’t need to own any Peleton equipment and the classes include yoga, HIIT, stretching, and other categories.
Peloton® | Exercise Bike With Indoor Cycling Classes Streamed Live & On-Demand
Entertainment
Netflix
The undisputed champion of streaming tv shows, movies, and documentaries - Netflix has a deep pool of binge worthy titles. For example, if you want a crazy, true story - check out Tiger King.
YouTube
So many great channels and content creators to choose from on YouTube!
Many great games on iOS are now free such as award winning [Monument Valley 2][2] for a limited time.
NFL Game Pass
Free through May 31, the NFL Game Pass allows you to rewatch any game from 2009-2019 along with all original programming.
Free TV Channels with SlingTV
[https://watch.sling.com/browse/my-tv][2]
Learn Something
Coursera
With many top universities represented here, you can learn from some of the top educators in the world. Choose to take them for free or get a course certificate with the paid version.
Udemy
During the stay-at-home period, Udemy is offering major discounts on most courses. Learn anything from iOS programming to professional photography. Just make sure to pick a good course since there is a low barrier to entry on Udemy to submit courses.
Khan Academy
Targeted at the sciences - this is a great, free resource created by experts in their field.
Your Public Library
Most public libraries offer free access to various learning courses. The San Francisco Library offers free access to Lynda.com for example.
YouTube
You can learn literally any skill or hobby now through YouTube. Just search for a topic you like and go from there.
Internet & Communications
Xfinity, Spectrum, and Verizon are opening up their hotspots for free
Comcast will give 60 days of free broadband internet for low income communities Call 1-855-846-8376.
Spectrum will give 60 days free broadband internet if you have children or college students in your household
