If you're a fan of the deal-of-the-day Web site Woot! then you know Woot-offs (like, ahem, today!) are a big deal. That's when the deal-of-the-day becomes the "the deal that changes at random intervals throughout the day." There are some great bargains to be had -- if you have the time to babysit the site all day and wait for the new deal to be announced.

If you have, you know, a life, then download these handy Woot watcher tools and put them to work for you. The Windows-only Woot Agent pops up a notification on your screen when an item changes or sells out, while the Woot.com Widget for Mac lets you order the newest deal right from your dashboard.

What method do you use to make sure you never miss the Bandolier of Carrots?

Oh the humanity! It's a bird, it's a plane! In the course of human history, there have been many sentences that demanded an exclamation point. But very rarely, if ever have we been able to issue three completely appropriate exclamation points in one sentence: Woot! and Yahoo! have announced a partnership!

If you don't get it yet, the exclamation points are actually part of both company's names. Well, kind of. Woot includes one in its logo, but not in most references to the company name. As for the last exclamation point, that's just there to express our own excitement.

Woot, for the uninitiated, is a website that offers one item for sale each day, usually at an extremely deep discount. There's a limited supply of each item, and if it sells out, you're out of luck until the next day when something else goes on sale. Occasionally the site goes crazy and has a Woot Off where as soon as one item sells out another is made available until the company decides it's over.

Apparently Yahoo! has approached Woot about offering a daily Woot item through Yahoo! Shopping. Starting at midnight tonight, there will be a new Woot item available from the front page of Yahoo! Shopping every day. It will be a separate item from the one sold that day at Woot.com. The upshot for Woot is that more customers will learn about the company (and buy products from it). And Yahoo! gets a little geek cred, and a daily sale item for its front page.