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88 Surefire Tips for Succeeding in College
OEDB has a nifty little write up that gives general tips for succeeding in college. Some of the better ones: When living in the dorm, take it all in stride. You may be required to live in a dorm your...
Read more »Overheard at College: Entertainment for All
For a bit of weekend fun check out overheardatcollege.com. Dude: Have you heard this song? Chick: Wow, that reminds me of that Christian bookWhat was it called? Dude: The Bible It features just random interaction heard across campuses nationwide. You...
Read more »New(ish) Facebook friends game
This tip was submitted by reader Grant Bivens. A new (at least, I haven’t seen it before) feature on Facebook lets you play a mini quiz game with your friends interests. It asked you a question like “Which friend has...
Read more »Phat Campus: can they save you money on books?
Another player in the crowded textbook website market is Phat Campus. To test the savings, I searched a book on Phat Campus and found the same one on Amazon. One thing I noticed in searching is that the selection of...
Read more »Gradefix: the ultimate task manager or a feeble attempt at riches?
Following the recent trend of online applications for college students is Gradefix. Gradefix doesn’t aim to be an all-in-one application for students but rather aims to do one thing and do it well: be an online assignment book and task...
Read more »The best use of RSS. Period.
I have had a few politics-related classes where the professor was a total dick. He would condescend to the students like we were all 5-year-olds. This is laregly because students, and young people in general, have a bad rap for...
Read more »mynoteIT: the dream app we have all been waiting for?
I have long been on the search for the ideal application for college organization. So far, we have touched on one: Stu.dicio.us. While Stu.dicio.us is aimed strictly for a social note taking site, mynoteIT seems to try for more. MynoteIT...
Read more »Facebook + Youtube = MySchoolTube. Is it worth using?
In light of last week’s post about the abysmal failure that is YouTube’s college section, I was sent an email by the creator of MySchoolTube, a site that users the Facebook API to group uploaded video by college. After signing...
Read more »YouTube attempts to grab college market. Does it succeed?
Given the success of other “Web 2.0” applications in the college market, YouTube decided to take a piece of the pie for itself. But how does its college section stack up and what makes it different from the rest of...
Read more »You Tube University: the world’s largest textbook
Cheesy post ahead The Internet has opened up a whole new way of learning, we no longer have to delve in to the depths of the library to research a off the wall fact. With the advent of user submitted...
Read more »My Dreap App: No Uber
A while back I posted on an application I dreamed up. Commenter Quazie suggested I submit the application to My Dream App. I did, but sadly I did not make the finals. If only there was another way… [tags]My Dream...
Read more »Facebook: changes “here to stay”
According to today’s Wall Street Journal the changes to Facebook are “here to stay”. Furthermore, the company seems to have no regret in pissing off most of its user base. In the article, Facebook spokeswoman Melanie Deitch is quoted as...
Read more »The ULTIMATE Facebook guide
I am currently sitting in Temple’s TECH center. As I gaze around to see what peers are checking on their computers, I would say 50% of them are browsing Facebook. Ah, Facebook every college students best friend/worst enemy. I have...
Read more »Possible Facebook explotation – putting a hit counter in your notes
The following post is by Eric Negendank. It was his discovery and his alone. How to add a free and easy hit counter to your Facebook Notes: This is an easy little trick to add a counter to a Facebook...
Read more »What happens when rich old people give college advice.
CrunchGear has recently released a list of some “must have” back to school items. Usually with online lists, there is some debate over the contents, but this just gets nasty. CrunchGear recommends items like a nearly $200 backpack and a...
Read more »Lifehacker: how to buy cheap books
Lifehacker readers pitch in on how to get cheap books. Some theories have been covered here but it basically breaks down to this: ebay.com half.com amazon.com (used) Book Burro [tags]textbooks[/tags]
Read more »Collegiate Ubiquity gets you drunk, possibly arrested
*wink* *wink* nudge nudge *cough* How to get a fake Id *cough* …You never saw me… [tags]Quick! Run the cops![/tags]
Read more »How to be an Internet secret agent: clean up your digital dirt!
One of the new things I am reading everywhere is the sudden realization that the pictures you post online will one day come back to haunt you. Colleges such as the University of Virgina even have a slide show warning...
Read more »Facebook releases an API, and adds badges
Facebook is beginning to realize that “poking” just isn’t as cool as it used to be, and has enlisted the help of others through the implementation on an API. Whats an API? For the technical version visit Wikipedia. But the...
Read more »Stu.dicio.us allows for social notetaking, is it worth using?
Stu.dicio.us is a new AJAX driven note taking service that allows the sharing of notes between students. I decided to take Stu.dicio.us for a test drive to see if it should be added to every students toolbox. The main page...
Read more »DormDelicious rocks socks
As I was barely hatching the plan to write a “What to bring to college” post, Andrew over at DormDelicious had already beat me to it. DD has a three part series on what to bring, including what NOT to...
Read more »Campus Dirt – how does your school stack up?
Campus Dirt is a relatively new service offering to tell what colleges are “really” like. They accomplish this by polling current and former students and compiling their answers into polls. Although I’ve only attended one college – Temple University –...
Read more »Coastr – MySpace for beer
Hello internet, its Sean. Please stop removing “e’s” to be trendy and “Web 2.0.” Thanks. Now that we have that out of the way, Coastr is social networking on the premise of cataloging beers. Beer, of course, is an essential...
Read more »Insidefacebook: so well named a cute title to this post is impossible
I just discovered a neat little blog entitled Insidefacebook that keeps abreast of all of the recent news related to everyone’s favorite social networking site. While the site focuses more on the business side of Facebook rather than the actual...
Read more »Who plays the most WoW?
The WoW (Thats World of Warcraft for you n00bs) blog has a rang of what colleges play the most World of Warcraft. Where does yours rank? Mine is 172nd. [tags]World of Warcraft,WoW[/tags]
Read more »For those of us that dont have iPods…
If you are too broke to afford a new mp3 player but still want music you like on the go, the web offers some help. However by “on the go” I really mean on a computer. So if your stuck...
Read more »Get apple stuff on the cheap!
Apple has a program that offers discounts to students buying Apple products (this includes the iPod). Link here. [tags]Apple, iPod, discount[/tags]
Read more »You have no excuse for sitting on your bum – How to get a summer job
The Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing that summer job prospects are on the rise. “Landing a summer job, long a rite of passage for teens and college students, became more difficult in recent years, as young people had...
Read more »What doesn’t sell / what to buy: Confessions from an eBay store worker – Part 2
Part One: Beginer’s Guide Part Two: What doesn’t sell / what to buy Part Three: Your tips Part Four: Later this week Okay, we already know how to sell things on eBay, but that is only half the battle. People...
Read more »A beginner’s guide to eBay: Confessions from an eBay store worker – Part 1
Part One: Beginer’s Guide Part Two: What doesn’t sell / what to buy Part Three: Your tips It was fall semester, I had exactly $0 to my name, and I was all out of meals for the week. I needed...
Read more »RSS feeds, share yours.
Rss feeds (What’s an RSS Feed?) are the latest and greatest ways of keeping up with any kind of information. Ever since I started subscribing to feeds I am constantly on the lookout for new and interesting sites. So here...
Read more »Free alternatives for expensive programs – Never buy software again.
It's no secret, the average college student cannot afford common PC programs: Windows - Home Edition: $100 Norton Anti-Virus: $70 Microsoft Office: $329.99 Macromedia Dreamweaver: $376.99 Here are some alternatives if you happen to be buying a brand spanking new computer but dont want to pony up the greenbacks. Or if you have been eyeing up some new software, you may want to consider these alternatives: Click on....
Read more »Want a job with your degree? Too bad.
A great post at iwillteachyoutoberich.com outlines why – if you want a job – college is the wrong place to be. “But one of the stupidest things I heard thrown around was the question of which major would help get...
Read more »Google launches calendar
Google has just luanched their long rumored calendar program. While it doesn’t yet link to gmail, the future looks promising. Go poke around at www.google.com/calendar [tags]Google, Calendar, Google Calendar, CL2[/tags]
Read more »250 More ways to get around having a site blocked.
Econsultant.com has a nice list of 250 proxies. Similar to one of my older posts, you can uses these sites and services to circumvent any security features your college may have. via digg.com [tags]proxy[/tags]
Read more »Why you should learn HTML, and how to do it – for free
As you can see by the layout of this site, I’m no HTML guru. However I do know my way around HTML code, and aside from validating my geekness knowing HTML can prove to be a positive influence on your...
Read more »Speeding up your computer
If your computer’s start up sound seems to come later and later everytime you boot up, USA Today has a nice little article about how to expedite the start up process. LINK [tags]USA Today, start up[/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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »How to have better sex…and cook well…and be productive.
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 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 »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...
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