Ever since getting myself a new cell phone, well, we call them “device” now, I have been trying to use it to the fullest. I have also subscribed to an unlimited 3G data plan so of course if I do not use it, I will feel I have wasted money since it is already paid for in advance.

A friend of mine, an early adopter of 3G service, told me about TxtVox.com which is an information on demand service via SMS text.

Firstly, we have to register with TxTVox.com and then select from a vast range of SMS service and customize the delivery of these messages. Information will then be delivered to our cell phone as and when we have set them to.

TxtVox.com is a free service but your mobile service company may impose charges on the SMS received so you may want to check it out with your provider first. Get alerts to your cell phone now! You want to be in the loop, don’t you?

The internet is so wide that it is definitely not easy to keep track of websites and blogs. We wouldn’t even know if someone mentioned our name.

I recently made use of Google Alerts and set it to alert me every day when my name is mentioned anywhere on the internet. So far, it has brought me many sites that were irrelevant but there have been times when Google Alerts brought me the right info.

However, because I have set it to alert me once a day, by the time I receive my alert, I already have found out who wrote about me. But think about it. It’s not always that we are so lucky to be alerted by fellow internet users and it is not always that we get an incoming link alert on our WordPress blogs. In fact, there was once when this incoming links alert did not update for almost a month.

This is where Google Alerts come in handy. As I use it, I keep on adding words that are relevant to my name or online ID and I am surprised with the kind of alerts that are picked up. Even though some are wrong, I still get great reading material out of the articles.

A friend of mine is addicted to World of Warcraft and so are many of HIS friends. Perhaps it is because I am only a small time WoW player that I do not understand the magic of the game.

This friend told me about a website, called WoW Trades, that he has discovered where registered members, totalling 4,000 and counting, could buy, sell or even trade WoW accounts. Although I am not a major WoW fan, I was told about this because my friend knows that I am interested to learn about various auction platforms.

WoW Trades is said to be the leading WoW auction marketplace for trading and auctioning of WoW accounts and virtual goods, items that WoW characters have garnered in the game.

Browsing through the auction and trading site, I must say that it is in a very systematic order that makes the site so easy to navigate. Items are listed according to type of trade – standard auction or trade offer and it is fairly easy to look for a particular item.

Buy It Now feature is also available and I have been told before that WoW accounts could command over a thousand dollars so I am not surprised to see the prices listed on WoW Trades.

As with any auction, one could get really lucky, or one could end up paying higher than expected but only people who have been engaged in bidding wars before would understand the excitement.

Just like auctions on eBay, WoW Trades offer Sellers the ability to allow only PayPal verified members to bid on their items. What a great feature to protect the auctions. According to WoW Trades, they close hundreds of auctions successfully every month and I am not surprised since it is so easy to bid and trade!

Today is my friend’s birthday, but he won’t let me know the year he was born in. Yea, guys can be sensitive about age too, you know?

Anyway, last night I was blog hopping and came to know of this website which I find totally fascinating. Well, I have already checked my own birthday and name and also my siblings and some friends.

I am not sure if it is accurate or not. If the data on me is positive, you can bet that I hope they are accurate!!! But whether 100% accurate or not, I do see some accuracy. Perhaps you would want to try them out.

Check your birthday here: http://www.paulsadowski.org/BirthDay.asp

Check your name here: http://www.paulsadowski.org/Numbers.asp

Let me know if you find them accurate! Good luck and have fun!!!