Malaise of the Internet-savvy

More and more these days I look to the Internet for distraction, and come up empty.  I keep hoping I’ll find something good to read, watch, look at, listen to, whatever.  But it seems like every time I start up Safari, or go to Bloglines, or update my podcast list, I’m finding less and less that interests me.

I don’t think it’s because I’ve run out of Internet; while it’s obviously a finite resource, there is definitely a ridiculous amount of data (used in the literal sense) that I haven’t been exposed to.  The trick is finding it.  Given the large number of resources available with “social bookmarking” ( flickr, del.icio.us, etc), there are places I can look for data in which I might be interested.  The problem is, most of the time these days I don’t know what I’m looking for, I’m just looking.  Like wandering around a bookstore looking at random covers before something inspires you.

It’s just too hard for me to enumerate what I’m looking for.  Maybe it’s a sign that I need to stop with the Internet entirely for a while; get out & experience life, what have you.