The holiday season is the perfect time for quick and easy online shopping. Nick explores ways to keep up with the high demand and increase online sales during this busy time of year.

Until recently, Web sites have been limited to a few Web-safe fonts. Mike explores some new tools that help you customize your Web site with your favorite fonts.

Creating interactive timelines can be simple. With an easy-to-use interface, Dipity allows you to upload descriptions, images, URLs, videos from video-sharing sites and even locations that display via Google Maps. With a simple code snippet, the timeline can be embedded into your own site and registered users can comment on your content. There are four different payment plans, including a free personal version.

Example timelines:

• Tom Cruise
• Phoenix (Band)
• Apollo (not the Boxer from Rocky)
• H1N1 Vaccine

Greasemonkey is an add-on for the popular open-source Web browser Firefox. Greasemonkey allows you to customize Web sites using Javascript. You don’t need to be a programmer to use it, either. If you can install a program, then you can use Greasemonkey. One specific Greasemonkey script I like adds Twitter Search Results on Google when you do a Web search. Remember, these are user-generated scripts so use caution when you install them.