Finals prep

It’s that time of year again and Lifehacker has some pointers for those students among us getting ready to take finals. Including:

  • How to pull an all-nighter
  • LitSum free, online Clif Notes
  • How to make effective flash cards
  • Grow your brain 22 different ways
  • Tips for off-screen reading
  • How to defeat writer’s block
  • Best music for studying
  • Social note taking for students
  • Automatic bibliography generator
  • WDL named official paper of Ferris

    From the ECP:

    With no mention of what it might mean to keeping citizens informed, the Ferris City Council voted Monday to change the publication of its legal notices from The Ellis County Press to the Waxahachie Daily Light.
    The only excuse given was the desire for a “daily newspaper” from Councilman Gary Ross, who made the motion for a change.

    CNET mourns death of co-worker

    The crew over at CNET is mouring the death of co-worker and CNET Senior Editor James Kim today. Kim’s body was found in the Oregon wilderness, seven days after he went looking for help to save his stranded family.
    His wife and two children were rescued earlier this week but rescuers did not find James until it was too late.
    The tech website has posted a montage of videos in memory of Kim at http://www.cnettv.com/9710-1_53-25119.html.
    Also read more from CNet writers

    US Population continues to grow

    Want to keep up with the latest US population? Visit the US PopClock Projection.
    According to the clock the country has a net gain of one person every 14 seconds.
    If I remember correctly, GW on Prairie Home Companion made the comment a few months back that the US had reached 300,000,000 people after another young boy was born in Mexico that morning.