Specifications

interface makes creating your invitation
fun, walking you through styles and images,
offering suggestions, and even helping
locate supplies. A message board is auto-
matically created to let invited guests chat
before the main event.—Jeremy A. Kaplan
Skeptic
www.skeptic.com
Skeptic is a playground for those who face
life with an incredulously raised eyebrow.
Debunkers can find videos, articles, and
podcasts that cast doubts on controversial
subjects from UFOs to, uh, the existence of
God.—WR
Money and Career
BullPoo
www.bullpoo.com
The scatologically named site is an online
community where investors can swap tips
(or stocks) and talk money. It includes built-
in stock-ticker features, solid blog content,
and virtual brokerages for conducting
online trades. A leaderboard displays the
net worth of the top ten users.—KM
Indeed
www.indeed.com
Bored with your job? Search Indeed.com
for something new. It checks job Web sites,
newspapers, and company career pages
by keyword and location to fi t your needs.
Or browse jobs alphabetically by state,
category, company, or job title. Save your
searches and have them delivered to your
inbox or via an RSS reader.—JLD
Kiva
www.kiva.org
Put your cash to work helping those less
fortunate with Kiva, a site that makes small
loans to deserving entrepreneurs world-
wide. You might choose to fi nance a bou-
tique in Kenya ($200), help an Ecuadorian
shopkeeper diversify into toys ($600), or
fund the launch of a fi rewood business in
Uganda ($350). You can lend as much or
as little of the total as you like; Kiva takes
care of tracking the loan and getting your
money back.—SC
Rentometer
www.rentometer.com
Rentometer compares your rent with the
rest of your neighborhood. Just enter in
your address and how much you pay—no
personal information is saved—and the
site will let you know if you’re paying
more, less, or the average compared with
users in your area. A Google Map shows
logged rents, so you know which doors
to knock on to score that rent-controlled
place of your dreams.—WR
Trulia
www.trulia.com
Whether you’re looking to upgrade, move,
or flip undervalued property, Trulia has
the sound real-estate advice and extensive
home listings you need. It provides you
with all the vital stats for your new neigh-
borhood, including schools, local buying
and selling trends, and purchasing advice
from local real-estate agents.—CI
Music
AllHipHop.com
www.allhiphop.com
More than just record reviews and indus-
try rumors, AllHipHop.com includes a
large archive of editorial content. Its in-
depth interviews with both stars and up-
and-comers are must-reads.—Dan Evans
Amie Street
www.amiestreet.com
Amie Street applies the simple economic
principle of supply and demand to music
selling. New or not-as-popular tracks sell
for less, and popular tracks sell for more.
Tracks start off free and go up to $0.98 as
they catch on. The site gives new bands a
way to get their music heard, and listeners
get a free way to check out new bands, so
it’s a win/win!—KM
Beethere.net
www.beethere.net
Going to live music shows can be a has-
sle, but finding good shows in your area
doesn’t have to be part of the problem.
BeeThere makes it possible to track your
favorite artists and their tour dates in 800
cities, using your iTunes collection as a
starting point.—Brian Heater
Imeem
www.imeem.com
Imeem is a social-networking/music-
discovery site that’s becoming one of
the Web’s most popular destinations for
the young. With an attractive design and
partner ships with Warner Music, SnoCap,
and Pitchfork, it’s sure to catch on with us
old folks as well before too long.—BH
Musicovery
www.musicovery.com
This free music player asks you to plot
your mood on a spectrum and then creates
a chart of songs to fit that mood. Narrow
your results by genre, year, and whether
the tunes are hits or not. It’s a great way to
discover new music and find the perfect
tunes to fi t your day.—KM
SingShot
www.singshot.com
Why sing in the shower? The SingShot
online community provides a way for
crooners, belters, and the tone-deaf to strut
their stuff. Record to karaoke tracks, rate
others’ recordings, and enter your songs
into member-initiated contests.—Gina Suk
Slacker
www.slacker.com
This Internet radio service was a bit slow
in getting online, but with a name like
“Slacker,” what do you expect? It’s been
BULLPOO An investors’ online community for swapping tips and making trades.
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