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Unlimited Classes from Live Instructors for less than $1/Day 17 Jun 2009 | 10:55 am
For the last six months we've been working on something at eduFire that I'm very excited to be able to announce for the first time. It's called eduFire SuperPass and it's my personal (and far from com...
Information Must Be Free 31 Dec 2008 | 09:29 am
Although we don't explicitly point to legal free materials, we can assume that's the focus here, right? So, clearly I wouldn't link to this fantastic site as there may be slight copyright violations g...
We Papers 8 Dec 2008 | 07:10 am
I don't know if wePapers should call themselves the YouTube of academic papers & documents. Because YouTube has stuff like this: wePapers, on the other hand, has stuff like this and like this. For a ...
Unigo: Actually Useful College Reviews 1 Dec 2008 | 08:05 am
I remember junior year of high-school when I went with my parents on the typical tour of New England colleges. At the time the ivy halls and quads all blended together and I left struggling to disting...
PanchuMom: My Wife's New Blog! 25 Nov 2008 | 09:27 am
If you've noticed a drop in activity from my part - say, over the last 6 and 1/2 months - that's largely due to Lucas, our little bundle of joy (and vacuum of blogging time). While my stingy scholar m...
BBC's Ma France 29 Aug 2008 | 08:11 pm
Over the basic few months of Stingy Scholar sabatical, I've had a chance to post less free educational resources and use them more. This is one that I've used and will keep using. I've always been a ...
Maps of History's Greatest Journies 28 Aug 2008 | 07:49 am
It's been a while since I've posted - more on that soon - but I've been coming across many great links that I want to share. For instance, check out these great interactive maps of history's great tr...
1000 Professors sign statement of intent to use open textbooks 17 Apr 2008 | 12:13 am
Nicole Allen over at Make Textbooks Affordable has been doing some great work lately. The most recent example: she's enlisted the support of over 1000 faculty members at schools around the country who...
House Passes Legislation to Make Textbooks Affordable 11 Feb 2008 | 04:43 pm
I know this blog's been a bit quiet lately, but things are about to get much busier. We've had some great news on two fronts. First, Textbook Revolution, the sibling site to the Stingy Scholar, is abo...
eduFire - A New Way to Learn Languages...and More 17 Jan 2008 | 06:21 pm
A while back when Wynn asked me to contribute to The Stingy Scholar I told him that I wasn't sure of what I could commit over the next year. Little did I know... In addition to running LearnOutLoud.co...
