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Studying for the AP exams for free? From Korea? Top 5 study tips

If you liked the post, y not bookmark it by clicking any of the below icons: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: A past student of mine asked for some help studying for his AP Exams: Economics, … Continue reading

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Korean websites where you can find computer/laptop deals

Save this post for future reference: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: My coworkers recently showed me some Korean websites to shop for computers since I said I was looking for a cheap laptop to replace my current … Continue reading

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Launch your e-Teaching career

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Teach Indians, Chinese and French all from the comforts of your American home.  Just discovered this little site called WiZiQ which supposedly allows you … Continue reading

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How did I live before Last.fm?

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Seriously, I thank for the Internet for many things. Recently, one of my teachers I saw recommended a cool app/website called DropBox which allows … Continue reading

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Using your gmail more effectively: 10 tips straight from the horse’s mouth

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Google’s Gmail team recently announced their 1 year anniversary in publishing posts about the email service.  In the announcement, they shared with us the … Continue reading

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Just short of 600 views…

Like I said “porcupines,” “Korean women” and many others like “how to say hello (or thank you) in Korean” are dominating the traffic on the blog these days.  For a snippet of the rest of the popular posts, check out … Continue reading

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Attention all facebook members: Facebook no longer the #2 Social Website on the web

Facebook is overpopulated or rather overpopulating the Internet. According to Alexa.com, a division of Amazon.com, Facebook has overtaken MySpace.com as the #1 Social Networking website on the Internet. Just like they wrote on their blog, Facebook has overtaken popular websites … Continue reading

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Video revolution?

Enjoy them while they’re available & free: Joost, Joox, YouTube, Veoh, Vimeo, Viddler, Stage6

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Quite an amazing video website…

I stumbled upon this site, but it’s seriously a breath of fresh air.  Don’t know how this guy made it, but definitely unique.  Check out this website about “streaming video about life in Japan.”

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25 websites Time.com (‘s editors) says we can’t live without

1. Amazon.com (true) 2. BBC.co.uk (yah, I guess…well, I’d argue CNN.com) 3. Citysearch.com (I think there’s some bias here, but it has good stuff) 4. Craigslist.org (definitely) 5. Del.icio.us (debateable since there’s lots like it)

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Find inexpensive airfare for travelling to Asia (from Europe & maybe elsewhere?)

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Tips on finding cheap fares from Europe to Asia Originally here: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/06/travel/trqa7.php?WT.mc_id=rsstravel By Roger Collis I have the same question that you answered (Nov. … Continue reading

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Surfing American and other Western websites from Korea

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I say “Korea” because with the recent summit between North Korea’s Kim Jong Il and South Korea’s Roh Moo Hyun, we may be seeing … Continue reading

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Forget calling collect, but just call for free…

Add this blog to your favorites: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: So, the costs of calling back home (the U.S.A.) and also the hassle of getting calling cards basically disallowed the right hand side of … Continue reading

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Free MIT MBA? Free Masters of Science in Engineering?

I was recently reminded of something I knew as early as 2001.  It was the fact you can learn from MIT for free: online.  If you check out http://ocw.mit.edu, there are at least 1,550 courses available online from MIT (as of … Continue reading

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Funny — a short follow up to WordCount…

So, Jonathan decided to do what we do with Search Engines…he also ranked how we use his Wordcount site with QueryCount.  Check out the #1 word — same word as the highest used word in most search engines. 

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