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Is there a way to fake an area code in a phone call?
Could you get a a cheap cell phone and activate it in a different area code?
Yeah, In the realm of the cheap, when I registered my TracPhone they just had me give a prefix that was local/area and my name for the display. I could have registered any name any where, I suppose.
You could try buying a calling card on the Internet.
Most of the time when people I know use a calling card, it comes up registered to the card company, and doesn't transmit the originator's caller ID. This caused a bit of a problem when I had a card and tried calling people on their cell phones, they had no idea who was calling.
there is always MagicJack. $20/year for a phone number that you choose where you want it from.
The missus is looking for a wiki to host the goings-on of an international scholarly committee. She's looking for a hosted service, not just the software. And it should be free. Does such a service exist and are they any good?
Ideally, the college that hosts the organization of which the committee is a part will let them glom onto whatever they use for courses; this is in case a Plan B is needed.
wikispaces: [link] (my go-to option, good solid basic wiki tools without a lot of fuss)
pbworks: [link] (lots of different price points/options; a fair bit of upgrade-hints, but note free option cleverly hidden on the "academic pricing" page)
wikia: [link] (but this one always seems more oriented towards big public projects on a particular subject, rather than project wikis for a specific group, conference, etc.)
you're welcome -- it's always nice when stuff I know off the top of my head can be, you know, actually useful.
I love it when that happens. Win-win!
MoinMoin has a free desktop wiki program: [link] which intrigues me. I could annotate EVERYTHING!
Milliways: the unreleased Infocom sequel to HHGG
The saga:
[link]
the game itself, playable online:
[link]
I had a very similar question to Jon's. I tried to find an answer on my own (ended up at google sites. We'll see.), but I'll take a look at those, as well.
Thanks, amy
