Next to dorm rent, one of the biggest costs students face is the monthly grocery bill and right now, food bills are rising. If money is tight, and even if it isn’t, one of the best things you c...
This summer, while you’re doing summer things like tanning, eating, and not doing anything at all, I have a humble suggestion: take the time to gain an area of expertise. What I mean is ...
Whenever I’m using a friend’s computer, the first thing that I check is what apps they have running in their menubar to see if there is anything I’m missing or need to download. It&...
Everyone loves Google’s search engine. It’s fast, powerful, and often very accurate. While it’s clearly the market leader, it’s also not the only option for web users. If you haven’t already heard of...
Every year, Dropbox runs an online scavenger hunt filled with devious puzzles and challenging tests of logic. What’s the point of running like a mouse through Dropbox’s clever maze? Free cloud storag...
Today, I’m back with three more nifty jailbreak tweaks I love using on my phone. Hope you enjoy them too! Navigate from Maps – $1.99 – Download from BigBoss repo The native iOS Maps app sucks c...
I am a hamburger enthusiast. I’m guessing you are too. How could you not be, really? It’s the iconic American meal, and you can find it almost anywhere. A burger with fries, ketchu...
Summer is here, and a popular summer activity is going out to the lake or river. As an avid river goer, I have learned over the years what to bring along and what to leave out home. With all this use...
I have now seen three college commencement speeches in my life, all on YouTube. Those speeches were by Steve Jobs, Michelle Obama and then today I watch Salman Khan’s speech at Rice University ...
It is that time of year to pack up apartments and dorms to move for the summer. While the stress of finals may be over, the stress of how in the world you are going to pack up all of your stuf...
Hopefully you know all about Google Voice, the great (and free!) messaging/voicemail/call management system the minds in Mountain View have cooked up. I know I use it everyday to text from my compute...
This week I’m hosting a few unexpected guests at my college house. My housemate who is gone for the summer invited a few of her friends to stay over for a week at our house, and those fr...
As college students, a lot of our lives revolve around food – whether it is a late night snack, a quick breakfast that is eaten while running out the door, or the classic pizza night, w...
Recently, I’ve been using a lot of web apps or “extensions” on Google Chrome and have found that some of them really change the way I do my internet browsing. These five “apps...
Most of us can remember keeping a journal or diary as a kid. The little notebook held our deepest and most private childhood thoughts – all about the unfair punishment a parent dished out to us or th...
I’m an English major because I love writing. It’s something I do for school, for cash, and in my free time. Bored in class, I’ll often tinker with a piece or a play I started, only to a...
I recently mentioned Wunderkit on a previous post and wanted to go into more detail about this great productivity tool. As we have previously disucssed, using a productivity tool can really boost you...
Many of you have probably heard that Adobe Creative Suite 6 launched last week. From May 17-18th, I had the incredible opportunity to join a group of 18 other talented student bloggers and art studen...
College comes with its typical problems and successes. Every college movie has beaten them to death and you’ve probably been through many yourself. The successes are great, and you don’t need any hel...
As we’re wrapping up for the semester, it’s important to stay organized and on top of the dozens of assignments coming your way. While this might sound daunting, time consuming and annoyi...
College spring semesters are wrapping up, and as you’re stressing over finals you don’t want to forget to plan how you will be getting home. Getting home for the summer can be expensive, ...
I’m not a dieter. I believe that if the good lord didn’t want me to eat food that was bad for me, he wouldn’t have made it so delicious. But I do, for the most part, eat fairly healthy. Neglecting fa...
One of Google Chrome’s standout features is its omnibox, the smart address bar which also doubles as a search box. Chrome’s omnibox saves time and screen real estate by allowing you to se...
Summer’s finally here. The weather has finally caught up to the East coast and the homework and papers have finally faded away forever, or, at least until next semester. It’s time to ki...
The Kindle and other readers/tablets are quickly becoming more and more popular, and so is the idea of electronics textbooks. This term, I got two of my books electronically for my Kindle; in some wa...
Finals week is back with a vengeance. Five plus days filled with cramming, all-nighters and nail biters. It’s no surprise 70 percent of students confirmed in a recent survey that they are more stress...
I’m not a fashionable guy. I have pants and shirts, and generally that’s enough for me. Occasionally, I’ll throw in a hat, especially if it’s raining. The only real thing I pay attention to are my sh...
Over the next few months, as people draft their New Year’s Resolutions and 2012 predictions, I’ll be providing tools to help you Achieve Your Resolution – valuable webapps and web s...
The pressure to find a job or internship in this market is overwhelming students across the nation. How are some of your friends finding such useful websites? Where are they getting the right resume ...
For most of the U.S., it’s nearly that time of the year again to slap a steak on the grill and fire up a few hot links for the friends and family. The propane tanks are soon to be locked and loaded, ...
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