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/