College v2

In relation to the last post, looks like Google might buy Facebook. [tags]Google, Facebook, the end of the world[/tags]

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]

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 way you won’t let checking up on the new posted readings “slip your mind.” [tags]feedyes, […]

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 anywhere for just a weekend, take a look. AIR TRAM

My host had some big server problem, more posts coming.

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 german to english.  Of course the site will remain the same but the URL is […]

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 everyone in your zip code Complete Planet can be a useful tool. [tags]Complete Planet, shadowweb,database[/tags]

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, you will first need to install Firefox and then Greasemonkey, the guide to do that […]

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 do what the facebook nazis say. The following is the email exchange that came after: […]

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 layout. This site shows the benefits of the dvorak keyboard and how to switch to […]

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]

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”. For location put the file path. You can even put directories. I suggest making a […]

This jogger was identified by her iPod. [ABC NEWS, link] [tags]jogging, iPod, engraved[/tags]

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 hand when it comes to losing weight (or getting buff). Simply input the food you […]

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 to make you taller”. Gee thanks. Below are just a few useful (or distracting) things […]

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]

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 isn’t the smartest they are by far the craftiest. Some excepts: there was a post […]

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 African girl struggling to realize the clouded past of her father and being the only […]

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 suck at math. And then it occurred to me that he had to have had […]

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]

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 good teacher to have college is a different beast. Rate my Professor will save your […]

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 forces their crappy browser on you. You cant see the background color of your buddies’ […]