Like da fonts?

If you are a font fanatic like me, you will love this site : Dafont.com. My dream come true - tons of free, no strings-attached fonts that you can easily download with a couple clicks - no account or personal info needed. There are so many user-submitted fonts here which are all organized under categories such as old school, gothic, medieval and retro. Type you favorite word or idea into the search engine and I bet you'll be surprised that there is a font for it :)

Easy auctions

I've been looking for an easy way to list eBay auctions for a long time and have tried many different freeware/shareware programs, but never found one that I really liked. While I might be the last one to figure this out, I finally found Auctiva. There's no downloading required with this one because it's all online in one easy, user-friendly Web site.

Auctiva lets you create listings for free and even posts them to eBay for you. The site offers tons of cool templates to make the listing look more professional and eye-catching and offers tons of customizable options that can be saved to a user profile so you can apply them easily to any of your auction listings. I still haven't found a catch to it being free, however maybe if you dive deeper into the features and want additional usability and even more options, there might be fees involved. For now, it is definitely the solution I have been looking for and has already helped me sell several items within the past week.

Band in a box

I knew the day would come when the console gaming world would combine Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution to make the ultimate singing/performing gaming experience. I just read an article on Gamespot that reveals a partnership between Electronic Arts and Harmonix for a PS3/XBox 360 game called Rock Band that will allow users to essentially live out their big rockstar wannabe dreams.

"It's essentially taking the core play premise of Guitar Hero but just expanding it hugely along every axis. We're building it out into a complete band experience, with guitar and bass and drums and singing, including very deep and expansive online game play. Huge recording artists are going to be in the game, including original multitrack master recordings in a lot of cases, which has been amazing." How wicked is this going to be?!

Shoes glorious shoes

I am sure many of you have heard of THE place to order shoes on the net, but if not, here is a tip for you - go to Zappos. Any shoe in any style, size or brand you will most definitely find here. Overnight shipping is almost always free - which is totally awesome. But the best thing about Zappos.com is their customer service (sounding like a commercial here I know). But I have to say I was very impressed with how they handled a recent complaint of ours. I ordered my fiance a pair of shoes and within a week, the seams opened and they were falling apart. I told him to call Zappos so they could send him a new pair. Not only did they overnight him a new pair, but they also gave him a slight refund because the price of these shoes had dropped by a few bucks. While Zappos prices aren't as much of a steal as they used to be, they are a wonderful online retailer to do business with.

A movie lover's friend

I love going to the movie theater - nothing beats a bag of yummy, buttery popcorn, a large diet coke and a great flick. However, these days I am a little more reluctant to go see a movie based on its trailer or what the local newspaper said. There is one source on the internet that I completely trust to give me the real scoop when it comes to motion pictures, Rotten Tomatoes. The site rates each film from 1-100, with a score of 50+ being "fresh" and a score of less than 50 being "rotten." The site compiles reviews from all over the country and averages them into this overall score. I enjoy reading snippets of the reviews and have found that the site is dead on accurate. If a movie I've been wanting to see scores a 34, but I just had to see it anyways - I always regret not listening to the Tomato.

Kayak.com

As an addendum to my last post about mobissimo.com, another fantastic site that scours tons of travel sites for best airfares is Kayak.com. You might have better luck with this one because it uses a different search algorithm to get its results.

I just booked my two-week honeymoon trip to Rome, Italy for get this, $600 roundtrip per person leaving out of NYC. That's pretty much unheard of for summer travel to Italy :)

The ultimate airfare search engine

If you are like me, when you are getting ready to book a flight online, you just don't pick your favorite airline and book the tickets - you comparison shop. Well this process is not only incredibly tedious, but completely ineffective. I say this now because I have finally found a great web site and resource for searching for the lowest airfare - domestic or international.

Mobissimo.com scours 173 sites directly for the dates and specifications you are looking for in a flight. They look at all the major airlines, travel agent sites, you name it. If you only want a non-stop flight, you can specify that, you can look for just a one-way fare or trips with multiple stops. This site really is ingenious and works. What's funny now is that airlines now usually offer their lowest rates directly on their web site, taking out middle men like Orbitz.com and Travelocity.com.

Besides an airfare search, you can also do the same for hotels and rental cars. I suggest you add this one to your bookmarks because it will win you over the first time it helps you save $100+ on tickets :)