50+ iPhone App Store Apps for Free -possibly temporary http://ping.fm/2xY7k

New iPod Touch's ARM processor runs at 532MHz, while iPhone 3G runs at 412MHz. Better gaming performance

Sync Google Calendar with iCal or Sunbird using CalDAV http://ping.fm/ZzoLN

Google Maps UI revised with Streetview enhancements http://ping.fm/3JN8o

Lenovo is adding security to its ThinkPad notebooks that will allow a user to disable a laptop by sending a text message

using twitter at high volume http://ping.fm/CCK7T

convert pdf to Microsoft Word http://ping.fm/oLJDn

search tags on twitter http://tweetag.com/

Google Calendar now does time zone auto-detection to help you view your calendar in the right local time zone when you're traveling.

It took Google six hours and two minutes to sort 1PB (10 trillion 100-byte records) on 4,000 computers http://ping.fm/HXvg0

the European Commission launched an important online project called Europeana (down until December) http://ping.fm/2H9ou

In Google Maps, you can simply enter the 3-letter airport code to find it on the map.

in the 2.2 version of Google Maps for iPhone, you can email information about a location to your friends

Lotus Bluehouse: enough added value for colleagues to sustain use?

wondering if IBM's Lotus Bluehouse works ok with Firefox. Works with IE, but a blank screen with Firefox after login.

thinking I need an easier way to dial long con call number with passcodes on iPhone while driving. Probably a Contacts feature

Google GMail themes are a cool feature! Use settings to configure.

Meebo connect problems with AIM

Mzima networks - optical transport http://ping.fm/lB0Mj

Managers FAQ for engineers http://ping.fm/6fNv9

Princeline now sends an email with much more informative receipt information than the previous notice of a response to a bid

AlwaysVPN, a free virtual private networking service, gets around U.S.-only service restrictions http://alwaysvpn.com/

possible fatal problem for ETF as substitute for index funds is commission when adding $$, except for reinvestment

Google Reader now offers automatic translation of feeds http://ping.fm/7RaZj

Cambodia-Vietnam agreement brings Trans-Asian railway closer http://ping.fm/yhNjy

troll under a bridge spotted in Google StreetView http://ping.fm/al7Tv

Reservations at El Bulli http://ping.fm/RksM0

China's new "theme" towns http://ping.fm/sbg98

seeing a large number of phishing emails from China posing as mail fro Kellen Creative and Microsoft

Bokor Cambodia

Interesting article on an apparently recent trip to Bokor. The article mentions the road is currently closed.

Bokor figures prominently in the 2002 movie City of Ghosts. I see that Google Earth/Maps now has high resolution imagery of the immediate area. 

11 Great Tools for Making VoIP Calls on the iPhone http://ping.fm/ODr9p

Private Cloud Storage: Facts You Need to Know http://ping.fm/5lHzs

New Yorker digital edition doesn't display on Firefox 3. Ok with IE.

Trans-Eurasia Information Network 3 funded http://ping.fm/J58W0

new urban area covering 3,000 ha is expected to be created near Luang Prabang, Laos http://ping.fm/qpnum

Control alternative minimum tax (AMT) exposure http://ping.fm/bK9su

Berkeley College Prep Counselors and Associated Information

Here's some summary information and extracts about college preparation counselors local to Berkeley (California).

From Berkeley "Parents of Teens" newsletter, 31 Oct 08

College prep counselor needed for high school junior
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I can highly recommend Diane Ruyffelaere. I've been working with her for
several years on the BHS College Application Handbook and she really knows
both what the colleges are looking for in students (and on applications), and
how to help students define what they are looking for in choosing a college.
She can work with your daughter on finding several colleges that are good fits
for her, on preparing for the SAT and/or ACT tests, and/or on getting that
college  essay written--before the start of Senior year! She knows her stuff
and is super friendly and helpful. She's working with my son right now, and
it's making the whole process of just finding a college a lot less stressful now
than it was looking a few months ago. She can be reached at druyffelaere@lmi.net

Good luck!
Nancy

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Ellen Lerner is great-- Intelligent, experienced, kind,
and resourceful.  She is on the North Oakland/Berkeley
border, and her phone number is 510-652-7222.
--Stephanie, parent of BHS senior

 Not Berkeley specific
College Discussion at College Confidential,...discussion forum for college admissions, financial aid, SAT prep

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