Perhaps you know someone who would like to further his or her education -- but is a little short on cash! Free-ed.net is a neat site provides hundreds of free on-line tutorials covering a wide range of subjects.

Go there for educational advancement (or curiosity) in a wide range of subjects. You will find the wisdom in a format that is more structured than the general range of information available on the Internet. Take a peek at the index of complete courses and tutorials available for more than 120 different vocational and academic disciplines. The index of course content looks like a catalog for a modest sized college!

Most of these courses don't even require you to register. And best of all they are free!

Feel like a good Web fight?

On Googlefight.com, you can pit two opposites against each other in this war of the Web. Its not a game, but it is good fun. And in addition maybe it will yield you some valuable competitive intelligence information!

Just enter any two words or phrases and see now many times this powerful search engine finds each on the Web and reports the results back side by side! For example: Pit Fear vs. Courage. Fear wins 11,300,000 to 3 500 000! Again, French Food vs. Italian Food. French food prevails by a hair 2,370,000 to 2,030,000! Love vs. Fear: Love overcomes 65,900,000 to 11,200,000!

Try it with your most rivaled competitor! You may uncover some revealing information!

Give 'til it hurts, but don't get hurt

Many times throughout the year we are faced with the opportunity to help a charitable cause. But sometimes we would like some additional impartial information about the charity we are considering.

Charity Navigator provides a guide to intelligent giving with information that evaluates the financial health of more than twenty-one hundred charities. You will also find sections for: Charity Search, Charity Ratings plus Articles and News.

These philanthropic folks feel, that by guiding intelligent giving, they will advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace.

Published: March 6, 2003

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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.