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Studentjobs.gov is a one-stop portal for employment opportunities for students within the Federal Government — and is open to students in high school, college, or grad school.

There is no charge for using Studentjobs.gov, and users are not required to pre-register to look for a job.

The site gives the maximum flexibility in performing one-stop employment information searches. It’s convenient, user-friendly, accessible to persons with disabilities, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Check it out when you get a chance.

If you have any old books that you never plan on reading again, here are some fun ways to recycle them:

1. Hide stuff in your hollowed out book.
Read tips on how to hollow books with a ruler, pen, box cutter, and Elmer’s white glue.

2. Make Book Bookends.
Learn how to turn an old textbook into a bookend.

3. Create an invisible book shelf.
Learn how to stack books on your wall without any shelves.

4. Turn a book into a clock.
If you have a book cover you really like, learn how to turn it into a clock.

5. Make a lamp shade out of a book. 
Easy way to convert a book into a lamp shade.

6. Turn a book into an iPod case.
Go ahead and stick your headphones into that book. I’m not kidding.

7. Make table legs out of books.
Any English Major or grad student has probably countless books stashed in their bookshelves or closet. Learn how to make a table out of books.

8. Make a Lift-the-Flap Book for Toddlers
Kids love board books — especially lift-the-flap books. Learn how to make one as a creative gift for that next baby shower or birthday party.

9. Trade your old books for new books. 
There are a variety of websites that let you trade books.  Check out bookmooch.com, paperbackswap.com, and bookins.com

10. Set a good book free with BookCrossing.com
Over 680,000 people in over 130 countries have decided to let a favorite book go free. You simply register your book - leave it at a favorite coffee shop or wherever - and track its progress. Learn more at BookCrossing.com.

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• Free AudioBooks and eBooks for Your iPod
• The Best Fiction and NonFiction Books of 2007
• Where to Buy Cheap College Text Books Online
  
• Rent Books Online with BookSwim
  

This Firefox/IE plugin allows you to solve and simplify mathematical expressions right from your search bar.

This plugin is a work-in-progress, and may not solve and/simplify everything.

However, it is supposed to handle: reduction of constants, removal of unneeded parentheses, reduction of similar factors and terms, linear equations, quadratics, some polynomial reductions, associative property, and some substitutions.

Use * to multiply, ^ for exponentiation, and / to divide.

Recommended Reading

• How to Multiply Large Numbers Easily
• Firefox Extensions Every Student Should Use
• Free Math Help

Summer is a great opportunity to get some extra tutoring in subjects that you might need a little help in.

Here are a variety of places you can visit online to get tutoring without leaving your computer:

• Smart Thinking
  Topics: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Medical Assisting, Neuroscience, Nursing, Medical Surgery, Pharmacology, Online Writing Lab, Spanish
• Tutor.com
  Topics: English, Math, Science, Social Studies
• Tutor Vista
  Topics: Math, English, Language Arts, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
• Class of 1
  Topics: Math, Physics, English, Chemistry, Economics, Statistics, Accounts, Finance, Human Resources Management, Corporate Strategy and Marketing Management
• Tutorzilla
  Topics: Math & Science
• Tutor Nation

Please let me know of any others you think should get added to this list.

Recommended Reading:

• Where to Find a Librarian 24/7
• Get Answers to Your Questions with These Websites
• Wis.dm - Ask Questions and Get Answers
  

I’m in love with aggregator sites like Yahoo Pipes and Dapper.com.

These nifty mash-up tools allow you to hack feeds and/or search results to get the information you want as a filtered RSS feed, XML, email, or website widget.

And what’s great is that student hackers have created helpful feeds to help you research smarter without doing any work.

Here are some of my favorite filters that will email results to you:

• Google Scholar Results Extraction
• Google Scholar Paper Extractor
• Google Scholar RSS/Email Filter

Let me know of any others that you like so I can add them to the list.

Recommended Reading

• Social Networking Hacks
• Super-Sized List of Academic Databases
• 5 Online Libraries You Should Know About
  
• 101+ Web Resources for Students
• Where to Find a Librarian 24/7

ManyBooks.net is a website that aggregates free eBooks and audiobooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader.

The site makes it easy to sort through ebook titles, categories, and authors. There is also a reference section with a variety of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other useful books for download.

Everything is absolutely free - including their list of audiobooks.

You can also subscribe to their RSS feeds to get an updated list of free eBooks or Audiobooks sent directly to you.

Recommended Reading

• How to Pimp Your iPod with Wikipedia
  
• The Best Fiction and Nonfiction Books of 2007

I’m in the process of updating the site with a new theme.
Please email me if you have any suggestions.

I’m starting a directory of student bloggers.

This list will include all my favorite student bloggers — which will be featured at the top — along with a list of other student bloggers that I’m subscribing to.

To get on my student blog directory, please email me your: (1) name, (2) college, (3) major, (4) URL, and (5) two sentences that describe yourself and/or your blog.

If you have a twitter url, send me that as well.

BTW, the guys at HackCollege have a great student blogging series going on. If you haven’t already been following it, you should definitely check it out.

Now that the school semester just ended, it’s time to catch up on some reading.

I’m a big fan of Google Reader, but there are a bunch of other great RSS readers out there.

Here’s a nifty collection of RSS readers you may not know about:

Alertbear
Desktop-based feed reader for Windows.

Alesti
An RSS reader based on Ajax. Very simple, clean interface.

Bloglines
Organize, save, and share all your favorite feeds — and it’s completely free.

Fastladder
Fastladder claims to help you read the most amount of feeds in the shortest time-frame.

Fav.or.it
Allows you aggregate RSS feeds like a typical reader - and allows you to leave comments on blog posts without leaving the site.

FeedDemon
Get your RSS feeds sent directly to your Windows desktop. Requires Microsoft Windows.

Feedreader
A desktop-based feed reader. It’s like a feed reader in Microsoft Outlook.

FeedShow
Free online feed reader that lets you save items locally and covert posts to PDF or print format.

GoogleReader
Organize your feeds into folders, share with friends, save your favorites, and add notes to any post you want. My favorite.

GreatNews
It automatically stores all your feeds locally, so you have access to the feeds even if the site is down. It also integrates nicely into Bloglines.com.

GritWire
It’s a personal page like Netvibes that has a SpeedFeed Reader application.

MSN Start
A typical personalized page (a la iGoogle) where you can add feeds of your favorite sites.

My Yahoo
A personalized page that allows you to add your RSS feeds.

Netvibes
A clean-lookin’ personalized page that allows you subscribe to feeds. I have several friends who like using Netvibes because of the sweet interface.

NewsAlloy
A web-based feed reader that is Mobile/PDA enabled.

NewsGator
The site offers a free web-based RSS feed reader - and a desktop version that integrates into Microsoft Office.

Rojo
A simple RSS reader - similar to Google Reader.

Sage
A nice lightweight RSS feed reader extension for Firefox.

Shrook
A free RSS feed reader for your MAC desktop.

Voyage
Visually-appealing RSS feed reader that lets you scroll through feeds with your mouse wheel.

And if you don’t know how RSS readers work, here’s a great video that shows you the benefits of subscribing to your favorite web content:

Please let me know of any others that I missed.

I’ll be glad to add them here.

As you know, I just start twittering - and I recently discovered a bunch of nifty tools and resources to make Twittering more productive and more interesting.

Check them out . . .

Twitter Search Engines

Terraminds
Search tweets or twitter profiles.

TweetScan
Archives all public tweets and makes them easy to find.

Twitterment
A search engine for twitter.

Twitter Search
Search tweets by topic in real-time.

Twitter Resources

Commuter Feed
Get traffic updates from other Twitterers.
PollDaddy
Create polls in Twitter.

ReTweet
Set an alarm for things you want to remember by retweeting.

Track This
Track your FedEx or UPS packages in Twitter.

Twits Like Me
Find twits that have similar interests as you.

TwitterAdder
Add your username and password and you’ll get 20 new followers automatically.

TwitterLocal
Find twitterers within 20 miles of where you live.

Twitter Notes
Create notes and tag them in twitter.

Twitticious
Allows you to automatically transfer all our shared links from Twitter into your Delicious bookmarks.

Twerpscan
Learn more about the people following you - and find out who to block from reading your Tweets.

Twubble
Find popular twitterers that your friends follow.

Who Should I Follow?
Simply enter your Twitter name and it will make recommendations on who you should follow.

Twitter Desktop

MadTwitter
It’s the Windows version of Twitterrific.

Spaz
An open-source Twitter client available on all AIR-compatible platforms: Windows, OS X, and Linux.

TikiTwit
Tweet from iChat.

Twadget
Twitter from Windows Vista desktop.

Twidget
Twitter from your MAC Dashboard.

Tweetahead
Free MAC widget that let’s you tweet messages from your desktop (and schedule a time when it should post).

Tweetr
Tweet directly from your desktop - works on both MAC and PC.

Twhirl
Twhirl is a free desktop client that allows you to use Twitter like an instant messenger. It makes URL shortening, contacting friends directly, and reading tweets very easy.

Twinja
Twitter from your desktop (MAC & PC) - built on AIR

Twitteroo
Quickly shorten URLs and tweet from your desktop.

Twitterrific
MAC desktop application for tweeting that costs $14.95.

Twitter Aggregators

Crowdstatus
This web application allows you to group all the people you like to follow on Twitter - and formats all the tweets into one page.

Gridjit
Lets members view the tweets of all their friends in one giant grid. It’s sort of like seeing Tweets from your different friends divided into different boxes on your iGoogle page.

GroupTweet
This lets users send private tweets to a specific number of friends.

Notches
Users send a tweet to @notches - along with a topic to review - and it gets posted on their Tweet stream. Check out the site to see the reviews and how to format your tweet if you’d like to participate.

Summize
Find out what people are talking about on Twitter by topic. Simply type in a topic - and you’ll find out what people are tweeting about. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed about any of these topics so you’ll get instantly updated.

Tweet Clouds
This site allows users to create word clouds based on tweets from a Twitter stream.

TweetVolume
Find out how often certain words are mentioned in Twitter.

Twist
It’s Google Trends for Tweets. Pretty cool.

Twitori
Find out who is tweeting with the words: love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish.

Twistory
This is currently in private beta, but it allows members to sync their twitter messages into their favorite calendar (iCal, Google Calendar).

Twitter Blocks
A visualization tool that lets you see recent updates from a user’s friend and their network.

Twitter Digest
A manageable way to read twitter updates from a variety of people. You can either visit the site or create an RSS feed to send it all to your favorite RSS reader.

TwitterMap
It’s a Twitter zeitgeist. You can see a user’s location on a Twittermap.

TwitterTroll
Find out what people are saying about a given topic.

Twitterverse
See a tag cloud of topics that people are tweeting about right now.

Quotably
Quotably turns tweets between people into a threaded conversation so that conversations between users can be easily understood. As you know, it can be difficult following conversations when tweets are directed at one person, right? @yourname.

Twitter Link Research

Alpha Twitter
Aggregates a list of links shared by Twitter users. It ranks the links and shows an archive of the most popular links shared within the last day, week, and all time.

TweetMeme
Tweetmeme aggregates the most popular links being shared in between Twitter members and posts them on the homepage.

TwitLinks
Twitlinks is an aggregator that pulls in tweets from tech industry experts. It’s a way to find out the buzz before it hits the blogs.

Twitturly
Tracks the links people are tweeting about. It ranks results based on popularity and freshness.

TwitterBuzz
Track what people are linking to right now.

Twitter Video/Pictures/Files

Seesmic
This is currently in Beta, but users can upload video directly from their webcam and post directly to Twitter by automatically posting a short video URL. It will soon allow users to record Skype video and chats.

Twiddeo
Post videos to your tweets.

Twit Plus (Twit+)
Allows users to send pictures, video or files privately to friends.

Twitter Profiles

TwitterHolic
Find out about the top 100 Twitter users, ranked by number of tweets, number of friends, and number of followers.

TwitDir
Find out who are the top 100 followed, top 100 followed, top 100 favorites, etc.

TwitterWho
Search for people on Twitter via email.

Twitter Mobile

EmailTwitter
Post Twitter updates without incurring SMS fees through email.

iTweet
This mobile site is for iPhone users.

iTwit
iPhone Twitter site.

jTwitter
View tweets and timelines on your mobile.

Remember the Milk
A web application to let you tweet on the go.

Fring
Free mobile calls and free access to twitter.

Jargong
Twitter on your smartphone.

Twapper
WAP-based interface for Twitter.

TreoTwit
Twitter on your Treo.

TwitterBerry
Twitter on your CrackBerry.

Twitter Flashlite
Twitter from your cellphone.

Twitter for Blogs

LoudTwitter
Automatically publishes a daily post on your blog that contains a digest of all your tweets.

Twitter Feed
Twitter feed will check your RSS feed at a specified time and then will post a snippet to your Twitter. It’s like having Twitter on autopilot.

TwitThis
TwitThis is a nifty little button that you can add to any of your blog posts. When clicked, it will allow visitors to immediately Twitter about your blog post with a TinyURL attached.

Twitter Tools
This tool integrates with Twitter by allowing you to create a blog post from each tweet. It will also allow you to post your tweets in your sidebar. You can also post a tweet from your WordPress Admin screen.

Twitter Widget
A WordPress widget that allows you to add a single widget to your sidebar which will display Twitter updates.

Twitgets
A sidebar widget for Wordpress that reveals your Twitter friends’ timeline.

SimpleTwitter
A WordPress plugin that shows your most recent Tweet on your blog template.

Twitter Widget Pro
This widget works for WordPress blogs and handles twitter feeds. You can pull in the feed from one user or all the tweets from your friends. It also displays profile images.

Twitter Firefox Plugins

Ludicrous
Publish updates to Twitter from your Firefox search bar.

Firefox Search Bar
This nifty plugin allows you to submit tweets directly from your sidebar.

Power Twitter
Embeds flickr pics and youtube videos right on the Twitter page you’re viewing. It also unwinds tiny urls and maps links to their full titles.

Shareaholic
Easily share links in Twitter.

Twitbin
Another sidebar plugin that lets you post tweets.

Twitterbar
Post tweets from your address bar - not search bar. Click on a small icon on the right of your address bar to see how many characters you’ve written.

TwitterFox
Publish and view your tweets.

TwitterNotifier
Find out when you’re friends update their Twitter profile with this small icon located at the bottom right corner of your Firefox browser.

TwittyTunes
This plugin will automatically list the song you’re listening to when posting a tweet - it can also show what website you’re on. You can turn this functionality on or off when tweeting.

Tweetbar
A sidebar plugin for tweeting.