Sick

April 15, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Miscellaneous 

I think I have a cold coming on. I’ve got a sore throat from post-nasal drip, and I can feel my sinuses getting clogged.

Good timing – I’m on vacation next week. I’m supposed to have a flying lesson on Saturday.

To top it all off, our company has a policy that says you need a doctor’s note to be out sick on the day before or after a vacation. So, I’ll have to come in tomorrow regardless of how I feel – who’s going to run to the doctor and pay a $15 co-pay to get a note that says you have a bad cold?

Harumph.

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Amazon’s A9 Search Engine

April 15, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Web/Tech 

Amazon.com has come out with their new A9 search engine. This is their attempt to make a run at Google and Yahoo.

I took a look today. If you sign in (with your Amazon.com account number), it will remember your searches for you. It also knows what you clicked through them to get to and will tell you that in your search results.

This site came up 5th when I searched for “Mark Time”. That’s pretty good – I’m further down the list for Google.

All in all, A9 is worth watching but Google still has it beat for now.

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