Open Culture strikes again with another great list of educational sites you should know about.

Impulse buying isn't good. But Megan's tips help take the pain away a bit. After all, as she says, "we nearly all do it".

Tips are mainly aimed at clothes buying, but there's enough that easily crosses over for other impulse buys.

The "Moleskine Effect". I like it. While there are many reasons why this method works, there's just one person who this can benefit time and again…You.

Great tips to get you working.

NSS…FTW or WTF?

–"We maintain that the data are still not very useful on a national basis," says Ant Bagshaw, education officer at Cambridge University student union (Cusu), which held out the longest against the survey. "But for internal use, some of them are quite interesting."–

–The fact that so many institutions are now reviewing the way they do things as a result of the survey has finally proved its credentials. It is also why the National Union of Students backs it so enthusiastically, especially as it has often led to students being asked to help find solutions to the issues raised.–

Healthy eating doesn't have to be expensive. Or particularly difficult either.

Wolfram Alpha can be a bit of fun…

Wolfram Alpha – http://www.wolframalpha.com/ – doesn't appear to be a 'Google killer' at the moment and it's not impressive enough to make a serious difference to a lot of academic research. Let's hope the service improves over time. However, Karen Blakeman explains why Wolfram Alpha isn't up to scratch yet in this piece.