A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Monday, February 22, 2016
Amazon Free Shipping
I have usually taken the slow boat option when ordering from Amazon, since it saves me a few dollars. Amazon is raising the threshold for free shipping from $35 to $49. I feel like this is a move to push more people to Amazon Prime.
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Amazon
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection
Well, I missed it... a Kindle version "boxed" set of all the Harry Potter books was on sale for $15.
It's back to $56 now. I'm posting it anyway, since the internet and this blog are substitutes for actually remembering anything.
Via Kinja Deals
It's back to $56 now. I'm posting it anyway, since the internet and this blog are substitutes for actually remembering anything.
Via Kinja Deals
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Amazon and Zombies
I don't really think of Amazon as has having a sense of humor, but in the Amazon Web Services terms:
"57.10 Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems. Your use of the Lumberyard Materials must comply with the AWS Acceptable Use Policy. The Lumberyard Materials are not intended for use with life-critical or safety-critical systems, such as use in operation of medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, aircraft or air traffic control, nuclear facilities, manned spacecraft, or military use in connection with live combat. However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization."Via @timbray
Monday, February 8, 2016
Morning Star
I really enjoyed the first two books in the Red Rising series. I'll be downloading the last book in the series tomorrow: Morning Star: Book III of The Red Rising Trilogy.
Red Rising: Book I of The Red Rising Trilogy: Amazon 4.5 / Goodreads 4.22 Stars
Golden Son: Book II of The Red Rising Trilogy: Amazon 4.7 Stars / Goodreads 4/49 Stars
Red Rising: Book I of The Red Rising Trilogy: Amazon 4.5 / Goodreads 4.22 Stars
Golden Son: Book II of The Red Rising Trilogy: Amazon 4.7 Stars / Goodreads 4/49 Stars
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
$10 Amazon Echo
So not exactly a $180 Amazon Echo, but for about $10 you can get something pretty close:
"For the 3rd instillment of my “Putting Alexa on all the Things” series I’ve got Alexa up and running on a CHIP."
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Amazon,
Cortana,
Siri,
Voice Control
Monday, December 28, 2015
Amazon Cloud Drive
Unlimited storage for 1 year for $10 using Amazon's Cloud Drive. I've not used the Amazon cloud. Does anyone have any experience with it? OneDrive/Office365 and Dropbox are $70 and $80 respectively for 1 year and 1 TB. (With Office 365, you do get to use Office during that same time frame, so not exactly apples to apples.)
Monday, November 30, 2015
Kindle Book Cyber Monday Sale
I'm going to pick up a couple of cheap Kindle books from the Cyber Monday sale at Amazon.
I've never read any of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber, so I'm going to get the first one: Swords and Deviltry. I'm also gonna try Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix Plus. Both are just $1.99.
I've never read any of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber, so I'm going to get the first one: Swords and Deviltry. I'm also gonna try Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix Plus. Both are just $1.99.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Cheap Amazon Prime
You've probably seen this elsewhere, but if you want (need?) Amazon Prime, you can get it for $67 today only.
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Amazon
Thursday, September 17, 2015
A Six Pack of Tablets
Forget sharing with friends and family, you can have one for every room in the house!
Get a six pack of Amazon Fire 7" tablets for the price of five:
Get a six pack of Amazon Fire 7" tablets for the price of five:
"To take advantage of this offer, select 6 in the quantity dropdown and add to your Shopping Cart. Enter promo code FIRE6PACK at checkout where you will see the discount applied."
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Cheap Kindle Books
I've not read of the "50 Shades" books, so I can't comment, but I liked Ready Player One, The Martian, A Game of Thrones (duh), The Kite Runner, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl. My wife loves the Outlander books.
$2 Kindle Books
$2 Kindle Books
Monday, August 3, 2015
Outlander Books
The wildly popular Outlander series has a sweet Kindle deal right now... a bundle of the first seven books for only $2.
Friday, June 12, 2015
ARRL Extra Class License Manual Kindle Version
The ARRL announces that the Extra Class License Manual is now available in a Kindle version:
"The Kindle edition from Amazon completes the suite of ARRL license manuals available in e-book format."
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson has a new book: Seveneves: A Novel. I obviously like his stuff as he made the cut when I purged books a while back. I've only started reading the sample of this one, but I came across this in the first little bit:
"Rufus, a die-hard ham radio enthusiast who still communicated in Morse code with a dwindling circle of old friends all over the world, had pointed out that radio transmission between the ground and Izzy was actually rather easy, given that it was line-of-sight (at least when Izzy happened to be passing overhead) and that the distance was nothing by ham radio standards. Since Dinah lived and worked in a robot workshop, surrounded by soldering gear and electronics workbenches, it had been a simple matter for her to assemble a small transceiver following specifications provided by her dad."Izzy = The International Space Station. Guess I'll be forking over the money for the full book soon.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
The Martian
All my "for fun" reading has been set in space recently... I finished The Martian by Andy Weir not too long ago.
Apparently some people need to read the book to understand how difficult it would be to live on Mars.
Apparently some people need to read the book to understand how difficult it would be to live on Mars.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Game of Thrones - All 5 Books for $24 (Paperback)
Just ahead of the season six start...
Once upon a time, you could get all five Game of Thrones (Kindle) books for $10. (Currently, $20 for the Kindle versions.)
If you prefer the dead tree version, you can get the paperbacks for about $24.
Once upon a time, you could get all five Game of Thrones (Kindle) books for $10. (Currently, $20 for the Kindle versions.)
If you prefer the dead tree version, you can get the paperbacks for about $24.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Microsoft Water
Google: Earth
Apple: Air
Amazon: Fire
Microsoft: Really needs to make something called water…
— Dr. Sheldon Cooper (@SheldonSaid) March 6, 2015
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Deal
I decided to go with a traditional laptop at work, but I had the option of a Surface 3 Pro. If you are thinking about one, Amazon has a pretty good deal: $100 off, plus a $100 Amazon gift card.
Via Kinja Deals
Via Kinja Deals
Friday, December 12, 2014
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