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Cruise says...

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Last time i checked, everyone likes looking at pictures... right? Well i thought i would give a heads up to a couple of my choices for some great photography books. There are quite a lot of books that i think stand our in this category and i might revisit this and share a few more in time but the one I'm focusing on at the moment is the new release from National Geographic.

Its called "The Image Collection", and its a Hardcover with 512 pages of color and black and white photographs. It celebrates 120 years of photography within the National Geographic Society and features famous and some unseen photographs.

Another one, again from National Geographic which was released last year is called "The Photographs", and it features the award winning pictures we all know and love and it tells the stories behind them.

Both of these books are incredible. Well worth investing in.

You can pick them up at Amazon from the links below.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Geographic-Collection-Leah-Bendavid-Val/dp/1426205031/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259176308&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Geographic-Photographs-Collectors/dp/1426202911/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259176340&sr=8-9

     

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soopsworld says...

I get it. I get why Amazon and sites like it do the suggestions thing but I don’t half get narked by it sometimes. Admittedly it is indeed ridiculous to get offended by a widget, and a not particularly imaginative widget at that, but I guess I take my taste in music (and dvds, books and erm, well all sorts of other random stuff you can buy on Amazon these days) fairly seriously.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of your fascists in this area, I have an open mind and indulge in a spot of Girls Aloud or Britney when the mood is right. Quality pop is something to be appreciated and respected, I just don’t like crap. All fine, and to be fair, Amazon haven’t recommended crap, I think I just get mildly offended at a website function having the audacity to suggest music to me, someone that spends so much time hunting out new music. CREDIBLE music.

Of course this is all relative, music as an entity is such a personal medium – people use music as a way of sculpting their own identities and finding common ground with others (God that sounded wanky, but you know what I mean), they judge other people by their taste in music and in the case of music lovers, ok – this particular music lover- they judge the people that claim they don’t have any taste in music whatsoever, or worse, they claim they don’t really care about music at all. You can probably imagine how well that little gem has gone down in the past. Everyone has their thing, I get that – not THAT much of a fascist, but seriously, I do get pretty judgemental about people that claim to not have any interest in any form of music whatsoever and never listen to it. Imagine that...

Anyway, back to Amazon. I think I get so irrationally offended at the recommendations widget function thingy is that, despite the amount of music that I buy from Amazon, it suggests that I am so clueless about music that I wouldn’t have heard of Florence & The Machine, Ladyhawke or Fleet Foxes. It’s not even really about those 3 artists which to be fair, you may not have heard of at all if you aren’t particularly into pop music and that’s totally feasible and fair enough. I am though, so I think I’m justified despising the stupid goddamn ‘I  know what you like’ Amazon widget. Yes of course it’s all based on bloody minded-ness and a somewhat immature insistence on being an INDIVIDUAL with a mind of my own. I get sucked in by advertising/marketing like everyone else, despite my feeble attempts to fight it. On that note... I am by no means not a sucker for consumerism, baby, and I'd like one of these for Christmas thanks : http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/what-scent-drives-you-today

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Techbax says...

Just noticed that Amazon are selling the Squeezebox Boom at a discount again: http://bit.ly/84csJ4 *

I love my Boom - the sound quality is absolutely amazing for such a small box. I can stream my music from my PC, or via the web... I can even control it via an app on my Android phone (I believe the same is true of the iPhone). It's not all perfect - controlling the settings via the small screen can be a bit tricky, but all-in-all a piece of tech joy!!

 

*=affiliate link.

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Mo Hall says...


Amazon have announced a new firmware update for their Kindle ebook reader that can apparently boost battery life by up to 85-percent. With wireless connectivity turned on, the Kindle now runs for up to seven days rather than the previous four-day battery life; however the non-wireless runtimes are unchanged, suggesting the firmware applies to the Kindle’s modem. The software also adds a native PDF reader to the ebook device.

con't at link ...

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Daniel says...

Kindle Opens the Door to Pirated E-Books amazon tech (RT @ courtenaybird @jwyarow) http://ow.ly/FiSb

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Amazon is running some amazing specials right now on all kinds of electronics. You can check them out right now by clicking on an item in the slideshow below. Many of the items also have additional special offers to help you get even more for your dollar.

Here are a few especially good deals that you might want to check out right away as the special offers are expiring soon (some expire today).


Amazon.com Widgets

 


Amazon Black Friday Deals in Electronics

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busterbuster says...

Quick review of my International Kindle, in case someone else is looking to purchase a US version and import it over to another country.

Pros:

  • I can actually use the wireless Whispernet service internationally…but if I want to wirelessly download books, it costs an extra $1.99/book…that’s not bad (BUT, see the cons below for using Whispernet for more regular updates for blogs, periodicals, etc)
  • The Kindle is super lightweight & can't wait to travel with it
  • It's pretty (see image at the bottom)
  • I can purchase books online, and then synch it via USB to my Kindle, so I do not need to incur wireless charges (although the synching is not intuitive)

Cons:

  • If I want updated daily blogs & periodicals, there is a weekly $5.00 charge (that can get expensive over the course of a year!) - no Techcrunch for me I guess…
  • The Kindle store on my Amazon account is not that intuitive
  • Apparently when charging my Kindle through my computer using the USB, I cannot use the Kindle for reading…the error message makes no sense (will post a picture later)
  • I had to switch my home country from the UK to the US on my Kindle Amazon settings to get a better catalog of books
  • At first it was quite unclear how to get blogs & periodicals onto my Kindle - the User Interface is not that intuitive
  • I would prefer a touch screen
  • It would be nice to be able to adjust the contrast of the screen text (maybe there is a way?)
  • Unclear how easy it is to damage the Kindle…if I drop it, am I out of luck?  Does the screen scratch?

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mlapida says...

After my little trip to the bookstore today, I decided I would probably need a book on Google App Engine as well, since it does slightly differ from standard python, and the datastore, Google's databases, are very deferent than anything I've worked with in the past (read: relational).

i.e. To use a database in Google app engine, you must write it as a class:

 
class Greeting(db.Model): 
 author = db.UserProperty() 
 content = db.StringProperty(multiline=True) 
 date = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now_add=True) 

This class goes within the code, and can be written to through statements such as:

 
greeting = Greeting()


if users.get_current_user(): 
 greeting.author = users.get_current_user()


greeting.content = self.request.get('content') 
 greeting.put() 

In this sample from Google, you can see the program checking to see if the user is logged in, requesting the "content" input field from the form and sending the data to the datastore. Much more on all this to come, but for now you can find the standard tutorial on how to do this on Google's own code site. Unfortunately the book is just on preorder; fortunately it is released at the end of this month, so I wont be waiting too long. In the meantime, I'll be catching up on this python.

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schmiddi says...

Now, Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has come up short on the inventory of units for its device–the Nook. The book retailer chain said “Preorders have exceeded our expectations.”

Barnes & Noble and Sony came into the e-reader market to challenge the extremely successful Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle which has established a large enough market to prove the devices are popular. Several research firms say that they expect e-reader sales to hit three million this holiday season. Amazon is the only competitor in the field which has effectively managed its inventory. That leaves Barnes & Noble and Sony with little more than the embarrasement of botched launches.

reading stories like these just make me wonder who is paying people like douglas mcintyre ... but it certainly explains why they don't allow comments on their site.

so more or less what doug says is that b&n sucks because it's nook is selling like hot cakes ... and he praises amazon because the kindle is sitting idle on store (at least virtual ones) shelfs. yes the nook won't be shipping before christmas, but that is only for those people that haven't ordered one yet. those that have will get theirs before christmas ... and there seem to be so many of them that is by far outstripped the plans of b&n which very likely are based on sales forecasts for ebooks like the one cited by doug.
in the past the business press has been fairly pessimistic for ebook readers and their sales potential. so now that one company is having success in selling one it gets dinged for underestimating the market potential.
i am sorry, but what doug is missing here is a bigger story and that is that ebook readers are becoming much more popular than most people following the space have thought so far. at least that is what this tells me.

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papaiFelps says...

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Acabei de receber um mail marketing da Amazon divulgando um desconto de $250 numa câmera da Canon, modelo Vixia HF200. Opa, descontão, não? Ao entrar na página do produto me deparei com a galeria de fotos (alimentada pelos usuários!) e em uma das fotos mostra-se este modelo e o HF100. Passando o mouse sobre a foto pode-se ver 2 notes, um para cada produto. Incrivelmente, no note da HF200, assunto do mail marketing que recebi, tem o seguinte comentário "Canon VIXIA HF200 - terrible camera." E no note da HF100 "not great. but not bad." Estranho, não? Na página de venda do produto um comentário o desqualificando? Eu acho no mínimo fantástico! Isso que é a internet 2.0, a internet livre, de todos. E o que a Amazon ganha com isso? Confiança. O usuário não se sente enganado porque a verdade foi dita e não escondida. Mas o que mais me surpreendeu nesse caso foi que provavelmente o usuário comprou o produto ali, não ficou satisfeito e ainda utilizou a ferramenta do próprio site para se expressar, na cara! Seria normal se ele tivesse feito isso em seu blog, twitter, facebook, orkut e provavelmente ele também o fez. Viva a liberdade de expressão. Parabéns Amazon! Que todos sigam o seu exemplo :)

Para ver a imagem com os comentários, clique aqui http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B001OI2Z2I/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_2?ie=UTF8&index=2

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