nerdtastic

The blog of a bibliophile / gamer / comic fangirl / cork dork / foodie....with occasional Seattle happenings sprinkled throughout.
Mon Jun 15
Bacon maple bar and cocoa puffs chocolate donut. From Voodoo donuts in Portland!
Bacon maple bar and cocoa puffs chocolate donut. From Voodoo donuts in Portland!
Sun May 24
Agatha Christie: Agatha Christie breaks a Third World Record
Tue Apr 14
ethical thoughts on this whole episode
At this point, I’m posting these links so I can go back to them later :P
Mon Apr 13
Amazon rank
Gore Vidal, Jeannette Winterson blacklisted
The Glitch is a lie
Amazon blames blacklisting on a "glitch"
AmazonFAIL

AmazonFAIL

For the past few months, I have enjoyed giving Amazon.com my money on a weeky basis, in exchange for huge discounts on MP3’s.

It looks like I won’t be getting any new music for a while.

Amazon has essentially blacklisted gay and feminist-themed books. By removing them from best-seller lists and removing the sales rankings, it takes them out of pubic view, unless someone specifically searches for the book.Even if a book is one of the top selling on the site, it won’t show up in any searches if it is gay themed.

This kind of censoring is more subtle and risks going undetected, but it is censorship all the same. Until Amazon figures out the difference between “porn” and “gay” I will no longer be using their services.

Sat Apr 11