Monthly Archives: February 2005

Just crazy enough to do it. . .

They’ve done it. They have unleashed AMAZON PRIME.

Which isn’t really anything, other than a way for Amazon to “announce something” and still seem like innovators. Here’s the deal: For a $79 annual fee, you get “free, unlimited” two day shipping. Which of course doesn’t mean anything. If you read the terms and conditions, they can “exclude products in [sic] our discretion.”

This is very similar to signing up for a discount membership with your credit card, which is great if you use that credit card everywhere, but for the most part, odds are, you will not “earn” back that annual fee.

You’d have to make a dozen or so orders with Amazon, and opt for expedited shipping, in order to break even. And then there is the fact that Amazon offers free shipping anyway.

Dave, I can feel my rice. . . cooking.

I’ve finally decided on a rice cooker.

In the end, “Rice Princess” gave way to the “Rice of Tomorrow, Here Today!”

Yes, I know that I am paving the way for our robot overlords. But the alternative?

Eating rice from a teflon compromised cooker.

That and cross referencing the star charts with the tidal schedule just to eat rice was getting cumbersome. Now, “Neuro Fuzzy Logic” can take all of the associated measurements (over the internets!) and make sure that my rice is perfect–each time!