Amazon.com

[AshleyWhittaker]

I do Amazon.ca

[bookworm]

I actually used Amazon Canada once. The American one didn’t have what I was looking for.

[jelly]

This is still my favorite thread ever.

[Tea Ess]

Hey Jelly, I found that website Google you were talking about. It's ridiculous how much I use it now. Have you ever heard of Twitter? It's a niche website that my friends and I found, and it's pretty cool.

[godisawesomeness99]

Hi. This is from when I was 14. I am now 16. So I am wiser about what I post on the internets....

[Steve]

Dude, this is the greatest thread on this website. Don't even feel bad.

[jelly]

Sometimes I think about this thread.

And how Amazon.com will probably take over the world soon.

[Catspaw]

Sometimes I think about Jelly.

And how he will probably take over the world soon.

Amazon is pretty great!I ordered a couple of used books for my mom today (at her request, not as a gift - buying things on the internet is one step past her tech preferences). It's amazing what you can all get delivered to you.

[American Eagle]

Sometimes I wish time could be rewound a decade and we could all be children again.

[Steve]

I hate that we must grow up and become physically mature.

[NatetheGreat]

[Catspaw]

Haha, that's really cute. I like it.

I personally do not see the appeal of the Alexa or any similar devices, but maybe I'm just old like that.

[NatetheGreat]

Haha, that's really cute. I like it.

I personally do not see the appeal of the Alexa or any similar devices, but maybe I'm just old like that.

Yeah... I have an Echo Dot. I don't find it wildly useful, but there are some things it's pretty nice for:

- Playing radio stations. Much nicer if you have an Echo with a better speaker, or an external speaker plugged into it. The Dot's speaker is just ok. ("Alexa, play Abiding Radio Instrumental.")
- Checking timezones. ("Alexa, what timezone am I in?"; "Alexa, what's the time in Phoenix?"; "Alexa, what's the timezone in Los Angeles?")
- Setting timers and alarms ("Alexa, set a timer for thirty minutes."; "Alexa, set an alarm for 5:30pm.")
- Adding items to a todo list / shopping list. I have it integrated with Todoist. ("Alexa, add two tons of creamed corn to my shopping list." ... )
- Playing podcasts. ("Alexa, play Stuff You Should Know.")
- Getting Amazon delivery alerts. The ring on the dot glows green when it has a notification for you. ("Alexa, what did I miss?")

It can do lots of other stuff. For instance, playing Audible audiobooks, which I should really be more into since I love Audible, but it's just more convenient to have the book walk around with me via my phone rather than having to stay within earshot of the Dot... So the above list are about the only things I find myself using it for on a regular basis.