Trick #1: View Trends A New Fun Way

Ever wonder how often a certain word appears in literature over a period of years - or even centuries? If so, here's a neat program that allows you to enter two or more words or phrases and instantly view a graph showing the rise and fall of their use over time.

For example: Enter "radio' and "computer" plus a time frame from 1800 to 2000 and view the ascent and decline of these two technologies over that period. Similarly interesting charts evolve from the following combinations for example: pirates/nuns, god/devil, and heaven/hell.

This search capability stems for Google's much ballyhooed effort to coral every printed word in the history of the world. Knowing them they'll probably do it. Google never ceases to amaze.

Trick #2: Play The Market And Never Ever Lose

Here's a chance to play the market 24/7 and never lose a cent. How? Use this neat stock market trading practice/simulator site.

Both market novices and active traders come here to hone their stock picking skills. This ranges from seasoned hedge fund managers, to stay-at-home moms. The great thing is that you can practice 24/7 in a market simulated setting.

And you can do this trading in your fuzzy slippers and never lose a cent.

Great Place #1: Save Hours Setting Up Your New Computer

One of the time consuming irritants that comes with buying a new computer (or recovering from a crash) is searching for the software program keys and serial numbers in your e-mails, manuals and other various files and folders.

You can avoid a lot of that hassle with this little application that scans your Windows Registry for Windows product keys and other serial numbers and licenses and provides you a list with this valuable time saving information.

Neat little helper.

Great Place #2: Take This Place To Heart

This is a good site to visit if you know anyone who could be/or is susceptible to a heart attack or stroke. It is a place to connect with heart attack survivors - a place to explore the stories of real survivors and to share your own.

In addition to lots of really good information including heart attack facts and early warning signs, these folks have a special offer that will help you to easily carry around your aspirin in case of an emergency. For a $5 donation to the National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease they will send you a special-edition pill tote that makes it easy to keep potentially life-saving aspirin on hand in the event of a suspected heart attack.

Good people doing good things for good people.

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Published: February 14, 2011

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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.