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One extremely useful site out there is Ask Metafilter. The premise is simple, someone askes a question and anyone in the metafilter community can answer. Doesn’t sound too exciting but you find yourself getting answers to the questions you may...
Read more »Facebook hacks, tips, and tricks
EDIT: userscript.org seems to be having lots of server trouble of late. Therefore the following links may not work. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to run scripts on the webpages that you are viewing. For example, one...
Read more »A late podcast review – Trucast
TruCast is podcast where one ordinary average college student, Jason (a music student), just talks about his week at college. The podcast acts as a sort of audio journal. Sounds fine but there is just one problem: It’s boring. Not...
Read more »Free TV shows on iTunes
In a brilliant marketing move NBC is premiering TV shows on iTunes for free in a war to garner buzz. So if you cant afford that DVD Season of another show, be the first kid to know about the new...
Read more »College v2 podcast?
I’m toying with the idea of doing a podcast. What would you guys like to see (hear?) in a college v2 podcast? College realted news? Tutorials? Tips? Do you even listen to any podcasts? Comment or email any suggestions. [tags]podcast,...
Read more »Berkeley podcasts for free
Berkeley has jumped on the podcast bandwagon like Stanford. Although not every course is through iTunes – it still enables RSS subscriptions. [Link] [tags]Stanford, RSS, podcast, Berkeley[/tags]
Read more »How to get the cheapest textbook
I know you don’t need more websites and services to remember when it comes to textbooks, but I think this one is simple enough to use. www.collegei.com has a nice little compare feature. Combined with book burro, you cant loose....
Read more »Google craves our demographic
I discovered a Google page catering specifically to college students, recommending their own products and showing how to use them. That is all fine and good, but there is just one problem: most of Google’s services are sub par. Below...
Read more »New feature at Collgev2
In light of the huge amount of college podcasts out there, every Friday here at v2 will be dedicated to the reviewing of a college podcast. I will then rate them with a simple Recomended/Not Recomended rating system. Recomended:Â Simple....
Read more »Hack your college network’s bandwidth limits
EDIT:Â Go2LIVE HAS TOTALLY GONE DOWN THE CRAPPER, SORRY GUYSÂ Does your school limit bandwidth (the amount of stuff you can download)? i2live has a guide on how to change your MAC address thus fooling your network that you are...
Read more »Skim this lesson on skimming
In our low-tech tip of the day, Swarthmore has a useful guide about finding important information. Check it out [tags]swarthmore, skimming, reading[/tags]
Read more »Book Burro saves money, possibly lives
Book buro is a neat little Firefox extension that detects you are shopping for a book and automatically finds comparable prices. While it is far from full proof it can give you help when buying textbooks. Download it here. [tags]Bookburro,...
Read more »Sorry everyone
Sorry guys, the database was down (or something like that). New posts soon.
Read more »Reminderfox saves paper, and your memory
Another Firefox extension worth checking out is Reminderfox. Reminder fox places a little task list on the bottom of your browser. This is ideal for assignments, especially ones that require you to visit Web sites. To add a new event...
Read more »Making your desktop Uber
Ever stared at your desktop and wonder what could be? Yahoo! Widgets optimizes your desktop with little programs called widgets. These widgets can be anything from a to dolist to a widget that automatically loads random images of the sun....
Read more »Easy Windows hack – open your “must” programs at once
There is a terrific article on Lifehacker about writing batch files to easily open programs. What’s a batch file? Hell if I know. But the article details a way to have all of your must check websites (facebook, collegev2) and...
Read more »Be a snoop with Technorati tags
Before I posted about using flickr to keep tabs on what’s going on at your school. Well what Flickr does for pictures, Technorati can do for text. Technorati has a feature that allows you to be alerted when ever anyone...
Read more »Dorm’d, the college podcast
Dorm’d is a roundtable discussion of a group of students, most of the from Cal Poly, about life in dorms and college in general. Occasionally they have interviews as well. You can tell that most of the contributors are tech...
Read more »Don’t let your professor screw you
There are classes in every University that study old literature. Subsequently you have to buy a bunch of text books that are anthologies filled with old poets or snippets of old novels. Some courses even make you buy old books...
Read more »Free Stanford lectures
In case you didnt get enough out of your oh-so-exciting classes, Stanford has placed some of its lectues and conferences online. Free lectures of a quality institution such as Stanford should help “level the playing field”. Slap a few in...
Read more »How Facebook will get you fired
Tip of the day: You should probably “detag” every picture anyone takes of you and posts on Facebook. Anyone in your school, including professors, has access to any incriminating photos. And imagine if your future boss got a hold of...
Read more »Old school organization
I don’t know why, but ever since I started using one of these I haven’t lost a paper yet. I suggest you buy one, they’re like 20 bucks and you won’t regret it. And they hardly weigh a thing. Did...
Read more »The best firefox extensions for college students
Peek inside for SOME of the most useful Firefox extensions for collge students (sorry for all the bold).
Read more »How to start investing
MSN money has a neat little guide on how to start investing with only $100. Will you be a millionaire overnight? No, but at least by the time you get a full-time job you’ll be savvy enough to manage your...
Read more »How does the budget affect us?
In case you haven’t been watching the news the White House released their proposed budget for 2007. While it still has to be approved by Congress, the initial proposition contains the first cut in education spending in nearly a decade....
Read more »The power of social bookmarking
If you surf on public computer, you have known the frustration of trying to save interesting sites you come across. Usually you would bookmark a worthwhile web page, but when your stuck in a computer lab, that won't be of much use. Del.icio.us is your savior.
Read more »Flickr and stalk your school
A useful way to keep tabs on what is going on at your school is to take advantage of Flickr tags. When users upload pictures to Flickr they have the option of writing a description of the photo as well...
Read more »Excel Extension
Business majors, does excel ever piss you off? There’s a new tool out that “fills the gaps” and cuts down the time it takes to complete huge spreadsheets (screenshot). While I myself hardly ever use Excel you may want to...
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