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Entries from March 2006

Donate to my Relay for Life Team

March 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

So as I’ve done in the past, I’m doing Relay for Life this April 28 and 29th in Berkeley. It’s a charity event that raises money for the American Cancer Society, that consists of a number of events such as running, concerts, and a special luminaria. It’s also loads of fun.
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TypePad - Widgets

March 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

TypePad - Widgets: Not to be outdone by Wordpress, Typepad’s now got their own set of widgets for use on your blog. Hope they release a plugin soon for Movable Type installations. (via Download Squad)
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WordPress Widgets for Self-hosted Wordpress Blogs

March 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Automattic » WordPress Widgets- Making it a lot easier to edit the sidebar (and possibly more) of your Wordpress blog. Supports RSS, so you can already do a lot. It’s already a function of Wordpress.com. (via Andy Skelton)
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Free AP Classes over the Internet

March 21st, 2006 · Comments Off

Monterey Institute for Technology & Education AP Courses: Students can take interactive lessons to prepare students for AP classes. They’ve got Physics, Environmental Science, and US History, among other topics. Sure wish I had this in high school.
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Great Mac Freeware Programs

March 17th, 2006 · Comments Off

So as some of you know, I work as tech support for the College Writing Program at Berkeley. Our department is all Macintosh, so finding good software can sometimes be expense. Fortunately, there are a number of sites that list freeware Mac programs. One of the ones I like is FreeMacWare, a [...]

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Top 10 Accidental Discoveries

March 5th, 2006 · Comments Off

The 10 Greatest Accidental Discoveries- Proving that even accidents produce great results. (via Digg)
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The 4400 Season 1

March 1st, 2006 · Comments Off

A good show, but not a spectacular one. It’s rather predictable and simple in terms of plot, and the characters are rather ordinary. There are only five episodes in all, and there are no extras or even scene selections in these DVDs. Download the episodes instead.
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The Lyceum Project

March 1st, 2006 · Comments Off

The Lyceum Project- Another way to install multiple Wordpress blogs, besides of course Wordpress MU and all the other ways (via Boing Boing)
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