Goods & Services & Auction
http://newyork.craigslist.org – the ebay of new york
http://www.ebay.com- if you can’t find it on craigslist
http://www.half.com – ebay’s other half, fixed price listings, good for books and music
Audio and Home Theatre
http://www.audiogon.com – high end audio auction
http://www.ccrane.com – badass radios
http://www.avsforum.com – great site for home theatre
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com – dvd shootout is legendary
http://www.audioreview.com – good consumer review site
http://www.audioadvisor.com – recommended online audio store
http://www.stereophile.com – the industry rag
http://www.usedcable.com – great cable deals
http://www.audioasylum.com – crazy audio discussion
http://www.bluejeanscable.com – sweet cable at reasonable prices
Music, Movie and Books Retailers
http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com – the cheapest place for new DVD’s
http://www.deepdiscountcd.com – the cheapest place for new CD’s
http://www.cheap-cds.com – good prices, fast site, fast shipping, no frills
http://www.jandr.com – good prices, good selection of cd and dvd
http://www.buy.com – buy.com is back, excellent prices, good selection
http://www.amazon.com – what more you can say, they’ve got it all
http://www.gemm.com – interesting idea, though I’ve never bought anything here
http://www.bn.com – free delivery in manhattan and same day shipping
http://www.bookfinder.com – i bet you can find it here
http://www.bookfinder4u.com – like bookfinder, but compares prices with shipping
http://www.bookpool.com – books for Techies
Movie Info and Tickets
http://www.moviefone.com
http://www.fandango.com
http://movies.yahoo.com
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
Cameras
http://www.bhphotovideo.com – the best camera shop in NYC, maybe North America
http://www.adorama.com – the 2nd best camera shop in NYC
http://www.dpreview.com – the best camera review site
http://www.dcresource.com – a decent camera review site
Comparison Shopping Sites
http://www.froogle.com
http://www.mysimon.com
http://www.dealtime.com
http://www.streetprices.com
http://www.pricewatch.com
Consumer Rating Sites
http://www.resellerratings.com – an excellent source of info when buying online
Music Information
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com – the indie strikes back
http://www.icemagazine.com – new releases
http://www.elviscostello.info – everyone should bookmark it
http://www.pollstar.com – upcoming concert information
The Elvis Costello Discussion List Archives – costello-l for those in the know
Music Blogs
http://www.productshopnyc.com – New York music and politics blog
http://www.brooklynvegan.com – music and photos from a vegan in Brooklyn
http://www.stereogum.com – once in a while, I check this site
http://www.oneloudernyc.com – decent New York music blog
http://centralvillage.blogs.com – ditto
Gossip
http://www.gawker.com – Manhattan based gossip site
http://www.thesuperficial.com – Like a nastier US Magazine
http://www.gothamist.com – New Yorky stuff
Real Estate Blogs
http://www.curbed.com – NY real estate blog (now includes LA)
http://www.brownstoner.com – The Brooklyn Brownstone blog
Watches and Clocks
http://www.finetime.com.tw – check out what’s new
http://www.timezone.com – check out the sales corner
http://www.weatherconnection.com – check out the atomic clocks
Humour
http://www.theonion.com – hilarious
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html – get your war on rocks!
Food
http://www.chowhound.com – great resource for foodies
http://www.zagat.com – looks like whole guide is online
Aggregation Services
http://my.yahoo.com – excellent service
http://www.yodlee.com – actually better than My Yahoo
http://www.avantgo.com – best palm app?
Online Photo Albums
http://www.shutterfly.com
http://photos.yahoo.com
http://www.kodakgallery.com
http://www.snapfish.com
http://www.flickr.com
Person to Person Online Payment
http://www.paypal.com
http://www.bidpay.com
Internet Downloads
http://cws.internet.com
http://www.tucows.com
Directories
http://www.infospace.com – next best thing to phone book
http://www.canada411.com – canada’s phone book
http://www.switchboard.com
http://www.anywho.com
http://www.yahoo.com – it used to be a directory
http://www.lii.org – sort of like what yahoo used to be
Technology News
http://www.engadget.com – best tech blog
http://news.com.com/ – Cnet news
http://www.atnewyork.com – great daily email
http://www.fuckedcompany.com – a mix of debauchery and news
New York Specific
http://www.manhattanusersguide.com – great site for city dwellers
http://www.dailycandy.com – every girl’s best friend
http://www.timeoutny.com – TONY knows New York
http://www.nymag.com – New York Magazine has a great website
http://www.gothamist.com – Bloggy New York
http://www.audienceextras.com – my only regret is not joining sooner
http://www.nytheatre.com
http://www.villagevoice.com
http://www.theatremania.com
http://newyork.citysearch.com
http://www.mta.info
http://www.njtransit.com
http://www.ny1.com – the only local news worth surfing to
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc – when NY1.com is down
http://www.nycbeer.org – mmmm, beer
The no-brainers (well mostly):
News
http://www.nytimes.com – all the news that’s fit to print
http://www.cnn.com – this is cnn.com
http://www.globeandmail.com – canada’s newspaper
Sports
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
http://www.usatoday.com
http://www.nhl.com
http://sports.yahoo.com
Travel – Reservations
http://www.kayak.com – The best travel metasearch engine
http://www.mobissimo.com – Another travel metasearch engine
http://www.expedia.com
http://www.orbitz.com
http://www.travelocity.com
http://www.hotwire.com
http://www.priceline.com
http://www.overstock.com
http://www.destina.ca – for those who love to travel to Canada
Travel – Miles
http://www.flyertalk.com – flyertalk rules! look here before you book
http://www.freefrequentflyermiles.com – the travel experience of Gary Steiger
http://www.webflyer.com/blog – View From the Wing – Gary Leff’s blog
Financial News
http://finance.yahoo.com
http://www.globeinvestor.com
http://www.hoovers.com/free/
Search
http://www.google.com – really the only search you need
http://toolbar.google.com – get the toolbar already
http://www.clusty.com – as good as google, but less scary.
http://www.teoma.com – pretty new, supposed to be good
http://www.wisenut.com – ditto
http://www.a9.com – the new search from amazon.com
