Do you need something to send to someone special?  Do want to send something unique and meaningful but without breaking the bank?  Rattlebox.com is a website that produces unique video e-cards for any occasion.  According to Rattlebox:

Rattlebox.com is the best site on the web for free video ecards that don’t suck…  Rattlebox provides 100% free, edgy, alternative video e-cards.  With over 1,000 fully customizable free online ecards to choose from, Rattlebox offers the unique opportunity to produce and share messages with real entertainment value…  Rattlebox video ecards range from sexy, provocative, adult ecards to sweet love e-cards without the sappy suck factor.

If can’t find a card that you like you can also use Rattlebox to upload video and create your own e-card from scratch.

http://www.rattlebox.com/

Do you love April Fool’s and need some last minute ideas?  Do you just want to know more about it?   AprilFools.com is a website that is all about April Fools day.  According to April Fool’s: “April Fools Day, sometimes called All Fools Day, is the day of unknown origin.  Yet, most of the western world knows this is a day set aside for good hearted pranks, hoaxes, gags, and giggles.  It is a day that the gullible, well…watch out!”

Categories include: practical jokes, safe pranks, fake news headlines, office pranks, and top april fool’s jokes.

http://www.aprilfools.com/

Have you had enough of all the Valentines day hoopla yet?  Are you disgusted by how everything is fake, exaggerated, and overly sweet this time of year?  At meish.org/vd you can send virtual Anti-Valentines cards through Facebook and just about every other social networking site on the web for free.  According to Meish:

The idea of the site is to provide an alternative card-sending service for all the people who think Valentine’s Day is sickly-sweet, exclusively coupley, consumerist nonsense or otherwise a bit naff…  Valentine’s Day is like herpes: just when you think its gone for good, it rears its ugly head once more.  No wonder some people prefer to call it VD…  This year, celebrate or commiserate by sending an anti-valentine. Stick two fingers (or one, if you’re that way culturally inclined) at any organisation with a vested interest which prescribes how and when to show your feelings.  This year, don’t say it with flowers: say it with bile.

http://www.meish.org/vd/

NewYears.EarthCam.com is a website that shows live footage of New Years celebrations in major cities around the world including the celebration in Times Square, NY.  The sight shows a live webcast with streaming video and audio from multiple cameras.  There is also a countdown to tell you how much time you have left.   While you’re waiting you can watch archives from 2009.

(Programming Note: No post tomorrow. Happy New Years everyone!)

http://newyears.earthcam.com/

NORADSanta.org is website with a Santa tracking service where you can follow Santa’s Journey around the world on Christmas eve.  NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) is a bi-national air defense command created by the governments of the United States and Canada.  According to NORAD: “For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.  NORAD uses four high-tech systems to track Santa – radar, satellites, Santa Cams and fighter jets.“  In addition to the regular Santa tracker you can also track Santa in Google Earth.  There are also Santa cams placed in various locations around the world.

(Programing Note: No post tomorrow. Marry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!)

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html

UglyChristmasLights.com is a website that posts pictures of Christmas lights that have gone a bit beyond tasteful into the realm of delightfully tacky.  According to Ugly Christmas Lights: “This site is here to show those houses where the residents are likely celebrating a happy holiday, but have no sense of decency.  We will show the garish, the ugly, the weird. For your own sake, and the sake of your neighbors, do not try this at home.”  If one of your neighbors is testing the boundaries of good taste with their light display you can submit a picture.

http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/

Think it’s too late to send out Christmas cards?  Not if you send eCards.  Care2.com has a wide variety of Christmas themed eCards that you can send for free via email.  Many of cards contain things you won’t find on traditional Christmas Cards like music, animation, and interactive things to click on.  There are also eCards that let you download and add a photo for a personal touch.  Sending Care2 eCards generates donations to several different charitable organizations.

http://www.care2.com/send/catxmas1.html

Too late to mail Santa a letter? Not if you use email. SantaMail.com is website that allows you to send Santa your Christmas list via email. According to Santa Mail: “Don’t have Santa’s address at the North Pole? Send him an email! Compose your “Dear Santa” letter right here on Santa Mail and leave the delivery to us.” After you send your letter to Santa, you can also share it with people that might actually get you something from your list, on Facebook and Twitter.

http://www.santamail.com/