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Here are some things that I’ve found to help out with my internet addiction:

• WSJ Mobile Reader.  I haven’t downloaded anything for my blackberry in a while.  I’m jealous that iPhone users get all these fun apps to play around with, so I decided to look around. I found the WSJ Mobile Reader.  This has been an addictive app because it has multiple tabs with customizable content.  Many of the tabs are for WSJ content, but on one tab you can easily add keyword search via Google or Yahoo News.  Another tab lets you add your own feeds and creates a constantly updating feed with whatever sites you read the most.  It keeps track of if you’ve read it or not so you don’t end up reading stories over and over as well as letting you mark things to read later, bookmark on facebook, delicious, or email yourself the article to read once you get back to your desk.

• Poynt Beta.  This is another BB app that helps with local search, movies and directions.  You can search based on a zip code or GPS location (a la Urban Spoon iPhone app) although I haven’t gotten it to pick up my GPS location successfully yet.  It’s the most slick looking app for blackberry that I’ve seen (aka not many).

• Mozilla Ubiquity.  This is a nerdy one.  It’s a add-on for Firefox, but it allows you to do a variety of commands right from the page you’re viewing.  It’s a little hard to explain, so check out this video, or this blog post for more details.  I just installed it, but can imagine that this will become more useful as people create some interesting commands.

Have you found anything you think I’d be interested in lately?