Archive for May, 2008

Deep discounts on MS Office Ultimate ‘07

Although I usually advocate for other office suites besides Microsoft, the biggest obstacle to my ability to love it is the hefty price tag. At 91% off, you can get a great office suite for super cheap!
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Get 91% Off Microsoft Office Ultimate


A Microsoft student promotion that slashes 91% off a copy of Office Ultimate applies to anyone with a .edu email address—and most universities offer .edu addresses to their alumni for free. Microsoft Office Ultimate, which retails for $680, is available to students for only $60 until May 16th. But if you can snag a .edu address, you too can cash in on the deal—all you have to do is get yourself an alumni email address at your alma mater. The promotion’s web site says you have to prove you’re enrolled in coursework, but the New York Times reports that a senior VP at Microsoft confirmed all you need is an .edu email address. Let us know if you snag the deal and how it goes in the comments.

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Teach your teachers to geek! Show them TeacherHax!

If you like StudentHax, have your teachers check out our companion blog– TeacherHax! http://teacherhax.wordpress.com

Keep track of your time with Klox

This looks like a cool tool to help you facilitate group work. It’s free, it works on any platform, and it can really help your class projects stay organized and working together.
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Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe Air): Klok, a free time and project-tracking app for the Adobe Air platform, is a great time-tracking solution for multi-platform users, as well as anyone who likes to keep it simple. Simple projects allow you to simply create and describe time entries on a drag-and-adjust grid, or use a template like “Web project” to automatically create sub-categories of HTML, design, text, and the like. You can also use Klok as a work timer using the “Work On” button, and export reports and invoices for clients. Klok is a free download for any system running the Adobe Air platform.

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StumbleUpon: A great way to discover new sites and share them with friends!

StumbleUpon is a Firefox plugin that allows you to rate sites with a thumbs up or down, then blindly jump to a site that someone out there somewhere liked. The results are always surprising and often extremely cool.

Although I love stumbling to find new sites, I really use SU for its ability to quickly email a site to any of my friends, right from the toolbar.

Personalize your homepage with everything you need to see in one place!

I use iGoogle (formerly known as Google personalized home) as a way of seeing all of my important information in one place. I have little widgets for my email, to do list, docs, calendar, RSS reader, and my favorite blog headlines.

You can customize it so that all of the most important information TO YOU can be right at your fingertips, right when you open your browser.

Leave a voice message– get an email, text, or blog post!

If you prefer to think out loud, Jott might be your thing. After signing up with Jott, you can call their toll free number and just talk. Jott will transcribe your thoughts and send them back in any number of ways! I like that I can send Jotts to my to Do List (at RemembertheMilk.com), my email, my blogs, or to Twitter. It’s really handy, and free!
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Jott to Self
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Firefox: More than just a web browser

This is a link to Firefox, IMHO the greatest browser ever. By allowing anyone to edit the code and make enhancements, Firefox has created a product that can be customized to exactly how you want to use the web. You will see lots of Firefox plugins and Greasemonkey scripts in coming posts, and they all depend on Firefox. Do yourself a favor and get it!
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Mozilla Firefox


The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world’s best browser.

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WordPress: Blogging Heaven

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WordPress is an online blogging web app that has so many features, it can be (and IS) used to manage full, conventional websites. You can even have a static front page (like a normal site) and a blog for breaking news (whatever that means in your world).

If you are interested in starting your own website but the thought of all that coding just makes you ill, fear not. WordPress just might be the thing to come to the rescue.

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