Game Deals on eBay

I just scored a brand new copy of the much-ballyhood PC game F.E.A.R. for $34 shipped. That's about $10 less than the best price I could find from online merchants. My source? eBay, of course. If you're a price-conscious game shopper, eBay should always be your first stop. I always save at least a few bucks by going the auction route, even when I use Buy It Now.

Best...Firefox Extension...Ever

I don't know about the rest of you, but I use TinyURL quite a bit. In case you're not familiar with it, this handy Web-based tool turns those long, unwieldy, impossible-to-type URLs into, well, tiny ones. Here's an example: http://tinyurl.com/68b33. The only downside is that you have to manually copy the URL in question, visit the TinyURL Web site, paste in the address, and click "Make TinyURL." That's FOUR steps!

Enter TinyURL Creator, a Firefox extension that adds a TinyURL-creation button right to your toolbar. All it takes is two clicks to copy the current URL to the clipboard, and you never have to leave the site you're viewing. Awesome. Just one more reason I'll be sticking with Firefox over the long haul, regardless of what goodies Microsoft manages to pack into Internet Explorer 7.