Up until about 1:20 am (Eastern) on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Amazon was claiming that the Sony a6500 would be RELEASED for shipment that day — for those that have pre-ordered.
But, they soon changed that to:
Ditto at “B&H Photo“.
And the Sony site is still saying:
But as you know you can download the
a6500 Help Guide from here:
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Click to ENLARGE. Adult content. Some of you may be shocked.
Click here to access product listing on Amazon.
I was searching for pillows this morning (on my pad), as a possible Christmas present, when this came up. I was surprised. It is the first time I have seen anything this explicit on Amazon — though it has to be said that I have never looked for such things on Amazon.
I am actually not sure what Amazon lists and carries.
I, of course, know that my “Orgasm” book is on Amazon but it is not pornographic and has a very staid cover.
I know that Amazon has policies and it took them an unprecedented 12-hours to approve the “Orgasm” book when my other books are approved within 40 minutes to an hour! So, I assume somebody must eyeball the listings.
Other than possibly a very hormonal and frustrated young male I am not sure who would want to sleep on such pillowcases. But, each to their own.
Just thought you would be interested in knowing.
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Click to ENLARGE and glance at here. Link to Amazon to BUY the book below. {SMILE}
This book, true to its title “Quick Guide”
has lots of bullet-point, summaries, and short sentences.
I will repeat what I said on November 12, 2016 when the eBook version was published.
Mark Twain is erroneously credited as having once written: “Sorry this letter is so long. If I had more time I would have made it shorter”.
Well that was the sentiment behind this book. As I was finishing my first “Brain Meditation” book, in September 2016, I KNEW that I had made it too long and too detailed. I knew I had to do a “Quick Guide”.
So I did. Took me 2-weeks longer than I expected. But, now it is done.
Goal was to keep it pithy — as much as I could.
So I used lots of ‘bullet points’ and short paragraphs.
This was my 26th published book.
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Click to ENLARGE and read this post here. Use link above to go to Forum thread, with two posts by I, under my name, AnuraGuruge.
This thorny but waxing issue continues to linger and persists.
Yes, it is a problem for all sides. People, including I, return cameras. Retailers and manufacturers do NOT want to lose too much money on returned cameras.
But, there has to be a better, more equitable solution.
Fuji cameras, at least when I bought my Fuji X-E2s, in May 2016, came inside a sealed bag.
But, as can be seen from the Forum posts folks still have concerns.
Sony, for a fact, do not provide ANY seals on their cameras or lenses.
This, of course, is to HELP the resellers.
At a minimum all cameras, above say $450, should come sealed, in a sealed bag inside a sealed box.
There should also be a (hard to reset) shutter actuation count that can be displayed.
Otherwise we will continue to have this problem.
The supposedly new Sony a6000, I got from Amazon, albeit from ‘Cardinal Photo‘, had a shutter actuation of 19. And I will admit that that is a strange, hard to reconcile number.
I am dreading getting the Sony a6500. What will I see in terms of shutter actuations.
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This book, true to its title “Quick Guide”
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I find it both sad and funny that people will clamor
to get it when it is FREE but balk at paying
99 cents!
Yes, that is all that I charge — $0.99,
the MINIMUM price I am allowed to charge
by Amazon.
IF I had my way I will give it a way for FREE.
But Amazon only allows me 5-days
during which I can give it away.
And this is NOT the first time.
See below.
That was October 8, 2013.
I had BOTH the #1 & #3 spots!
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When we moved into this house nearly 10-years ago we had a lot of multi-light, adjustable track lights installed. There are two units upstairs in the space we use as our office/library.
These track lights take the small GU10 bulbs. At the time I got these units I never realized how difficult it is to remove and install these DAMN bulbs! You have to push, turn and pull and given the size of the fixed glass shades of these units there isn’t much room to get your fingers around the bulbs! Replacing these have been a bloody pain. So much so that I have gone for months without replacing dead bulbs.
The other day I was thinking about replacing them altogether and get some LED track lighting. That was NOT as easy as I though — getting the amount of wattage, 250W (equivalent), I sought.
Then I came across these LED GU10 replacement bulbs. Cheap enough to try.
And I did. The top ones, KINGSO 10s, with the metal heats fins, appealed to me. There are also higher output, 5W (60W equivalent) as opposed to the 3.5W (50W) ones. On Tuesday I received all the bulbs. Love the KINGSO ones. Brilliant white light.
I have tried a suction cup. But that didn’t work. Might get another one.
Check out this video. Will have to try that though I am not keen on having residue on a new bulb.
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If you read this blog on a regular basis you will know that I am HUGE fan and customer of Amazon. I, in addition to also publishing most of my recent books through Amazon, happen to be a very happy Amazon shareholder. There is not a day that goes by when Amazon is not a part of my life.
Thus it genuinely grieves me to inform you that ‘Amazon Prime Photos’, at present SUCKS.
It is quite PATHETIC.
What is the main problem. It does NOT have the capacity to handle the load. Basically it is having trouble coping with the user load — especially with Amazon also coping with Black Friday/Cyber Monday traffic.
Hopefully down the road Amazon will fix this. They just need to increase capacity.
‘Amazon Prime Photos’ appears to be based on Snapfish.
Right now it is real difficult to upload photos! Not funny.
I have managed, over 2 days, with MULTIPLE retries to load 3,602 photos. It is so slow and error-prone.
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You have have seen, on Facebook, the one being sold for ~$39.
This is the DIY equivalent and seems just as effective.
I haven’t tried to make one yet — and I did order a USED one from Amazon yesterday.
But, wanted to share this with you.
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Amazon (AMZN) stock performance vs. that of IBM over the last 5 years. What more do you need to know. Chart, of course, from marketwatch.com. Who else? Click to ENLARGE. Visit marketwatch.com to get your own.
This must have occurred to Jeff Bezos. I had already talked about this way back in October 2015.
Makes a lot of sense and there are some amazing synergies when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) (and IBM’s Watson), Cloud plays & server technologies. Plus, Amazon can tap into IBM’s still lucrative revenue streams from software licensing, product leasing and maintenance contracts. Plus, IBM still must have some choice real estate in places that should suit Amazon.
Amazon’s Market Cap is 2.4 times that of IBM’s.
I would have to think that a majority of IBM shareholders would be happy to get 1 share of AMZN for every 4.5 shares of IBM. That would put the sell price at around $177. Yes, the lack of a dividend will gall some, BUT AMZN’s amazing growth should be a compensation.
Yes, I would benefit from this in multiple ways. Yes, I am a long-term AMZN shareholder and this deal will make AMZN even sweeter down the road. Plus it will bring the two halves of my adult life nicely together. IBM was my life for 36-years. I am only ‘here’ because of IBM. A few years after I stopped doing IBM stuff, I bought into AMZN. I am NOW on;y ‘here’ because of AMZN. So, this will be perfect from my perspective.
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Nothing helps beat stress like indulging in some good chocolates.
And in these stressful days, never run short of chocolates.
Just PRESS the Amazon “DASH” button for chocolates.
Brilliant. I am so proud of Amazon and so glad that I am a (long term) AMZN shareholder.
Not for I though. I haven’t eaten anything chocolate, other than chocolate flavored yogurts, in 4 years.
But, I do try to maintain a stash of chocolates for others and for gifts. But, I am pretty good at keeping this stash replenished. So, I don’t think I will be needing this DASH button — not that I have any of DASH buttons. Easy enough for me to order online.
It has Wi-Fi inside. Wi-Fi setup using an Android or iOS APP. Neat.
Amazon’s explanation as to how it works. It is there with each DASH button. Click to ENLARGE and study here.
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Got the above in an e-mail Wednesday morning.
I was baffled; it made no sense.
Both ‘Kindle Direct Publishing‘ (KDP) and ‘CreateSpace‘ are Amazon companies — though KDP is more tightly integrated with Amazon, e.g., can reach KDP from Amazon.com (usiing same userid/password).
My books are published with BOTH.
‘CreateSpace’ has offered a publish on Kindle option for years — and actually pesters you to do so.
Yes, makes a LOT of sense to combine the two and have just one Amazon publishing company that did BOTH paperbacks and eBooks, i.e., Kindle.
But, in this instance KDP appears to be competing head-on with CS and even telling me to move my paperbacks from CS to KDP.
Does not make sense.
I went to CS to see if I can find a statement. I couldn’t. So I have e-mailed them.
I will keep you posted. Very confusing.
I had noticed that CS since September had been acting jittery. This may have been the cause.
The 36 Companies Owned By Amazon.
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This movie was in one of those e-mails last week. I added it to my Watchlist.
Being set in Australia and the 1950s time period made me think that it might be along the lines of “A Place To Call Home” — a series that we all really got hooked on.
I was right. Definite similarities.
Not a bad movie at all; at all. Actually quite a GOOD movie.
Engrossing story line. Some hilarious parts. Easy on the eye.
You will like it. Promise.
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Watched in on Amazon Prime a few days ago. Every few weeks, when I have 5-minutes to spare, I browse through the Prime movie library to see what is new.
The description for this movie caught my eye.
It was a very touching and moving movie. A few storyline themes that seem farfetched BUT a great story for today’s troubled times.
IF life really could be this simple and neat.
Heartwarming. Definitely worth watching.
Full movie, supposedly, available on YouTube (see above).
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Click to ENLARGE and view here. From ‘MarketWatch’ at marketwatch.com (SYF)
Not sure why I had NOT thought of this before. Maybe because I was already in AMZN, big time, and had been so for over 2 years.
But, this morning I happened to see SYF on CNBC and it got me thinking.
Why is it a PROXY for AMZN?
Because Amazon Store Credit Cards are issued by Synchrony Financial (via their Bank).
So more people that get Amazon Credit Cards the better it is for SYF.
AMZN at $900 is expensive and it is going up …
Yes, SYF will NOT MATCH AMZN performance.
But, SYF is 30 times CHEAPER.
So just a thought. Worth considering. I am.
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thread on “DPReview” Forums.
Such posts, which appear on a regular basis, always distress me.
Appears it is a widespread practice in the U.S. — and this is why the likes of Sony don’t put seals on new cameras!
I am sure that over the last 3 years I have ended up getting a used cameras as new.
This is my continuing nightmare.
Which is why of late I try to buy only from Amazon who claim to eschew this practice though there are those that claim Amazon is as guilty as others.
Just a heads up.
This appears to be a widespread problem. So be aware, very aware.
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Just giving you a heads up because the RENTAL OPTION for ‘Lion’ seems a bit elusive on Amazon Prime at least for now.
We found the rental option via Roku search rather than on Amazon Prime Video.
Glad we did. We did want to watch it.
Great movie BUT I do have some comments that I will write about in a separate post.
Given that Amazon rentals are only valid for 48-hours (once you start watching) we had to end up renting it TWICE — since it took us 2.5 evenings to finish watching it. No big deal. Still cheaper than going to a cinema to see it.
Definitely worth watching. Very moving.
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Day #1 and ‘Central Pain Syndrome‘ has made a mark among Pain Books.
Now if I can only sustain this.
Lets keep our collective fingers crossed.
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My ‘Central Pain Syndrome‘ book is now available both in print and in eBook format.
The eBook, though Kindle, can be READ ANYWHERE … you can read it on ANY Web Browser.
Click to access Amazon’s Web Browser-based ‘Cloud Reader’.
There is also the FREE ‘Look Inside‘ feature.
Hope these help.
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The eBook, though Kindle, can be READ ANYWHERE … you can read it on ANY Web Browser.
Reading Kindle eBook on a Web Browser.
In this case Google’s Chrome.
But, it works with all Web Browsers.
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