I think theraje could help you here, he's still stuck on 28K dial-up. I can't believe I survived before having always-on broadband. I remember having 56K dial-up (AOL, lol) and connecting for an hour each day to check e-mail and forums. Back then I was doing a lot of VB6 programming, so I did most of my learning using an offline copy of MSDN and pouring through samples from freevbcode.com

I don't know what to do with myself when I don't have the Internet. There's plenty I *could* do, like play on the Gameboy / PlayStation / Wii, but without an Internet connection I get withdrawl symptons and don't feel like do anything :P

Try doing something really out of the ordinary for you, like art, to pass the time quicker.