go cross campus

"Totally free for all involved, GoCrossCampus is the ultimate in trendy college-based websites. Except that we're something totally different from your average "facebook" site. GoCrossCampus is a real campus-wide activity, an actual game, a student-driven online tournament set at your school and played by your friends."

"Think of GoCrossCampus like some kind of crazy online intramural sport that literally everyone on campus can play, where commanders can be elected (and impeached!), spies can be rooted out, and grand strategy can be employed en masse. Augment your outdated grab-bag of annual campus-wide activities with a rockin' new web game that's incredibly addictive and ridiculously fun."

Check out this GXC video

College Navigator

Comprehensive information on college and universities provided by the U.S. Dept. of Education. Search by college, state or zip code, program of study and degrees awarded. Provides information about a school: costs, test scores, student body demographics, "rentention rate", even crime information.

TED: Ideas worth spreading

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 200 talks from their archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

bookjetty: Your Books, Your Library

"BookJetty is user-friendly book cataloging system where you can catalog, tag, rate and review your books, and check your book's availability seamlessly from over 300 libraries worldwide." -- bookjetty web site

aNobii

aNobii is a Hong Kong based social networking site for book lovers. Catalog your books, read and add book reviews, and participate in social interaction with other book lovers at aNobii. Much like LibraryThing, Goodreads, Shelfari and Book Jetty it is social networking site for bibliophiles.

Shelfari

"Based in Seattle, Shelfari introduces readers to our global community of book lovers and encourages them to share their literary inclinations and passions with peers, friends, and total strangers (for now). Shelfari was the first social media site focused on books, and will continue to innovate as it brings together the world's readers. Our mission is to enhance the experience of reading by connecting readers in meaningful conversations about the published word." -- Shelfari web site.

Goodreads: it's what your friends are reading!

"Let's make reading fun again. Somehow, reading books seems to have gotten a bad rap. People are working too hard and not making time to read, people are watching TV because they can veg out and turn their brains off — hey, we feel it too! But every once in a while you run into a friend who tells you about this "great new book I'm reading." And suddenly you're excited to read it. It's that kind of excitement that Goodreads is all about." -- Goodreads.com web site.

LibraryThing

LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth. LibraryThing allows you to catalog up to 200 books for free. A great place for bibliophiles to meet.

Education Portal:

Your guide to undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, career education and online degree programs

Education-portal.com is a resource hub for students and working professionals to research career paths, degree programs, and schools within their chosen disciplines. This was accomplished by a dedicated team of experts including educators, librarians, college counselors, career counselors, and journalists to provide practical information in both written and video formats. There are currently over 20,000 original articles and videos displayed on this site.

Online Picture eBooks

"Picture books are for looking at. Lookybook allows you to look at picture books in their entirety—from cover to cover, at your own pace. We know that nothing will replace the magic of reading a book with your child at bedtime, but we aim to replace the overwhelming and frustrating process of finding the right books for parents and their kids."

Speed Up Your Internet Service

"OpenDNS offers faster Internet access (e-mail and FTP, too), and it's free. Domain Name Servers (DNS) translate site names, such as pcworld.com, into IP addresses that PCs employ to locate one another on the Net.
Most people use their ISP's DNS services by default, and some providers are slow. Switching to OpenDNS has advantages. First, it's faster because it stores requests in a large cache; if you ask for the same IP address that other users have requested, OpenDNS doesn't need to look elsewhere--it has it. Make a typo--say, "netfliks.com"--and you're delivered to the correct site. Not only that, a warning appears if you reach a phishing site.
Setting up OpenDNS is a snap (see the instructions at the OpenDNS site)." -- PC World

Convert Text Files to MP3

ReadTheWords.com will allow you to have the computer read text files to you and you can convert text files to MP3 and download for later use. Excellent resource for visually disabled students.

The Privacy Toolbox

100 guides and resources for keeping your personal information safe.

Today’s online culture of banking, blogging, social networking and shopping makes it easier than ever for those with nefarious intentions to steal your personal information. Social Security numbers, credit cards and online passwords are all at risk if you don’t keep your personal information secure both online and off. While there is no way to make identity theft a non-issue, there are a number of things that you can do to help ensure that your data is as secure as it possibly can be. Here are 100 places to start researching how to keep your information away from prying eyes.

Hillary Clinton's Schedule as First Lady

Hillary Clinton just released 11,000 pages of her schedule as First Lady. The papers were released as a result of a lawsuit by the conservative legal group, Judicial Watch and they give a glimpse into her priorities as First Lady. She frequently refers to her work as First Lady as a credential for her White House bid, but until now the Clinton Library has not released her day-to-day schedules. WNYC’s political director Andrea Bernstein invites listeners to pour through and see what’s there.

The Best Free Software

PC Magazine chooses the 157 best free software tools. No fees, no expiration dates, no problems.

Last Message From Arthur Clarke

Arthur Clarke who passed away yesterday March 18, 2008 recorded this message from his home in December 2007.

Google Code University

This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes.

The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas:

• AJAX Programming


• Distributed Systems


• Web Security


• Languages

Books For Ears: Audiobook Reviews Online

Looking for a good audiobook, check out Books For Ears for audiobook reviews and award winning audiobooks.

BookLamp Matches Users to Books

Much like Pandora.com does with music, BookLamp.org attempts to match readers to books based on the full text of the books content. It is still in its infancy but you can register for free and check it out.

Global Seed Vault Guards Genetic Resources

With plant species disappearing at an alarming rate, scientists and governments are creating a global network of plant banks to store seeds and sprouts - precious genetic resources that may be needed for man to adapt the world's food supply to climate change.

UCLA Digital Library Collections

Digital images, text and audio files available online at the UCLA Library.

Online Military Indexes and Records:

A Genealogy Guide

This website is a directory of links to online military indexes and records for USA genealogy research. Included are rosters, databases of soldiers, and listings of military and war casualties.

Vampire Energy Chart

How much energy are your "turned off" appliances using. Check out this chart to find out. The chart is from Good magazine.