College v2
Google, the fifth horseman of the apocalypse
In relation to the last post, looks like Google might buy Facebook. [tags]Google, Facebook, the end of the world[/tags]
Read more »Facebook is whoring themselves
According to this Business Week article Facebook is for sale. Asking price? $2 billion I expect some of that money to go to the Facebook Whore memorial fund. [tags]facebook, sale, business week, rich bastards[/tags]
Read more »Never have to check your professor’s web site EVER.
If you have a whole slew of professors that insist on having you check their personal web site feedyes.com has your back. They will make any website into an RSS feed and ping you once it has been updated. That...
Read more »$69 Plane tickets
Air Tram has a student stand by program that allows college students to buy plane tickets for $69. There are a few catches, such as only domestic flights and a carry-on only policy. But if you ever want to get...
Read more »Does your school block facebook? Here’s how to beat it.
Commenter Jana on the Facebook Hack post asked if she could get around her school blocking facebook. If your school blocks a certain site, use Google’s translate feature to get around it. Go to there and “Translate” the site from...
Read more »How to find any database ever
One of my classes has introduced me to a cool new research aid – Complete Planet. Complete planet allows you to search just about any database you can imagine. From the location of dead celebrities to the political contribution of...
Read more »Hacking MySpace
One of the more popular posts on CollegeV2 is the hacking facebook post about greasemonkey scripts that can be used on facebook. I’ve done some searching and below are some scripts that help the overall MySpace experience. Keep in mind,...
Read more »The Facebook cops got me!
I had a fake facebook alias named “Facebook whore” that I used to friend as many random people as possable, my little social expirament. I go to log in one day and I’m told it was shut down. So I...
Read more »The next keyboard wont feature the QWERTY layout
In my surfing I’ve come across a cool idea about how to improve typing efficiency- change the keyboard. Apparently a professor with the last name Dvorak (nothing to do with the Tech TV guy) came up with a better keyboard...
Read more »Get the most out of iTunes playlists
This post describes how to optimize you Itues. Shows how to new and old songs while maximizing all “tags” you can put on your songs. Sorry for the lack of a real update, Economics is the devil. [tags]iTunes, playlist[/tags]
Read more »Integrate Firefox with your homework
A neat little trick to help streamline your bookmarks, your research, and your documents is to make one of your firefox bookmarks a path to one of your documents. Just right click on the bookmark bar and click “New Boomark”....
Read more »8th use for your iPod
This jogger was identified by her iPod. [ABC NEWS, link] [tags]jogging, iPod, engraved[/tags]
Read more »Fitday – a nerds way to lose weight
While many will doubt the exsistence of the freshman 15 all I ask you is this: Did you look at your high school classmates when you got home from spring break? That’s what I thought. Fitday.com offers a nice helping...
Read more »Pimp my iPod – how your iPod could be so much better
Now that spring break is over we should get back to business, and that business is 7 ways to use you iPod other than music. I know some sites have similar lists but include useless tips like “stand on it...
Read more »Spring Break
Just letting you know what you probably have guessed, I’m on spring break and will be updating less frequently. Dont worry, a whole new slew of posts are coming friday and saturday. [tags]im a lazy bum[/tags]
Read more »The most entertaing askMeFi thread ever.
I posted about Metafilter here. But now comes the most entertaining thread ever, about cheating in college/high school. I’m not advocating cheating in anyway, but the inguinity shown by some of these kids shows me that if America’s next generation...
Read more »Friday podcast review – Youth Radio
Today’s podcast is Youth Radio, a fine NPR style podcast with stories told by youths about youths. While not always pertaining to college, the stories are high quality and always engaging. I downloaded “Adjusting to University Life” about a South...
Read more »Find your professor’s old quizzes and answer keys
I have a professor that maintains a webpage where he posts quizzes after we have had them and the answer key, a very convenient service and I’m thankful for it. But the class is Economics and as journalism major, I...
Read more »Thanks to Lifehacker / Micropersuasion
I just checked my site stats and was smacked in the face. Thanks to Lifehacker and Micropersuasion for the links. If you are here for the first time, snoop around and I’m glad you came! :-) [tags]me being a shmuck[/tags]
Read more »Rate my Professor allows students to see future
The time to choose classes is soon upon us, and although a class fitting your time schedule is important so is the enjoyment received from the class. While in high school you could ask around to see who was a...
Read more »The new Aim sucks
AOL has rolled out a brand new AIM. This isn’t the traditional lets-just-add-one-feature update, it is a complete overhaul. Im going to make this review short and sweet: Pro: Triton finally allows users to tab their AIM conversations. Con: AOL...
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