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Learn Via Podcast

We've covered free stuff on the iTunes Store before, including some higher education content. But did you know there's a whole directory of educational podcasts, including higher education... READ ON

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How to Tie a Tie

This week, this intrepid blogger is visiting Las Vegas for a wedding (not my own), so I'll be covering topics that come up during the Vegas Wedding Experience. The first thing I realized in preparing for the wedding was that no one in the wedding party knew how to tie a tie. Perhaps this is a mark of my generation, or perhaps we're all just lazy.Â (Or perhaps those two things are the... READ ON

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How To Snub The Automated Operator

Last Saturday, I thought I found an error on my cell phone bill. I say "I thought" because the bill was printed in Spanish. After a frustrating debate with an automated operator, I finally got through to a real person. He agreed to reprint my bill. And he begrudgingly waived the $5 fee. What service! This Saturday, the new bill arrived. TodavÃan en espaÃ±ol. But when I called customer service, the automated operator put up a fight. "I'm trained to answer many questions," she bragged. "You... READ ON

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IQ-Tips

I know you're all looking forward to the Weekend Word Wrap (wait for it!), but I thought I'd get Friday rolling with a new section I'm going to call IQ-Tips. (ed. note to Johnson & Johnson: we're happy to lend you our brand name!) In the end, these weekly tips might not increase your IQ all that much, but you'll still probably be glad to have "˜em, if only to arm you with yet one more piece of trivia that'll impress your friends. Today's IQ-Tip is... READ ON