One reason Amazon.com has been such a succes has been its massive inventory;  they stock just about everything you could ever need. As it happens, they also stock quite a few items that, well let's just say that I'm not...

You call it sad and pathetic; I call it creative problem-solving. And they're reusable, so it's an eco-friendly choice. Link via Geekologie | Amazon Link...

Oddee has screenshots of ten funny Amazon.com reviews, such as this customer's complaint about faulty packaging for a shipment of uranium ore. What a ripoff! I hope he got his money back. Link via Ace of Spades...

I guess that in scientific publishing, there's no such thing as bad publicity. The textbook Get a Grip on Physics by John Gribbin, featured in Tiger Woods' recent SUV crash, has shot up the bestseller list. Its Amazon...