Music on Amazon

Amazon now has a kind of cool feature where you can turn your purchasing history into a sharable bookshelf. The above collection is a random selection from the music that I've purchased over the years. Pretty slick, really.

Spies Like Us makes Austin Powers cheaper?

I just noticed that the Austin Powers collection has some odd pricing on Amazon. The Blu-Ray edition of the Austin Powers series is $20.49 right now. The regular DVD version is $10.99. However, the collection of the first three Austin Powers moves plus Spies Like Us (no, I have no idea why) is $9.99. So the studio will effectively pay you $1 if you're buying the Austin Powers movies to also watch Spies Like Us. Interesting...

Windows 7 Release-Day Shipping

I'm not a fan of Microsoft Windows, but sadly I play video games that are best suited to running under Windows, and my laptop's Blu-Ray drivers don't play well with Linux, so I'm stuck running Windows in two places. Vista has been a chore, and from what I hear from my Windows-savvy friends, Windows 7 really improves on Vista. Call it "the apology," if you will (side note: I'm still waiting for my apology for Highlander II, which I saw on opening night with stratospheric expectations...)

So, now Amazon is offering something pretty sweet. You can pre-order Windows 7 from them and have it delivered to you on release day. They did this with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King as well, and I did get that delivered on release day, so I'm signing up for the same deal with Windows 7. The really nice bonus is that, being a Prime member, I get this option for free. No delivery charges!