Goods & Services & Auction
newyork.craigslist.org – the ebay of new york
ebay.com – if you can’t find it on craigslist
half.com – ebay’s other half, fixed price listings, good for books and music
Audio and Home Theatre
audiogon.com – high end audio auction
ccrane.com – badass radios
avsforum.com – great site for home theatre
hometheaterhifi.com – dvd shootout is legendary
audioreview.com – good consumer review site
audioadvisor.com – recommended online audio store
stereophile.com – the industry rag
usedcable.com – great cable deals
audioasylum.com – crazy audio discussion
bluejeanscable.com – sweet cable at reasonable prices
Music, Movie and Books Retailers
deepdiscountdvd.com – the cheapest place for new DVD’s
deepdiscountcd.com – the cheapest place for new CD’s
cheap-cds.com – good prices, fast site, fast shipping, no frills
jandr.com – good prices, good selection of cd and dvd
swappa.com – get your next phone at swappa
amazon.com – what more you can say, they’ve got it all
bn.com – free delivery in manhattan and same day shipping
bookfinder.com – i bet you can find it here
bookfinder4u.com – like bookfinder, but compares prices with shipping
bookpool.com – books for Techies
Movie Info and Tickets
Slashfilm.com
fandango.com
Yahoo! Movies/
boxofficemojo.com
stubhub.com
Cameras
bhphotovideo.com – the best camera shop in NYC, maybe North America
adorama.com – the 2nd best camera shop in NYC
dpreview.com – the best camera review site
dcresource.com – a decent camera review site
kenrockwell.com – Ken Rockwell’s informative and opinionate (mostly) Nikon site
bythom.com – Thom Hogan’s excellent Nikon site
Comparison Shopping Sites
mysimon.com
dealtime.com
streetprices.com
pricewatch.com
Consumer Rating Sites
resellerratings.com – an excellent source of info when buying online
Music Information
pitchfork.com – the indie strikes back
elviscostello.info – everyone should bookmark it
pollstar.com – upcoming concert information
The Elvis Costello Discussion List Archives – costello-l for those in the know
Music Blogs
stereogum.com – while not as unique as it once, the ‘gum is still required reading
QRO – Ted Chase is still banging it out!
consequenceofsound.net – one of the best indepedent music blogs on the net
(Check my blogroll for lots more)
Gossip
thesuperficial.com – Like a nastier US Magazine
gothamist.com – New Yorky stuff
Real Estate Blogs
curbed.com – NY real estate blog (now includes LA)
brownstoner.com – The Brooklyn Brownstone blog
Watches and Clocks
finetime.com.tw – check out what’s new
timezone.com – check out the sales corner
Humour
theonion.com – hilarious
superdeluxe.com – comedy vids
funnyordie.com – more comedy vids
mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html – get your war on rocks!
Food
chowhound.com – great resource for foodies
zagat.com – looks like whole guide is online
eater.com – national restaurant blog
menupages.com – all sorts of menus, very useful
newyork.grubstreet.com – NY Mag’s food and restaurant blog
Aggregation Services
my.yahoo.com – excellent service
yodlee.com – actually better than My Yahoo
Online Photo Albums
shutterfly.com
picasa.google.com
kodakgallery.com
snapfish.com
flickr.com
Person to Person Online Payment
paypal.com
Internet Downloads
cws.internet.com
tucows.com
Directories
infospace.com – next best thing to phone book
canada411.com – canada’s phone book
switchboard.com
anywho.com
yahoo.com – it used to be a directory
lii.org – sort of like what yahoo used to be
Technology News
engadget.com – best tech blog
gizmodo.com – second best tech blog
news.com.com – Cnet news
atnewyork.com – great daily email
allthingsd.com – Wall St Journal tech blog
appleinsider.com – one of the top apple rumor blogs
tuaw.com – another good Apple blog
New York Specific
manhattanusersguide.com – great site for city dwellers
dailycandy.com – every girl’s best friend
timeoutny.com – TONY knows New York
nymag.com – NY Mag has a great website
gothamist.com – Bloggy New York
audienceextras.com – my only regret is not joining sooner
nytheatre.com
villagevoice.com
theatremania.com
newyork.citysearch.com
mta.info
njtransit.com
ny1.com – the only local news worth surfing to
abclocal.go.com/wabc – when NY1.com is down
nycbeer.org – mmmm, beer
The no-brainers (well mostly):
News
nytimes.com – all the news that’s fit to print
cnn.com – this is cnn.com
globeandmail.com – canada’s newspaper
Sports
sportsillustrated.cnn.com
usatoday.com
nhl.com
sports.yahoo.com
Travel – Reservations
kayak.com – The best travel metasearch engine
mobissimo.com – Another travel metasearch engine
expedia.com
orbitz.com
travelocity.com
hotwire.com
priceline.com
overstock.com
destina.ca – for those who love to travel to Canada
Travel – Miles
flyertalk.com – flyertalk rules! look here before you book
freefrequentflyermiles.com – the travel experience of Gary Steiger
View From the Wing – Gary Leff’s travel blog
Financial News
Google Finance
finance.yahoo.com
globeinvestor.com
hoovers.com/free
Search
google.com – really the only search you need
clusty.com – as good as google, but less scary
bing.com – microsoft has finally come up with decent search engine
teoma.com – pretty new, supposed to be good
wisenut.com – ditto
a9.com – the new search from amazon.com