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Consumptivity

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Realtime budget overview

Mint

Cheap prescription eyeglasses

Optical4less * Goggles4U

Search multiple Craigslist cities/categories

Crazedlist

Professional, scientific outdoor supplies

Ben Meadows Catalog

Keychain cash stash

Cash Can

Catalogs of potential presents

Gift Guides 2008

Motherlode for all outdoor gear

Cabela's

Old-fashioned tool resource

Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog

Thrift store eBay

Goodwill Online Auctions

Recyclable, commercial packing material

ExpandOS

Fair-trade ticketing

Brown Paper Tickets

Ultra-cheap, simple cash clip

Money-Band

How to declutter your life

It's All Too Much

Diary of local, green living

Farewell, My Subaru

Making money from films

Getting Paid

How to publish this blog

The Tools of Cool Tools

Lightweight, packable sacks

ACME Workhorse Bags

The 200 best documentaries

True Films eBook

Classic, great outlets for gifts

Go-To Vendors

Compendium of product reviews

Wired Test

Recycled moving boxes

U-Haul Box Exchange

Be(a)ware of how your belongings could track you

Spy Chips

Simple intro to ethical consumerism

Shopping with a Conscience

Encyclopedia for (bright) green living

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Seeking the origin of our food

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Best documentaries ever

True Films 2.0

Free guides to geeky gift stuff

Guides to Gear

Austerity minder

Handy Adder

Landscaping tools

A. M. Leonard

Really smart yellow pages

Yokel

DVD Online Publishing Service

Lulu

Genuine aviation surplus

Boeing/Pratt & Whitney Surplus Sales

Special metal working tools

Eastwood Supplies

True Films 1.1

Hacking iron

Lindsay Publications

Outdoor tool supermarket

Gempler's

Micro-niche, long-tail publishing

How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon

Old book; new cheap digital version

Cool Tools

Bargain tools

Harbor Freight catalog

The satisficing approach to shopping

Costco

Global Amazon shopping

Pricenoia

A Wired Consumer Reports

TEST

Better than the yellow pages

Google Local

Meta review site

Consumer Search

A REVIEW OF REVIEW SITES

Stuff for free

Freecycle

Source for old-fashioned Amish clothes and goods

Gohn Bros.

Better than mail order

Google Catalogs

Hardware hacking magazine

Nuts and Volts

Impossible to find on the web site

Amazon's 800 number

Tracking the sales of items on Amazon

Junglescan

Personalized swag

CafePress

Where to get earliest gadgets

Dynamism.com

The best way to find products

Froogle

One-stop blog of latest techno-gear

Gizmodo