I wrote the following How-To in order to help my fellow undergraduates understand the process of applying to Graduate School (specifically in psychology). It’s good information to have, considering that a concise (under 40 pages) How-To doesn’t really exist (as far as I could find). Hopefully this can help you or someone you know. And if you don’t plan on going to graduate school, now you can know a bit more about the process. For some detailed ranting of mine on it, you can read that entry in the “My Stories” section later in the book.
Getting into a graduate program in psychology is a time-intensive task. Most of my friends were unaware of when they should be doing things, when to expect to hear from organizations, and when to begin to panic (err… I mean think seriously about working a bit faster on the application process). Because of this, I’ve put together this section to allow you some piece of mind (or to prevent your mind from falling to pieces).
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I ran across this feature awhile back and didn’t really
explore it until now. I’ve often wanted
to send out a class-wide email, but was reluctant to type all the information
in to mailing list and send out a mass email that exposed all my students email
addresses to each other (I’m the kind of person who forgets about BCC
sometimes, like most people may). This
solution lets me send out emails to my entire class, with an individual email
going to each student (That I can modify) and doesn’t share the email addresses
with the entire group. It also doesn’t rely on a mailing list that is separate
from my gradebook that I have to manually update every time a student changes
email addresses. The same feature in
Word can also be used for paper letters, envelopes, labels, etc… and not just for classes, but also for groups, family members, business contacts, or anyone you keep tabs on using a spreadsheet!
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I've always been fascinated by locks, for
some odd reason. Master combination locks, the combination lock of
choice for most of us it seems, are everywhere and were a staple
for my existence as a student. Hall lockers needed a combination
lock, gym lockers, orchestra lockers, etc... The result? Well,
years past high school, I now have 3 or 4 master locks that I
don't have the combinations for. Thankfully, I found this site
and the software tool that was
created from it to find combinations! I even assembled a PDF
document listing the instructions and all possible combinations
once the last number was found. Great to print out and keep on
hand, especially if you don't remember where you downloaded the
software! You can download the PDF
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Way back in January I attended Microsoft's Exchange 2007 / Vista / Office 2007 launch event in Cleveland. I sat there with one of my fellow Bug Jr. Executives and marvelled at how PowerShell would change the way we managed our Exchange box.  Eagerly, I then Installed Exchange 2007 on our primary mail server back in May, and found out that PowerShell, despite it's wonderful abilities, was a royal pain to work with for the un-initiated. Sure, I'd used command-line tools before (Heck, I run a linux box for fun, with just Webmin to help me manage it), but I was not ready for PowerShell's glorious take-over of some very simple Exchange administration tasks!
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The web is full of free software - you just have to look for it! As someone who saw the dot com bubble grow, and burst, I can assure you - not all free software or service is created the same! However, the stuff below is fairly good, and what I use on a daily basis. Check it out and see what you think!
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