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: Fly This Magic Carpet
TRICK#2: Music Magic
GREAT PLACE #1: Bird Flu Central
GREAT PLACE #2: Get Your Image Act Together

TRICK#1: Fly This Magic Carpet
http://www.earthcam.com/
Want to get away? How about visiting the Eiffel Tower -- the Millennium Wheel -- the Egyptian Pyramids -- or some of the beautiful places in your favorite city -- or even your hometown?

This great place is the leading spot on the web for live web cams with the most comprehensive search engine of web cams from around the world. They will zip you in real time to live images of some of the world's most interesting and unique views and events. You can search by keyword or simply browse through the categories and subcategories. You can see what is happening around the world right now -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Watch out though. This place is addictive.

TRICK#2: Music Magic
http://www.pandora.com
This is neat. Just create a "station" by telling these folks what kind of music you like. Shazam -- any time you want, just click the station and enjoy the type of music you identified - exactly as you ordered it. No downloads - no cost - just a little ad or two along the way.

This tool is so simple it's scary. Type in the name of one of your favorite songs or artists and quicker than you can whistle "In the Mood", a "station" appears that plays songs that are musically similar to the song title or artist you provided.

Great service -- and the price is right.

An "Individual Planning" tab leads to directly pertinent information including checklists, fill-in sheets for family health information and emergency contact information -- all to help guide your planning and preparation.

Keep this handy -- and pray you won't need to use it.

GREAT PLACE #2: Get Your Image Act Together
http://picasa.google.com/
Do you have a an image problem? Is your photo collection spread all over your computer? You're not alone, so the smart folks from Google came up with a neat program that will get you organized with the click of a mouse.

This free program helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your computer. The program doesn't move or change your photos -- just finds them all (even ones you forgot all about) and gets them organized (usually a heck of a lot better than you had them :)

With lots of other photo tools this program is a winner -- and of course --the price is right.

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