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: Google Strikes Again With Photo Organize
TRICK#2: Take the Mystery Out of Travel Insurance
GREAT PLACE #1: Zoom Yourself
GREAT PLACE #2: Here's a Backdoor Pass to Get Gmail

TRICK#1: Google Strikes Again With Photo Organize
http://www.google.com/downloads/
Got lots of photos of that new house? How's this for a magic trick. Click one button and shazam -- all the photos on your computer are organized into easy to use visual albums. Google strikes again with this free program that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. You'll even find pictures you forgot you had.

In addition to organizing and editing, this free download makes it easy to share your pictures by email, to print photos and to make photo CDs. To make it even more worthwhile you can also get Google Toolbar, Google Desktop Search, Google Deskbar, and other programs this special Google download page .

And the price is picture perfect.

TRICK#2: Take the Mystery Out of Travel Insurance
http://www.quotetravelinsurance.com/
Did you ever get coo coo trying to figure out what kind of travel insurance to get before a big trip? These folks have really made the process easy. You can now use their comprehensive on-line research features to easily compare over 60 travel insurance plans and thoroughly investigate every feature of available policies.

Just click for clear comparison screens and full policy certificates (with a quick summary of the plan and the benefits it offers) in PDF. Once you have decided on the features you want and compared prices, you can nail down your policy in under 30 seconds.

Save this --- you'll want it when your ship comes in.

We'll bet the first person you zoom with this will be --- you. While you're at it you can update your own summary -- just to keep the record straight.

GREAT PLACE #2: Here's a Backdoor Pass to Get Gmail
http://isnoop.net/gmail/
We all know the role that E-mail has taken in speeding up today's real estate transaction. And perhaps you've heard about Goggle's powerful new "Gmail" with its big one GB mailbox capacity and powerful message searching system. BUT -- the only official way to get signed on for this free service at this time is by way of an invitation from an already registered user.

This means that, without this tip, you're out in the cold until you track down a subscribing friend or buy a Gmail invite at one of the auction sites that has them for sale. Now with this neat trick you can put your wallet away. Just go to this great place where these creative folks have created a pool that collects invitations from already subscribed Gmail users.

You can pick up your invitation there without cost and be all set up in a couple of minutes.

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