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: Get Even with Road Ragers
TRICK#2: A Voice To The Future!
GREAT PLACE #1: File Conversion Made Simple!
GREAT PLACE #2: Sleeping In Airports!

TRICK#1: Get Even with Road Ragers
http://www.platewire.com/
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!
http://futureme.org/
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!

This service provides for 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!
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/
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.

Sweet dreams!

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