Aww, I rather liked your
http://www.l2internet.com/ site, but I can't reach it anymore.
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1. Ignoring pay, what are some really easy jobs for introverts? Aside from computers, I don't have much experience with anything.
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Neither do I, but, the one job I managed to stick with for a long period of time (a little more than a year) was a part-time (but still very wearisome) job as a copy editor/typist at a local newspaper.
This was good for me because I find it effortlessly easy to spell correctly and I can also type very fast, and I usually didn't have to talk to anyone. The hardest part about it was it bored me to death and I felt like it was a waste of my talents, even though my employer loved me (despite, or maybe because of, not paying me enough) and said I did the work of three people.
In retrospect I think I might've been better off spending all that time on learning to program - at that job, I didn't learn many new skills, and the money I made didn't do me much good, since I had to spend it mostly on bills, and in the end I still wound up drowning in debt anyhow.
Another thing I did for money years ago was selling on eBay. Various obstructions got in my way back then (like my lack of transportation to the post office and bank, lack of a good-quality digital camera, lack of valuable possessions to sell, etc.), but, in all I think I made around $400 in 8 months, which was almost sufficient for me back in those days. I think I could have done much better than that if not for all the limitations I had to deal with back then. I never had to actually talk to a single customer - all the transactions were done via email.
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2. Since I am tired of web development and starting to lose interest in programming, what are some technical hobbies that could make me money if I became really good with them?
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I still remember you mentioning to me about your friend who makes $20,000 a month in Second Life. Just thought I'd remind you of that idea.
You might not be interested in scripting, but, creating neat-looking 3D objects/buildings/or whatever without scripts in them isn't too technical, and depending on what you build I suppose it could even be somewhat similar to designing floor plans.
This idea has become even more attractive to me lately because of the existence of OpenSim, which makes it so you can have your own Second Life server on your own hard drive, with total privacy, all the space you want, and all the prims you want, meaning it's finally possible for me to build grand, huge virtual architecture on a scale I never could within Second Life due to not having enough land, etc. - architecture which I will eventually be able to sell if it's nice enough. On the down side, I probably will end up having to do some scripting just because the architecture I hope to build will probably be gigantic, and I don't want my future customers to have to assemble the pieces of it manually.
Here's an excellent tutorial on how to install OpenSim:
OpenSim - Install and Configuration Tutorial « OpenSim Easy User Guide
Using an OpenSim makes it possible to build stuff (though not script very much stuff, since OpenSim's LSL capabilities are incomplete) without even having to socialize with random people who are prone to approach you in Second Life if you try building at a sandbox.
There's a program (unfortunately closed source and commercial) called Second Inventory which lets you transfer some objects between Second Life and OpenSims. I guess maybe the libsecondlife site might have some open-source things which might do something similar - but, it's way too technical for me to understand.
libsecondlife
I still wouldn't rule out just having a website, and leaving it up on the web whether or not you're interested in updating it frequently. It's useful to have an established presence on the web, with various incoming links, etc., so if you ever do get re-interested in web stuff, you won't have to start from scratch with an entirely new site with zero traffic.
Despite the fact that I have a website, my interest in maintaining it fluctuates, and I often go for months without a significant update. But, just leaving it up on the web provides value to people, and also provides me a potential income stream, since I never know when someone might send me a donation (it's rare but it has happened), and, if I ever find an ad program I like, that will be another potential source of revenue. I also could maybe try selling stuff directly from my website (haven't tried that yet, though), and there are probably plenty of other possibilities for making money with it that I haven't even thought of.
Just some ideas. Good luck.
Apollia