Продолжаем экскурсию по хранилищам данных. Сегодня на повестке дня Amazon SimpleDB . Amazon SimpleDB is a web service for running queries on structured data in real time. This service works in close conjunction with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), collectively providing the ability to store, process and query data sets in the cloud ( отсюда...

Well, after my post the other day explaining (excitedly, I might add) that my book is up and available at Amazon and that the initial discount had gone up from $11.00 to $14.52 to $15.10 - it is back down today to $11.55! So my question is, did someone at Amazon think my joking was a complaint? Or is this just a random decreasing of my price, and if so - why? If anyone understands this kind of...

So... after some research... For all you PStkers and anyone else who reads this... do you all prefer white... or cream colored paper? :D

I got $5 off both of the big games I got this week... in a sense... weird. At Best Buy, I used a $5 off coupon to buy the Fallout3 guide. Well, amazon has the hardcover guide for less than BB has the regular guide, so i took it back. the girl at the register refunded me for the whole price. i was honest and showed her where i used the coupon, but since it wasnt attached to that one item on the...

I had  NOOOO idea this was out! I hope it stays on the shelf until Christmas!!! Lookie, Lookie, Lookie !!! ::jumps up and down::

...I originally thought it would! That means June, 2009. Specifically, June 11, 2009, but who's counting?! Um, me. And that closely relates to my third point, which is that my book is now available on Amazon for pre-sale!! I just can't believe it. Go ahead, look at the link: http://www.amazon.ca/When-Whistle-Blows-Fran-Slayton/dp/0399251898 . Two funny things about this -- first, I learned it was on...

...the Road is on sale for $12 !!! Patterns are also marked down. Aaaamazing. You can also take advantage of the October pairing of Knit 1 for the Road with Knitting for Dummies on Amazon. You can still Knit Along for Scarves from the Heart ! First person to send in a pic for the reader gallery on knit1fortheroad.com will receive a pair of The...

New experimental Amazon interface! http://windowshop.com/ Fast, and snazzy.

...version of *shrug*. I don't think there's really a polite way to say that I don't know because I can't usually be bothered with gloves myself unless there's a risk of frostbite. *g* I am LMAO that Amazon UK sent me an email about a sale on erotica books - and even more so b/c half of the ones shown are on exhibitionism. Apparently recs are made by searches as well as wish lists! *snicker* Awww....

Крупнейший онлайн-магазин Amazon.com опубликовал свой финансовый отчет за третий квартал 2008 г. Чистая прибыль компании увеличилась на 48по сравнению с тем же периодом прошлого года и составила $118 млн или 23 цента за акцию. Доход вырос на 31до $4,26 млрд, сообщает АР Однако несмотря на рост прибыли Amazon понизил свой прогноз на доходы в этом году до суммы от $18,46 млрд до $19,46 млрд, тогда как...