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: FIND ANYONE'S BIRTHDAY!
TRICK#2: RUN YOUR COMPUTER FROM ANYWHERE!
GREAT PLACE #1: YOUR OWN INTRANET - FREE!
GREAT PLACE #2: REAL ESTATE ON-LINE LIBRARY

TRICK#1: FIND ANYONE'S BIRTHDAY!
http://anybirthday.com/search.htm

Question: When was Bill Gates born? Answer: October 28, 1955. And this magic place will fetch you that information for just about anyone! Now you can go to this magic place and simply enter a name and zip code (optional) and Shazam-up comes the birth date -year and all! This unique site draws on a giant database of over 135,000 records.

But there could be big trouble in River City! What if you or your loved ones are among that fussy band of folks who don't want ANYONE to know their birth date? They can breath a little easier. There is a quickie "Opt Out Option" that allows anyone to remove their name from the prying eyes of public curiosity!

While here you can also create a list of birthdays and these clever folks will send you a birthday reminder -and even some gift suggestions!

And oh, yes-this service is free!

Move around a lot? Don't feel like lugging your computer? Here's a neat trick -and you don't even need a notebook or handheld!

This clever site allows you to remotely access and control your computer from any other Internet-connected computer in the world through a secure, private connection. In short you can run your computer back home from someone else's machine over the Internet.

Once you have downloaded and installed the software on your computer you can remotely access it from any PC with a Web browser. Once connected you can immediately access your email, applications, documents and network resources. Then you can work on your computer as if you were sitting right in front of it - from anywhere in the world!

Saves a lot of lugging -and it's free!

Here's a private place on the web where you, your family, friends or business associates can easily access and share documents, calendars and event information.

In effect, it's like your own private web site where only those who are invited can visit. Among other handy things you can do here: Set up a group calendar, have group discussions, post a poll and watch the results roll in. Your intranet site includes site hosting, a custom URL, and interactive applications. You can use your site to centralize important personal or company information, let your users post documents, create group schedules, announce events, and lots more!

You and your authorized participants can even sync information wirelessly with your handhelds.

Lots of good useful stuff---and it's free!

Want to do some easy-to-access real estate research? Be sure to bookmark this unique resource! This fast growing great place has the FULL TEXT of several major real estate books, periodicals and studies.

A quick walk through the stacks finds a major real estate taxation book with hundreds of citations regarding real estate exchanging, the full text of all issues of a major retail real estate publication, two complete thesis studies that research the effect of the internet on the real estate industry and real estate consumer, plus much more in this expanding full-text on-line real estate library!

Lots of good information here for those who are serious in their quest for real estate knowledge!

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