Getting the Best Seat on an Airplane
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*Get the pros and cons of different airline seats before learning the hard way about the pitfalls of row 44* Being able to book your own flight makes travel planning easy. You can compare prices for different dates, check departure and arrival times at different airports, and print out your boarding pass so you don't have to wait in line at the check-in counter. You can also use the Web to choose your seat for most airlines, but how do you know if the seat you're getting is the best one available for the class of ticket you're buying?
Sharing Very Large Files
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*Use a free application to send email attachments of up to 1 gigabyte.* When you want to share a digital video or other large file with your friends and family, I recommend using MediaFire, which lets you store and share files of up to 100 megabytes. That's enough capacity for a short home video or a vacation picture slideshow. But what if you want to share a *really* big file, like an entire movie (a public domain one, of course, so you don't run afoul of copyright laws) or a PowerPoint presentation? That's where a service like Pando (pando.com) comes in handy.
Learn a New Language Online
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Learning a new language is one of the coolest things you can do, expanding your ability to communicate with people when you travel to other countries, or maybe with family members who live abroad. So maybe that one year of high school Spanish didn't stick, or maybe you've always wanted to learn Chinese, Dutch, or Portuguese—just for the heck of it! There are so many ways to learn a new language.
Design a Garden on Your PC
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Nothing's more beautiful than a flourishing garden, and your computer can help you plan one. A number of free or inexpensive online tools and resources are available that will help you create the garden design you want, whether you need help selecting just a few plants or you want to landscape your entire backyard. Choose the right plants for the right place. Today's many choices of garden design software help take the guesswork out of what to plant where.
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