much as I dislike tools that try to do too much, this one deserves a look

Applelust.com: Reviews – Watson

This program rocks! [ . . . ] It’s like a Swiss Army Knife for your Mac. At first, Watson didn’t grab my attention because I thought it was just another Internet search utility. Oh how wrong I was. Watson takes the best of web-based services and packages them into a single user interface without ever touching your web browser.