An explanation re: AmazonFail, though it's mostly Amazon doing some mea culpa and not really explaining what really happened.

Still, it was kinda fun watching all the conspiracy theories popping up today. I don't know which one is my favorite -- Weev confessing -- the post is locked now, but Gawker has it -- or the stuff about the French dude. *g ( Read more... )

Amazon Rank /googlebombing because the Smart Bitches are awesome.

If you don't know what's going on: Amazon.com has stripped sales ranks from most GLBT books. Their excuse is that they're excluding "adult" material from searches and best seller lists. GRRR. List of books already affected.

Twitter is ahead of the revolution: #amazonfail. Keep ( Read more... )

BetterWorldBooks.com: you buy new and used books from them and in turn you're helping them fund literacy initiatives all over the world. They offer free shipping within the US; about $4 worldwide [per book, which is still REALLY cheap for me]. They also accept Paypal, which is a huge plus for me as well.

And the whole thing seems to be ran by real ( Read more... )

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Procrastination is an art.

( Book meme that's been making the rounds. )

I can't stop listening to Jenny Wilson's Love & Youth album. So damn good.

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Last week, Clara and I figured out the perfect lyrics to a Bright Eyes song entitled The Butterfly, the Flip Flops, the Drawer and Me, about a girl who killed herself because Bright Eyes didn't call her. Except we didn't write it down and now it's all lost except for the ( Read more... )

Biennial Book tomorrow! Biggest book expo in Latin America EVER! YAY ( Read more... )

TUESDAY!

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Everytime I hear this song I think of The Da Vinci Code. Because never in my life I've read another book that wanted to be a movie SO BADLY.

And that is not a compliment.

*g*

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I know I have headers to make. I promised, so they'll happen. I WILL make them. ::vows:: But I need something easier to distract myself this week, or I' ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of picking up Religion. If only so I could promise to deprive myself from something basic in life [like drinking Coca-Cola, or dyeing my hair] in exchange for this weather to GO. THE FUCK. AWAY ( Read more... )

Um. ( Alias: A Man of His Word )