Trick #1: Get Even with the Road Ragers

Ever want to get even with the Looney Toon drivers who cut you off and go on down the highway tailgating and causing general havoc? Didn't want to get involved in a police report? Here’s your chance to even the score without any big hassle!

Just jot down the miscreant’s license plate number and go to this neat site where you can enter it along with a description of the offensive behavior. You can also browse and search through your state selection from thousands of reports. As you might imagine, some are quite colorful.

Now you can share your indignation with the world!

Trick #2: A Voice to the Future

Want to set up an email message to be sent on any date you pick in any year at any time during the next 30 years? How about a reminder each week for the next year to the children to take out the trash, clean up their room and do their homework? How about a note to yourself each day for the next month to lay off cake for the new year?

This is a simple service. Just type in the address of your desired recipient, your message, select the date you want the message sent and click “Send to the future.”

It’s as easy as that. Let your imagination take over from there!

Great Place #1: File Conversion Made Simple!

Why spend a bundle buying expensive software to convert files to the popular and useful PDF format? You may prefer to use this handy place to get the same thing done simply and at no cost. This service accommodates a raft of file formats. All you do is select the file you wish to convert and click the “Convert” button. A link to the converted PDF file is in an e-mail that is instantly sent to you. This one trick pony will even convert web pages for you. Easy, quick, and it’s on the house!

Great Place #2: Sleeping in Airports!

Stuck in an airport for the night with no hotel space available? Maybe you should visit this handy site that contains hundreds of tips for those stranded overnight. You can read contributions from fellow travelers describing their pleasure or disdain for airports around the world. You will also find tips for coping with an unexpected sleepover, lists of favorite and least favorite airports, airport photos and lots of information that will be helpful if you find your self stuck for the night.

Published: January 16, 2007

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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.