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Great Flash Programs to Try
Whether you’ve mastered the art of Flash or you’re a beginner/intermediate, finding a good program to work with is essential to making something look great. If you have access, of course, ...
Reorganizing Yourself After Moving In
Some of us have changed apartments over the summer, others have moved to entirely new towns and some of us are heading into Dorm Life Part X. You organized your stuff to move, it’s spectacularl...
10 Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Gym Membership
At least once a year, everyone declares they are going to get in shape and many people join gyms. If you are in college, you probably have a free or discounted gym on your campus! Also, check out gyms...
Reorganize Your Bookmarks for Maximum Productivity
Have you ever bookmarked something in your browser only not being able to find it later using the search term but you know it’s there? Then you’re like me. I don’t have a quick fix, ...
10 Ways to Reduce Allergens in your Home
Sorry all, I’ve been on a hiatus of sorts. I have a mega certification exam in early August and I’ve been “studying” for it. But I have had some intermittent posts and this i...
How to Protect Yourself from Salmonella
As I am also now a public health expert (no, seriously I am an epidemiologist), here are some things to think about with salmonella and how to protect yourself. Yes the language is not the typical man...
Where to Watch Internet TV
Sometimes you don’t have cable tv (costs too much), sometimes you are studying all night and miss your favorite shows and sometimes you have a dual ear infection and really don’t feel like...
Moving Time - How to Get Rid of Stuff
I’m getting ready to move (again) and I’m really starting to think moving with a bunch of stuff is overrated. You’ve got Uhaul costs, need helping moving things, etc. No matter whe...
Update your Computer’s Time!
Alright everybody, this one is short but sweet. Have any of you ever had your computer time be off and it completely throw you off? I tend not to look at my cell but was totally messed up tonight wh...
How to Travel on a Budget
You’ve got a few bucks and want to travel to somewhere that isn’t where you currently are. But you’re a college student (or otherwise broke person) and thus your few bucks are definitely not en...
It’s Tax Time!!?? All About E-Filing
So it’s the end of February and tax day is looming by six weeks! Might as well be tomorrow, right? If you’re like a lot of the other people around you, you’ve got a W-2 (or two or th...
How to Make PDF Work For You
PDFs are a good way to keep up with data and share things easily with other people. Want to share office documents or scanned items? Want to print your paper but out of paper or ink? Want to save t...
How To Buy Retro - Computers with Win XP
If you’re like me, you don’t understand what Microsoft was thinking when they released a severely bugged operating system. Cool kids? Not. More like the slow kid. Vista is an “in...
How to Properly Watch Holiday College Football
Now this topic may not interest you all, but for me and my family football IS king. Therefore I share with you the proper way to watch Holiday college football. #1 - Get the TV schedule of every game...
Online Golf Handicap Software
Golf is an increasingly popular sport. There are millions of people who go out every month to play what is, in my opinion, “America’s newest favorite sport.” Many play golf just to s...
Travelin’ for the Holidays
Tis the season of traveling for much of the country, students and non-students alike. No matter what your method of travel (car, train, bus, plane, etc), there are many things that can make the trip ...
Using Bit Torrent
Soooooo I started to write a post on how to use Bit Torrent then realized that there are better tutorials out there than I could ever write. For example: http://wiki.theppn.org/index.php/BitTorrent_T...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s….Microsoft Office 2007????
If you’re like me, you use Microsoft Office a lot in your daily life - writing papers, doing spreadsheets, checking email, yadda yadda yadda. So through all the different versions of Word, the ...
Mastering the Art of Grocery Store Shopping
If you are like most people, you weren’t born knowing how to grocery shop. You may not have even paid half attention to what your parents tried to tell you when they toted you along to the stor...
Web Design, Part Deux: Dreamweaver, Arachnophilia and Coffee Cup
Alrighty. I know you’ve been waiting. Today, I’m reviewing one free to try, pay to keep web design program (Dreamweaver) and two totally freebies (Arachnophilia and Coffee Cup). I start...
How to: Plan a Service Project
\nOk people. Part of life is giving back to others what someone else has done for you. In other words, community service is essential to maintaining the balance of kindness and goodness in the world...
Welcome to Soulville: Be a Techie - Part Deux of Technology for Students
Ok, ok, I know this is a week late (I’m not a slacker, I promise). But here is the followup to my previous Technology for Students post. Here, I’m reviewing some of the computer product...
School Planner (or Life Planner) Organization 101
“Ok class. Today you are to read Excelsior chapters 1-3 and 6 plus do the assignment at the end of chapter 5 to turn in on the 22nd.” - Does this sound familiar as something your profess...