I get a lot of spam like everyone else. I noticed that I was getting a large amount of spam offering to sell me brietlig something or other. After about the 300th email I finally broke down and googled to figure out what this brietilg thing was.
It turns out it’s an expensive watch in the same class as Rolex. The first link was to Amazon.com so I clicked it to see what was so special about these things. Well, I was logged into Amazon when I did this, and now Amazon thinks I want to buy expensive watches.
Apparently there is a lot of profit margin in these things because Amazon _really_ wants me to buy one. I know this because I also express a lot of interest in cameras, books and gadgets, yet Amazon isn’t pushing these things nearly as frequently as they’re pushing the watches.
I hate to tell you this guys but it is going to be a _long_ time before I consider purchasing a > $1,000 watch. I’m not interested in looking at them, hearing about them, seeing pictures of them or _knowing anything more about them_. I wish there was a way to definitively tell Amazon to forget I clicked on a link to their site about watches.
Amazon, if you’re listening, I want you to send me ads about [kindles](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA?ie=UTF8&tag=bearfruitorg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000FI73MA) and [50mm f1.4 lenses](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009XVCZ?ie=UTF8&tag=bearfruitorg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00009XVCZ) and [books about web services](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596529260?ie=UTF8&tag=bearfruitorg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0596529260) and [Christian rock CDs](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VLPV5M?ie=UTF8&tag=bearfruitorg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000VLPV5M).
Cure for the summer blues? First of all, who has heard of the “summer blues?” Secondly, how does spending $400 on an electronic gadget chase away the blues? Has our society really embraced the concept that spending money on expensive toys will make you happy?
Oh, here are some other cools things: a sweet FedEx clock (staring at it is kind of like staring at fire – captivating), and a video of a couple putting to gether a massive Star Wars interstellar starship destroyer lego model. It took 10 hours, but the video rocks. I’m not sure which is better, seeing the completed project in only four minutes, or actually making it. I’m satisfied with watching the video. Install the DivX player first, then use a mirror for downloading the video.
Google is watching you… I’ve always trusted Google, and I still do, kind of. But I was startled to see some Google ads while reading Gmail that were not releated to my current email, but instead were related to a search I had performed the previous day. Hmm… Google watches you and remembers your searches for future advertising. Check the link for details.
It leaves me self conscious about what I search for. If Google is going to profile me by my searches, do I really want to be known as the guy who searches for B52 lyrics? (what does, “Tin roof! Rusted!” mean, anyway?)