Rob from the always-entertaining-but-hard-to-describe science/prank/DIY/investigative journalism site Cockeyed.com had the brilliant idea of making an Amazon Kindling– a wireless wooden e-book (which uses no electricity….), and we were pleased to help out. You can read his writeup here. You can buy your own on eBay [...]
Continue ReadingSimilar features to the regular Kindle but it boasts a 9.7″ diagonal e-ink screen. This new screen is capable of the same 16 shades of gray for clear text and sharp images as well. The form factor is larger in all dimensions as well; 0.02″ [...]
Continue Reading“Simply compare the iTunes Music Store and the Amazon MP3 Store” This helpful little script will locate any song or album you’re currently viewing in the iTunes Music Store and display it for purchase on Amazon. Since iTunes launched their variable pricing on most of [...]
Continue ReadingAmazon is on a roll! They already have their S3 grid storage system and now they’ve release their EC2 elastic compute cloud. Basically image (Amazon Machine Image AMI) driving, instant virtual servers that can be setup and running in minutes. From what I can see [...]
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