July 2004, Real Estate Cybertips

Archive of Tricks & Places

John M Peckham III

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

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Real Estate Cybertips:
July 2004

TRICK#1: Turn Error Messages Into Solutions!
TRICK#2: The Doctor Is In!
GREAT PLACE #1: Don't Miss Out On Your benefits!
GREAT PLACE #2: What is Your REAL Age?

CYBER MAGIC TRICKS

TRICK#1: Turn Error Messages Into Solutions!
http://www.google.com/
Let's say you have been having a big problem with an application on your computer and an error message keeps showing up on your screen while the application grinds to a halt. You shudder at the thought of spending time (and often money) to call support for help to fix it. Why not take advantage of the trick many support services use and get the solution quickly, directly and at no cost.

Just copy a couple of lines from the error message, go to good old Google and paste the lines into the Google search bar and press "Search" More often than not you will find the solution to your dilemma amongst the articles found in the search.

This works. Honest!

TRICK#2: The Doctor Is In!
http://dbapps.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm
Need to find a Doctor? The American Medical Association (AMA) has created "AMA Physician Select". Just enter your area information and the type of doctor you need and Shazam -- up pops a list of Doctors who meet your criteria.

This valuable site provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and includes more than 690,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO). AMA member physician listings contain considerable information including office hours, practice philosophy, physician achievements, and other helpful information for visiting consumers.

To your good health!

GREAT PLACES

GREAT PLACE #1: Don't Miss Out On Your benefits!
http://www.benefitscheckup.com/
Know anyone over 55? A national, nonprofit group, The National Council on Aging, provides a valuable service they call the "BenefitsCheckUp" an on-line database for federal, state and some local private and public benefits for adults over 55. This is the nation's most comprehensive on-line service to screen for federal, state and some local private and public benefits. It contains over 1,200 different programs from all fifty states.

There is no cost for this neat service that identifies the programs a person may be eligible to receive (with a detailed description and contacts for additional information),

We'll bet that Uncle Charley will love this great place!

GREAT PLACE #2: What is Your REAL Age?
http://www.medizine.com/realage.asp
These folks tell us that "lifestyle choices, not heredity, are mostly responsible for how you age. While just 30 percent of aging is tied to genetics, 70 percent is lifestyle-related." They have designed a quiz to show you if the way you live is making you younger or older than your calendar age.

They call it the "RealAge" test. There is no cost and it calculates your biological age, or "Real Age," based on science and your personal health history. They say that knowing your Real Age enables you to make the best choices for your health and lifestyle, allowing you to stay young and live a longer, fuller life.

That sounds like a worthy goal to us -- and the price is right!

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