I graduated and moved back to the Northwest. I’m still expecting a few packages containing stuff I shipped to myself, like my bicycle, and I’ve found it really convenient to track the shipments via RSS using simpletracking.com. This works great for FedEx, DHL, and USPS, but fails to support UPS. So, I wrote my own RSS UPS tracker. Here’s an example that tracks my recent Barnes & Noble order:

http://ups.emmettnicholas.com/track.php?num=1ZV90R481290837784 (UPDATE: This particular feed doesn’t work any more since the package was delivered.)

To track your own shipment, paste the tracking number into the URL.

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