Domestic Geek

Since I've been kind of out of the loop the last few weeks due to the surgery, I was excited when a fellow Ravelry member informed us of Amazon's new Universal Wish List feature.

Rather than try to explain, I'll just post the blurb from Amazon's site:

Adding Items to Your Wish List from Other Websites

Sometimes you'll find things you want to add to your Wish List when you aren't browsing the Amazon.com website. That's OK, you can still add those items to your Amazon.com Wish List with the Universal Wish List Button!

The Universal Wish List Button is a browser button that will let you add items to your Wish List even if they aren't listed on the Amazon.com website. Click here to get the button!

To get the button, all you need to do is click on the image for the button and drag it to your browser's tool bar as instructed. It should only take a few seconds for the button be added and appear in your browser's tool bar.

Once you see the button, it's available for you to use immediately. When you're browsing a website and you see something you want, just click the "Add to Wish List" button in your tool bar. You'll see a confirmation screen, and the item will be added to your Amazon.com Wish List.

Check it out in action at my Amazon Wish List. As my circle of friends rely heavily on our Amazon Wish Lists for gift-giving occasions, it's so cool that we can now include other items we want that are not available through Amazon itself. It's well-timed as not only is Christmas going to be here before we know it, but my birthday is a little over a month away as well.

The only problem I have had with it so far is not being able to link the right picture of a t-shirt I want. That's not Amazon's fault, it was just the way this particular site was pulling in the product images from their database. It would be cool if you could add your own picture. Still, not a deal breaker for the whole feature in any way.

So why would Amazon add this feature? I'm guessing the answer is twofold. First, they can gather data about what people are wanting that they do not currently offer. Second, even if they do lose some sales to other sites, a person still has to go to Amazon to view your list and may ultimately purchase something else anyway. Just my thoughts. Still, a very cool feature!

Heh, I've got my dad addicted to Wii Bowling.

I just wanted to pop in here quickly let everybody know that I had my gall bladder out last Thursday, thus the lack of posting again. I was in the hospital all last week. I'll post a little more details about the ordeal later. For now, I'm just trying to get back to "normal."

I know I haven't posted the details here yet about the crap that went down at work. I'll do a Reader's Digest version (as my Mom used to say) soon. Anyway, normally I'd be stressing because I'd be leaving for work in about 10 minutes, but tomorrow is my first day back on day shifts. w00t! The hell of working 6pm-6am (and worse the Midnight to 6am shift on Wednesdays) is over. I'm going to be doing a different job than I was and honestly, this new job will be very stressful and boring, but it will be a welcome break to the PITA that my old job had become. This was a choice of a lesser of two evils, so I'm still keeping my eyes open for a better opportunity. It's still 12 hour shifts (7am-7pm) and the schedule will still flip flop every 4 months. I'll get the details later in the week as to what days I will be working. At least I'll get my Friday night date night back with Marcus and I'll be able to go to my knitting groups again. That said, I'd better head off to bed. I sure hope somebody told the evening supervisor that my schedule changed and nobody tries calling me after midnight to find out why I didn't come to work. LOL

I really missed doing these on my hiatus. This one was hard to narrow down since there are soooo many marvelous characters from which to choose!

Ten Favorite Movie Characters

1. Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
2. Severus Snape (swoon Alan Rickman!) from the Harry Potter movies
3. Tow Mater (voice Larry the Cable Guy) from Cars
4. Jay & Silent Bob (Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith - OK, that's two people, but they're really one character) from any Kevin Smith movie they are in
5. Neo (Keanu Reeves) from The Matrix Trilogy
6. Burt (Dick Van Dyke) from Mary Poppins
7. Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
8. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) from Lord of the Rings
9. Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) from The Wedding Singer
10. Austin Powers (Mike Myers)