Saturday, September 25, 2004
MS Wireless notebook optical mouse and a9 discount

I've been wanted a little mouse to go with the laptop for a while now, and just preordered the new ms wireless optical.  If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here.  A couple reviews here and here spoke really highly of it, and it has some cool stuff that really caught me. 

I dig how the usb piece fits in the mouse.  It also turns it off.  Claims months of battery life.  I just hope it stands up to the claims. 

So I've been using the A9 toolbar latley.  I'm quite impressed.  The centralized bookmarks are what got me to install it, and now I'm hooked on some of the features.  The diary is a very nice way to keep some simple notes on pages.  I also like how the search results are built into the toolbar even once you navigate away from the search page. 

Anyway, so I run over to amazon to get the mouse, and am surprised by an additional discount for a9 users.  Sweet.  It's pi/2, so it's a small discount, but a nice surprise nonetheless.  This is also an “unadvertised” promotion, so I'm playing good consumer and spreading the word.  :)



1/23/2005 3:53:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Update : Even though the site claims this product is not in stock yet, I think it may be. I got my shipping confirmation emails over night last night, and tracking the package says it's in KY. /me anxious to get this thing
1/23/2005 3:53:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hmmm... have you seen this article? Check it out, it's regarding A9. I wonder if you share the same concern as the author.
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<br>Me? I rarely purchase anything online. Minimal risk for me.
1/23/2005 3:53:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Oops, forgot to paste link in previous comment, here it is:
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<br><a target="_new" href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20040927102639632">http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20040927102639632</a>
1/23/2005 3:53:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Vince :
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<br>Thanks for the link. It does pose some interesting questions. I do worry about privacy a bit, and seeing some of the features of the a9 search bar is scary.
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<br>Am I worried that Amazon will drop me a link for a c# book, not so much. Am I worried that I will start to get mail from book publishers that publish c# books, a bit. For now I'll risk it, but privacy is certianly becoming something I start to think about more. Especilly in light of gmail's policies, which again I just glaze over for a feature set. I wonder if I need a fundamental shift in how I think about privacy in whats &quot;mine&quot;.
1/23/2005 3:53:11 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)


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