How to Spend Your Money

If you received gifts of money over the holidays, there are experts in cyberspace who will cheerfully advise you on how to spend it. Two credible sources recently have come to our attention:

• Uncle Mark 2007 Gift Guide and Almanac (PDF): (Uncle) Mark Hurst says, "Sure, plenty of websites and magazines – even Consumer Reports – can give you 17 different options of digital cameras, but that doesn’t help much. You’re not asking to see all the available choices. . . . A better question is, which ONE product should you buy, and why?" Uncle Mark tells you which one product to buy among all the major consumer technology products.
• Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools: "Cool tools really work. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that is tried and true. I am chiefly interested in stuff that is extraordinary, better than similar products, little-known, and reliably useful for an individual or small group." Use the categories in the left-hand margin to find your interest areas.