Archive of Tricks & Places


John M Peckham III


Jack Peckham ( ) is the Executive Director of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society, based in Boston, MA.

TRICK#1: SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM SPACE
TRICK#2: PC TUNE UP PIT STOP
GREAT PLACE #1: CYBER SAVVY REAL ESTATE SEARCH
GREAT PLACE #2: SEND YOUR VIDEO CLIPS--EASY --AND FREE!

TRICK#1: SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM SPACE
http://www.globexplorer.com/gexservlets/gexhtml
Want to see your house and neighborhood from space? Visit this interesting and very comprehensive site and simply type in your address (or any address in the US). You can also roam dozens of major cities around the world from the equivalent of a low flying helicopter!

This commercial site claims to be the only instantaneous supplier of earth imagery over the Internet with the world's largest archive of images captured by aircraft and satellite. Whatever they are, this site certainly provides an instant aerial peek at just about anyplace in the United States. And, until you order high-grade images for your own use from this site, enjoy the views -- free!

TRICK#2: PC TUNE UP PIT STOP
http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Swing by this neat site for a quick free PC check up. These folks help you get your PC in top form running fast, stable and secure. They run diagnostics on your PC to identify things that might help improve performance. They boast that the process is fully automated and private. They also claim that these tests are passive evaluations of your system and will not change any settings on your PC. Once they look at your system they give you tips for improving all kinds of things.

Best of all, the service is free!

The Real Estate CyberSpace Society provides it's real estate professional members with the latest up to the minute real estate cyberspace tools, strategies, services and a networking structure that allows members to leverage their effectiveness, professionalism and service to help get your real estate job done --at internet speed!

GREAT PLACE #2: SEND YOUR VIDEO CLIPS--EASY --AND FREE!
http://www.iclips.com/
The age of Internet video is upon us! Now these creative folks have come up with an easy, fast and fun way to send a video clip to anyone. You can even set up a video clip to spice up your Web site!

All you need is a PC camera and the free software they give you. If you don't have a color PC camera you can pick one up there for under $40.

Their free "Producer" application gives you the tools you need to start communicating with streaming video today. Whether adding streaming video to email, your homepages, greeting cards or Web communities, these folks have made it easy and fast!

Like the best things in life--this neat service is free!

Real Estate CyberTips are provided with compliments of the Real Estate Cyberspace Society.