Nothing slices and dices information like the Internet. Take, for example, the Web site FlipSeek.com, which is a directory of online catalogs. The site unites information already available to ...

Doug Krizner: On today’s list of annoying things: unwanted catalogs stuffed in your mail box. Now there’s an online service to help you choose what you get, and it saves a few trees along the way.

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...