Gator.com is another web butler that will save you time on-line. This smart on-line companion will fill out any of the forms you encounter on-line (or offline for that matter) and on top of that will remember your passwords for you!

This handy helper is extremely polite, staying out of sight and popping up only when needed! If you want, this web butler will also let you know about special discounts as you visit various shopping places on the web.

It's reassuring to know that you input and store all of your private personal information on your computer, and the price is right - it's free!

Phonespelling

What does your phone number spell? Big corporations spend millions promoting their phone number as words. Why not see what your existing phone number spells?

Phonespell.org is another on-line resource that will quickly give you a list of all the possible word combinations your phone number can spell. In addition you can type in any words you would like a new phone number to spell and do a "reverse search". In an instant you will have a list of phone numbers to submit to the phone company with your request for service!

Finally, if advertisements with telephone numbers in words drive you coo coo, just type the word (or numbers and words) into the box and shazam! -- you have the number --- as it should have been in the first place!

Learn the net!

Learnthenet.com is a spot to learn everything you ever wanted to know about how to use the Internet to the max, or to the min if that's your goal.

Pure and simple, this award-winning site provides comprehensive, user-friendly Internet guidance and training. A few of the topics covered are: Master the Basics, Surf the Web, Harness E-mail, Find Information, Download files, Join Newsgroups, Conference, Enjoy Multi-media, Build a Web Site, Do E-business, Protect Yourself -- and lots lots more!.

The lessons and tips here are useful, easy and straightforward. You'll be surfing like a demon in no time.

What does the CIA know that you don't?

The new CIA 2000 World FactBook is up and running! If you have any interest in researching any part of the world, including the United States, you can access all of the current information the Unites States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has gathered, except, of course, classified data, at this powerful site.

Every country in the world, along with every ocean and body of water, is covered here and includes the Economy, People, Geography, Military, Transportation, People and Communications. This resource contains all sorts of neat cross-referencing tools and is a quick and obviously authoritative resource.

There's just one problem -- they keep hiding the site! If it's not there in two months let us know --we'll keep our eyes on them!

Published: September 5, 2000

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.