WEBSITE OF THE DAY: IanMorganCharles.Blogspot.com

IanMorganCharles.Blogspot.com

Ever since my mom passed away, I have been a big supporter of the American Cancer Society (Cancer.org). Now that my brother has been diagnosed, I’ve been re-motivated. Since we haven’t set up a foundation or a fundraising website, I thought I would start plugging friends’ or readers’ fundraising websites. (If you have one, please send the information over for possible inclusion). This week, we begin with my friend Sally’s husband’s site. Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. He’s 40 years old and is probably one of the most active, physically healthy people you’ll ever meet. He competes in six to eight triathlons a year, swims 10,000 yards a week, bikes 150 to 200 miles a week and runs 30+ miles a week. He’s incredibly young to have this disease and he needs your help to raise funds to develop proactive and effective drugs like Valcade and Revlimid and to test effective protocols. These drugs are his first line of defense and they are keeping him alive today. Please help him by making direct donations to his 2008 Fundraising Campaign for the Leukemia Cup Regatta. To donate, click here.

WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Algormor.org

Algormor.org

Check this out. An IT guy wired his suitcase with a camera so he could find out exactly what goes on once he checked his bag for various domestic flights. The videos are pretty boring as they show a lot of time on conveyor belts and the camera vibrates a lot but it’s still interesting to see. Here’s a link to a slideshow that shows exactly how he did it (click ‘continue’ at the top of each page); the videos themselves can be found here.

WEBSITE OF THE DAY: TakeAnyware.com

TakeAnyware.com

Okay, so let’s say you have to travel a lot for work and you’re worried about getting your vital information stolen. Your laptop has a password but does your flash drive? If sometimes you don’t want to lug your laptop on a trip or to a meeting, then all you need to do is get one of the brand spanking new Personal Pocket Safes. You can attach documents, images and even enter all your personal records. To access the information, just plug the USB port into any computer and quickly view your information after typing in your secret code. The good news is that intruders are locked out (time delay) with three incorrect PIN entry attempts, there’s no software to download and the Personal Pocket Safe is the size of a flash drive.

Dedicated WEBSITE OF THE DAY: PetVacationHomes.com

Outer Banks NC Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals Homes near Nags Head North Carolina

PetVacationHomes.com – offers more than 20,000 individual accommodations, including 2,500 pet friendly vacation homes and another 18,000 pet friendly hotel rooms. Visitors to their web site can browse photos of dog and cat friendly accommodations including ocean front vacation rentals. Pet Vacation Homes features an updated data base of qualified accommodations where pets are welcome to fit any travel need. Pet Vacation Homes recently expanded its pet friendly rentals listings into Nags Heads and the Outer Banks North Carolina. To learn more, click on this link to their web site: Outer Banks NC Pet Friendly Vacation Rentals Homes near Nags Head North Carolina

Dedicated WEBSITE OF THE DAY: VacationRentalPros.com

VacationRentalPros.com

Florida Vacation Rentals Ocean Front in Palm Coast, Venice and Siesta Key, FL

Vacation Rental Pros manages over 180 vacation rentals in the Florida area including Palm Coast, St. Augustine, Siesta Key and Venice Florida. Visitors to their web site can browse photos and virtual tours of rentals including ocean front and gulf front vacation rentals. Vacation Rental Pros features accommodations to fit any travel need and budget and has rentals that range from 3 bedroom ocean front luxury condos to 6 bedroom homes with heated pools. Vacation Rental Pros also features over 60 rentals that are pet friendly. To learn more, click on this link to their web site: Florida Vacation Rentals Ocean Front in Palm Coast, Venice and Siesta Key FL

WEBSITE OF THE DAY: NWATagYourBag.com

NWATagYourBag.com

Check it out! A bunch of companies offer custom-made luggage tags, ones where you can upload the picture of your choice as a background. Well, for a limited time, Northwest Airlines is allowing their frequent fliers to redeem 1,000 WorldPerks® miles to create their own luggage tag(s). Just choose an image from your photo gallery and voila! The custom luggage tags also make a great gift for family or friends.

WEBSITE OF THE DAY: MyDropCard.com

MyDropCard.com

This is not a travel website but it can definitely be useful for travelers, whether you’re traveling for leisure or business. Have you ever met someone on a plane or at a convention and wanted to give them your contact information, only to discover that you’ve run out of business cards? Instead of looking like a prehistoric fool and writing it on a napkin, just send them a text message! It’s that simple. Simply log onto MyDropCard.com and fill out the information fields (name, address, phone, website, etc) and hit save. It will also automatically capture your Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace URLs. It takes about three minutes to sign up and the service is free. Then, anytime you want to give someone your 411, just send a text with the word “drop” followed by their email address to 41411. For example, if you wanted to send me your contact info, simply send a text from your cell phone to “drop Johnny@JohnnyJet.com” to 41411. It’s that easy.