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August 31st, 2006 at 10:11 am (Life Lessons)

There’s an Ask the Readers post at Lifehacker about how to get cheap textbooks. Aside from Project Gutenberg and now Google Book downloads, here are some sites that were mentioned:

(The general consensus is that things are cheaper online.)

In addition, here are some free Mac programs that could prove useful: iProcrastinate for organization and Transmission for Torrenting.

Any suggestions from the audience?

UPDATE, August 14th, 2007: I’m checking out Statistics by William Hays (ISBN 0030744679) right now and the most useful sites seem to be Big Words and CampusBooks, BestBookDeal. AddALL book search and Best Web Buys replicate what the other sites are doing but don’t have as long a list of comparison sites. The cheapest place I found for this $140 textbook was Half.com ($40) and eBay ($30).

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Muffin and Cupcake Cars

August 29th, 2006 at 10:38 pm (Hilarity)

This is why Burning Man is the coolest place ever.

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YouSqueal

August 29th, 2006 at 7:40 pm (Current Events)

Whistleblowing finally meets Youtube. The internet is now whole.

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Kingston Restaurant Takeout Menus

August 29th, 2006 at 6:44 pm (Food)

I’m going to keep a list of Kingston Restaurants in this post and sporadically update it when I find any new menus for the restaurants I like.

Cajun
Hoppin’ Eddie’s

Cambodian / Thai / Vietnamese / Pan Asian Fusion
These are the best dishes at Cambodiana
Golden Viet Thai
Little Saigon
Mango (I’ve never been here but I hear it’s good)
Mekong
Phnom Penh (also here)
Wok-In

German/Austrian
Amadeus Schnitzel Haus

Greek
Minos

Indian
Cafe India
Darbar

Italian
Frankie Pesto’s

Japanese
Take Sushi

Latin
Sol Latino

Pizza
Atomica
Foorno

Sammiches
Quiznos Sub (namedrop)

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Corporate accounts payable, Squid speaking, just a moment

August 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 pm (Hilarity, Current Events)

To call attention to the 310 million liters of water (equivalent to 82 Olympic swimming pools!) wasted by businesses everyday, UK government program Envirowise has set up a “fully functioning” aquatic office in the London Aquarium.

Via Neatorama

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Hello Kitty RFID-blockers!

August 17th, 2006 at 9:34 pm (Science!)

Seriously, this blog is prone to hyperbole but this is the greatest thing ever.

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HEY FATTIES!

August 17th, 2006 at 8:00 pm (Arts & Culture, Hilarity, Visual Stuff, Music)

Watch this video.

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