Archive for October 27th, 2010
Using Amazon EC2 as a web proxy
27Oct10
I’ve been meaning to try this out for some time, and my recent trials with Amazon’s US Kindle Store prodded me into action. The theory Popular SSH clients (like OpenSSH and Putty) have features that allow tunneling. Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) normally have some way of being administered over SSH. So… start up an EC2 [...]
Filed under: cloud, howto | 11 Comments
Tags: amazon, AMI, ec2, howto, OpenSSH, proxy, Putty, SOCKS, SSH, web
Is zero weight a feature?
27Oct10
As I’ve spent more time with my Kindle I’ve been paying more attention to eBook prices. My conclusion is that zero weight (or perhaps just the novelty of eBooks) is a feature, and one that the supply chain thinks is worth a premium. Pricing Typical pricing for eBooks seems to be the same (or just [...]
Filed under: technology, could_do_better | 4 Comments
Tags: DRM, kindle, ebook, amazon, pricing, international, used, second hand, grey market
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