Net.philes

A nifty little idea that some millionaire in the making has come up with, friendsreunited.com does “exactly what it says on the tin.” It contains a nationwide database of primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom, and if you enter your details and your year of graduation it will show you all the alumni who have registered from your school, and more specifically your year. Somewhat surprisingly, the word is already spreading--my old secondary school had 121 people listed, about 20 of whom were from my year. If your former classmates have entered personal information you can read about what they are up to in the new century. The catch--there's always a catch with sites as useful as these--is that you have to pay a subscription of £5 a year to be able to email your old friends.

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