TheUniversityBlog is 6 months old today.  Woo!  Good times. 

1. Garfield…but a zillion times funnier:

• Garfield’s scary eyes.
• Garfield as a real cat.
• Garfield minus Garfield.
• Silent Garfield.

[They’re all winners.]

2. Wired Science – Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos

3. Online Papers in Philosophy

[LOADS of philosophical linkage.  Will be useful to some of you…and it’s a keeper.]

4. Dosh Dosh – How to Use the Web to Build a Powerful Reputation in Any Industry

[If you want to build a brand, start a new project, or develop yourself as a specialist in something you have a passion in, Dosh Dosh provides clear and useful advice to help your endeavours.]

5. The wonder of web resources:

• All the News a Web Worker Needs (popurls & alltop are great)
• Mashable – 7 Useful Firefox Toolbars for Power Surfers (Internet Explorer 8 Beta may have been released, but I’m sticking with Firefox for now (also available in Beta flavour)
• Wealth of resources on Lorelle on WordPress (meant for those who blog, but useful for everyone)
• Studenthacks.org – 101+ Web Resources for Students (worth checking through for what’s relevant to your course)

6. Guardian Education – What happened to the love?

[Higher Education as a springboard to employment, rather than a cocoon of academic wonder…your thoughts?]

7. Independent – On Top of the World

[Go out there and find a way to get what you want.  This person managed it in their gap year before uni.  If it’s out there, you’ve got the opportunity.]