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MIT offers 2000+ free courses for all
Want to learn with MIT students for free? Lecture videos, course notes, assignments, exams, some even offer on-line textbooks. Head over to their website and blow the dust off that notebook!
Useful link : Print Friendly
Tired of websites that print out horribly? Stop wasting all that precious ink! Use Print Friendly.
PrintFriendly cleans and formats web pages for perfect print experience. PrintFriendly removes Ads, Navigation and web page junk, so you save paper and ink when you print. It’s free and easy to use. Perfect to use at home, the office, or whenever you need to print a web page.
Features
- Print Preview: Optimizes and displays content for print.
- Edit Before Printing: Remove images, text, and print only what you want.
- Print or Save as PDF: Print now, or save for later as a PDF.
How to Use
- New Users Copy and Paste a URL at PrintFriendly.com
- Regular Users: Add to your browser for 1 click print friendly pages.
- Developers and Bloggers Add the print friendly button to your website or blog.
Useful link : Fix it Club
Want a dependable website to find almost any information about home repair?
Armed with a plethora of fix-it-guides – becoming your own handyman(or handywoman) is one click away.
Useful website : 1 Dollar Scan
Want to get practically anything scanned for only $1? Do you have a giant huge textbook that you’re sick of lugging around class?
Invest in 1 Dollar Scan.
A new business in San Jose is getting a lot of buzz recently for providing a scanning service – perfect for any college student. If you’re in a class that requires a 1000+ page textbook, try to get class mates to pitch in for one book and send it to these guys. They’ll scan every single page and make a PDF version of it, which you could then distribute it to your classmates.
You’ll be able to find text easily and read it anywhere you go without having to worry about carrying that pesky heavy text-book.
The most important thing? It’s $1/100 pages. If it goes pass 600 pages, it’ll always be $6. Yes, a 1000 page book will be $6.
Turn around time is 2 weeks but it’s totally worth it. On top of textbooks, they’ll also scan business cards, documents, photos, and practically anything. Check their pricing page for more information.
Charging People’s Credit Card with your iPhone
Have an iPhone? Want to charge your client on the go? Perhaps your friend owes you money but forgot to bring cash?
All you need to do is go to their website, sign up for the free Square gadget, download the app, wait a week for delivery, and bam – magic happens! You can bring your portable card swiper everywhere you go and never have to worry about only taking cash at conventions or booths. Highly secured and extremely user friendly that even your technology deprived grandfather can do it!
