I am a big fan of shopping on Amazon.com. The prices are usually competitive and the variety can't be beat. Being online, it makes comparison shopping a breeze. Most of the time I am shopping for a specific product from a specific brand. Sometimes when I am looking more generally and weighing my options, I have had a few times when I seem to be faced with no good choice as all … [Read more...]
You can now use cash to buy from Amazon.com
Major internet retailer Amazon has made it to show with more options and competitive prices. Not everyone has a credit card or debit card or feels comfortable linking it to their account. Amazon's new feature should solve that problem. Amazon Cash allows you to visit select retailers and deposit money to your Amazon balance for no fee. You pay them cash and they credit your … [Read more...]
April Fools Day 2017 around the web
April Fools Day is upon us once again. What weird ideas are out on the web this year? Previous compilations: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Google always puts a lot of effort into their April Fools gags, so we'll start there. Google Gnome is Google Home for your yard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOllWX-2aE Haptic Helpers - VR feedback … [Read more...]
You can now attach money in Gmail on Android
AOL mail voice: You've got money. Need to send somebody some money? You can now use the Gmail app on Android to send it just like you would send a picture. Simply compose a message and choose the Attach paperclip. Then choose Send Money. Enter the amount to send from your Google Wallet account and send your message. The person receiving the money will get an email … [Read more...]
Free book: Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
Site reliability engineering is treating your operations/production environment like a software problem. Monitoring performance and other metrics are key. It's what makes an outage of Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, and other Google products so rare. You can learn from the folks at Google with a free O'Reilly book Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production … [Read more...]