wishlists

Tomorrow I will be 34 years old. This amazes me.

PS: It’s not too late to get me something nice.

Y’know what I want? I want to be able to click anything, anywhere, and add it to my amazon.com wishlist. (Note that that is a link to a Google Search on the term “amazon wishlist” and not another shameless plug for my own wishlist.) Like this pendrive, f’rinstance. What a great little toy! I want one. I really, really want one. But I don’t have the cash right now to buy one. And I don’t want to forget about. Is someone at amazon working on this? Dan? I’d think they’d be all over that. Click here, click there, click anywhere. I’m not even restricting this to the web, either. I want to be able to click on a CD at my friend’s house and add it to my wishlist, too. I want to be able to click without, say, having to be sitting at my computer. Dig? Is someone working on that?

I just added The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog by Rebecca Blood to my Amazon.com wishlist Way to go, Rebecca!.

Hey! TheBrad just noticed that Amazon.com’s wishlist system is failing bloggers. If you try to click on someone else’s wishlist, Amazon displays your own wishlist instead (if you have one). That means that since I have a wishlist there, I can’t see anyone else’s! The hell? What did they change? Has anyone else found a way around this problem?

(with a <grin> and a <wink>)
Aside 1: It sure would be nice if TheBrad had a comment system.
Aside 2: It sure would be nice if TheBrad had permalinks to individual entries.

I have to see if there’s a way to add this pen to my Christmas wishlist. I love cool pens. There are dozens of really awesome ones at Levenger. If you love pens as much as I do, check out the Fisher Bullet Space Pen. It fits in your pocket (and anywhere else!) and is one of my favorites.

Today is June 5. That means there are twenty-one days until the 26th. That’s three weeks to you and me. Yes. You know what happened in 1973 + three weeks ago? I knew you did. That’s right. My birthday is approaching. I’m giving you plenty of notice. Buy me a present!

The ACME Chocolate Registry: For those of you that want everyone to be able to get you the chocolate you want.

Wow! I got my second Christmas present today, thanks to the Weblogger Gift Exchange (created by bjb) and Tara @ ratcrap.com. Adcult: The Triumph of Advertising in American Culture. It’s a great book! It was written by one of my professors at UF and is an excellent read. Thanks, Tara!

A few days ago I received my first Christmas present of the year! It came from an unlikely source, and it is certainly appreciated. It’s a book called Prisoner’s Dilemma by William Poundstone. The book is about game theory and its relevance to nuclear proliferation and the Cold War and it is excellent. I’ve read it several times (and am reading it again now) but didn’t have my own copy. I’ve bought the book at least five times, but I keep loaning it to people and have gone a year or so now without my own copy. My public thanks, Dan! I love books. Read ‘em constantly. Re-read ‘em all the time. A wonderful gift …

Did you know that if you go to amazon.com and create a wishlist, or if you make a purchase for me from my wishlist you not only have a chance of winning $5,000 - or something like that - but you also increase my chances of winning all the other things on my wishlist?

Friends:

• Bob Grimmer’s wishlist
• Terry Ornelas‘ wishlist
• JJ Hamilton’s wishlist