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Organize Your Life
Evite
http://www.evite.com/
Be the social butterfly of your universe. Evite is
the one-stop invitation service—and you don’t
have to be getting married. On Evite you can
invite friends over for pizza and a video—just
email once and cover the whole gang. Or start
a softball team or a roller-blading group with an
open invitation. A great campus social organizer,
and the easiest way to make new friends.
Free Stuff
Easy$$$
http://go.to/easy$$$
Compiled by a Steamtunnels reader who goes
by the name Slayer4235@aol.com, this is a
great site to find those folks that pay you to
surf the web or read email. Right on the home
page is a chart that lists free services and how
much they pay. You may need to refresh the site
from time to time—it has the feel of a dorm
room application—but that’s part of the fun. If
you spend all your time online, why not get
some cash for it?
Study Guides
Chemistry Guide
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/
Part of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson
Leadership Program in Chemistry, this Ivy
tinged site is basically a Cliff’s Notes for all
Chem students. The best feature is a study
guide which "breaks down" the complicated
subject of chemistry into 25 easily understood
"elements" like the Atom, the Periodic Table,
, Chemical Bonds and Molecular Architecture.
You can test yourself in each of the areas
through the category-specific Q&As. Apart
. from the plenitude of teaching materials and
online tutorials, the Chem guide also has an
ask-a-scientist option where you can Ask Dr.
Math (ask a specific question, or search an
archive of more than 4,500 previously asked
questions), Ask an Expert or Ask Dr. Neutrino.
History Guide
http://celeste.carleton.edu/curricular/HIST/
guides.html
An extraordinarily in-depth step-by-step
resource geared toward familiarizing students
with all aspects of the study of history. From
the differences between primary and second
ary sources to how to recognize the difference
between fact and interpretation in historical
accounts, this site provides tips for critical
reading, research aids (when to footnote/end
note) and a never-ending list of suggested
reading for further study, like E.H. Carr's What
Is History? Better yet? It's not dull. The occa
sional "philosophy of history" remarks make
you remember why you wanted to study the
subject to begin with.
Learn to
www.Learnto.com
How about learning some applicable life les
sons for a change. This “ability utility" is
geared toward grown-up kids eager to learn
some quick real-life lessons. Articles range from
how-to guides on style and social graces, to
getting along with a roommate, to tips on fit
ness, technology and travel. Hit the Free
Learning link to read tutorials on Appreciate
Poetry, How to Host a Dinner Party, Hanging
Wallpaper, even how to Understand Basketball.
There’s also the discussion area on The
Learnlines Forum, where you can post your own
questions and answers about any quandary:
For example, ask how to make baklava or build
a bookshelf and you’ll get a response.
Long Distance
dialpad
www.dialpad.com
If you’ve got a headset and a PC, you can get
all the free long distance you want at dialpad.
There’s lots of free long distance online, but
dialpad is the only one where the person that
receives the call doesn’t need to be online as
well—you can call a real phone with dialpad.
The quality is cell-phone at best; a lot depends
on your headset. Customize your own phone
book—every entry has space for home phone,
work phone, cell phones and faxes, so you don’t
have to make multiple entries. This works best
with Internet Explorer 4.5 or better. The sign-in
takes about two minutes, and then you're off.
Sell It
e Wanted
www.eWanted.com
The world’s first “upside down auction” site is a
lazy man’s dream come true. The exact opposite
of eBay, this site allows buyers to post what they
want and makes the sellers bid. This means you
don’t waste time hunting for what you want, and
there’s no fending off other buyers or bidders.
It’s all free and has more than 1,000 categories
listing virtually any product or service. It's easy.
You place an eWant ad specifying the items you
want, the type, the color, the location, the con
dition, anything. Then sellers (dealers, resellers,
spring cleaners) submit you offers.
Female Solidarity
Chickdick
www.chickclick.com/
Women unite! Actually, it’s already happened—
on the Internet, at least. First off, Chickclick pro
vides links to other lady sites, from HipMama
("Better than a double prozac latte”) to Hissyfit
(with a great guide to road tripping, just for
women). In addition, the Chickclick home page
has services from the practical (“Gotten a Pap
smear lately? Reuse and redecorate”) to the
party-animal (“Chick lounge”).