itunes movies and you know you're a geek when...

Last night, we tested out itunes movie downloads. It's great. Unlike Amazon Unboxed, it's fast, you can start watching the movie before it's fully downloaded, and the whole process is "Apple elegant." The movie we chose wasn't very good, but we can hardly blame Apple for that (Spiderman 3, avoid it, you have been warned). The comment was made that it is "frustrating" that you can't get new movies until 30 days after their dvd release. Really though, who are we kidding? I am not exactly current with new releases. I'd call that one a nonissue.

And in a slightly off-topic comment... you know you're a geek when... you take unboxing photos of your new light. I got this Le Klint light for my office, and it arrived in an enormous box, with a box inside, and yet... another box inside. The anticipation of lighting goodness was great...

Amazon.com at the Forefront of Web 2.0

Amazon.com has been integrating AJAX, tags, blogs, and wikis to their e-commerce website. As with their product reviews, recommendations, and lists, these tools give consumers the ability to add their knowledge and opinions to products. This post on The New Face of Amazon speaks favorably of these innovations, even if Wall St. disagrees.