"Pedagogically, it's a neat tool to teach compression," she said in an e-mail.
One especially neat tool in Pecheux's little black bag is Estée Lauder's Prime FX Face Definer ($25 at www.esteelauder.com).
And they have also created a neat tool to let you add an extra list of links on the side (as mentioned above, but available for any list, not just books or CDs).
It was a neat tool – as an uncensorable global publisher of last resort, and as an electronic outlet for leaking the new kinds of huge database the computer age is bringing into existence.
My real grumble comes from the fact that they have built a very neat tool that allows you to list your favourite books and CDs, and it automatically links to them on Amazon.
In February, a start-up called Room 77 debuted a Web site that gave travelers a neat tool for scoping out the location of specific hotel rooms, including the view from the windows, without actually having to traipse to the room to check it out in person.
