Aug 15 2011
Decide.com and shopobot.com
These help assess the best time to buy electronics. They help you decide when to buy, what to buy, and how much to pay. Decide.com covers only TVs, cameras and computers. These websites give the best price and retailer name.
Submitted by Jack Batterson

eBay.com
Did you know that you can search by city and state for postcards and pictures? For about $5 one can buy several Ellis Library postcards that show the front entrance.
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Thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html
Vaisala Lightning Explorer displays recent lightning activity across the entire continental U.S.
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http://www.AllRecipes.com/Recipes/bbq–grilling
See this to get the best BBQ recipes. This is a comprehensive site with recipes, videos and meal plans.
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http://www.traffic.com
Like Mapquest.com and Google maps, this is another way of getting directions from point A to point B. I like getting directions from all three so I can be sure to get the latest information. This site goes further by offering email alerts when there are traffic jams in your area. The alert tells you how fast cars are going, and travel time.

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http://livewxradar.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=30
This is another option for weather watchers to use in addition to the Weather Underground. Of interest are the “Really Big HD radar” and “Live storm chasing.” The Live storm chasing provides a live steaming video of storm chasers as they drive across the Midwest searching for tornadoes. For serious weather folks, there is the “cool weather links” page.
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