The Things I Purchased

This is everything that I have purchased from Amazon.com since... it looks like 1999. See if you could spot my purchases trending upward when I hit dotcom pay-dirt in 2000 and hit investment bank pay-dirt in 2002. This is probably 90% of the books, DVDs, and video games I have consumed in the past 6 years, which really isn't that bad, considering. I had to munge the output from the Amazon.com order history webpage with a bit of Perl and some other tricks so that I could hide the order numbers and recipient names (no, I didn't buy Pat the Bunny for myself, or, unfortunately, the large-ass television). In the process I lost all the links to the item detail page for each individual item; when I get around to it I'll try to merge the links back, so you could easily figure out what something like V is.

Books
100 Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings15-Jan-05
2003 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market23-Aug-03
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius19-Dec-03
Almost No Memory5-May-03
Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming29-Aug-03
"Arc D'X by Erickson, Steve"7-Dec-03
Collected Fictions20-Oct-04
Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books23-Aug-03
Days Between Stations: A Novel7-Jul-03
Doyle Brunson's Super System15-Sep-04
Foucault's Pendulum15-Apr-04
Get Your War On15-Sep-04
Get Your War On II15-Sep-04
Girl With Curious Hair10-Oct-03
Goodnight Moon Board Book14-Dec-03
"HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition"2-Feb-05
Horses : Photographs14-Dec-03
How to Lie With Statistics23-Jan-00
How to Read a Poem. . . : And Start a Poetry Circle17-Mar-01
Invitation to a Beheading25-Jul-00
Java in a Nutshell : A Desktop Quick Reference23-Jan-00
Just Java 223-Jan-00
Learning Perl (2nd Edition)17-Mar-01
Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking15-Sep-04
Mao II15-Sep-04
Of Mice and Men17-Mar-01
Oracle Night : A Novel16-Feb-05
Oriental Vegetables : The Complete Guide for Garden and Kitchen
Pastoralia: Stories7-Apr-03
Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book)14-Dec-03
Pattern Recognition15-May-05
"Perl Cookbook, Second Edition"23-Sep-03
Positively Fifth Street28-Mar-04
Programming .NET Components12-Nov-04
"Programming C#, Third Edition"12-Nov-04
Programming Perl (3rd Edition)6-Jan-03
"Rubicon Beach: A Novel by Erickson, Steve"24-Jul-03
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Houseplants8-Jan-01
The Art and Craft of Computing1-Jul-02
The Catcher in the Rye17-Mar-01
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens5-Nov-04
The Complete Artscroll Siddur (Artscroll Mesorah Series)9-Apr-05
The Crying of Lot 4915-May-05
The Jump : Sebastian Telfair and the High-Stakes Business of High School Ball
The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse15-May-05
"The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, the Locked Room"5-May-03
The Practice of Programming11-Jul-02
The Sea Came in at Midnight5-Nov-04
The Things They Carried16-Feb-05
The World According to Garp5-Nov-04
"Tours of the Black Clock by Erickson, Steve"18-Aug-03
V18-Jan-03
White Noise (Contemporary American Fiction)9-Apr-05
DVD
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)16-Feb-05
Firefly - The Complete Series31-May-04
I Heart Huckabees (Two-Disc Special Edition)23-Feb-05
Lost In Translation (Widescreen Edition)28-Mar-04
Memento (Limited Edition)11-Jul-02
Talk to Her (Hable con Ella)7-Jul-03
Taxi Driver: Special Edition16-Aug-00
The Apartment26-Apr-03
The Graduate25-Jul-00
The Office - The Complete First Series14-Dec-03
The Office - The Complete Second Series15-Apr-04
The Simpsons - The Complete Fifth Season15-Jan-05
The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season15-Jan-05
The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season21-Sep-02
The Simpsons - The Complete Third Season23-Sep-03
Twin Peaks - The First Season (Special Edition)15-Nov-02
Electronics
APC Professional SurgeArrest 8 Outlet w/Tel-2 Clear 120V15-Feb-04
Belkin F3U133-06 USB Device Cable (6 Feet)23-Feb-03
Belkin F3U134-10 USB A/A Extension Cable; 10ft5-May-03
Canon CanoScan LiDE 20 Scanner5-May-03
Canon i550 Color Bubble Jet Printer23-Feb-03
D-Link DWL-122 802.11b 11 Mbps USB Adapter27-Aug-04
Energizer E92BP-2 AAA Batteries (2 pack)7-Dec-00
Fuji FinePix 2600 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom21-Sep-02
"GE 74894 AM/FM Clock Radio with 0.9"" Green LED, Dual wake, auto time set"
Iogear 5 Port Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Card ( GIC251U )19-May-04
"JBL Creature 2.1 Computer Speakers (3-Speaker, Silver) [Electronics]"
Kensington 72121 Optical Elite Mouse25-Feb-04
Kensington Guardian Premium 7 Surge Protector (62662) [Electronics]
Kensington SaddleBag Carrying Case (Black/Black)2-Aug-02
Koss KSC-55 Behind the Head Portable Sterophone13-Jan-04
Koss KSC50 Portable Stereophones (Silver)19-Dec-03
Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B Cable/DSL Router13-Jan-04
Netgear ME101 802.11b Wireless Bridge18-Oct-04
"Philips 30PW850H 30"" Widescreen HDTV-Ready TV"11-Jan-04
Philips DVD710AT DVD-Video Player8-May-01
Siemens 240 2.4 GHz White Cordless Phone7-Dec-00
SimpleTech 32 MB SmartMedia Card21-Sep-02
Kitchen
AeroBed 11023 Queen Size Inflatable Bed21-Nov-02
Amco 4-Quart Stainless Steel Small-Holed Colander16-Aug-00
Anolon Professional Deep 12-Inch Nonstick Skillet7-Apr-03
Farberware Kitchen Ease Nonstick Aluminum Triple Pack26-Apr-03
Henckels International Everedge 13-Piece Knife Set with Bonus Cheese Knife
"KitchenAid KHB100BU Hand Blender, Cobalt Blue"27-Apr-05
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner22-Jan-04
OXO Good Grips Shrimp Cleaner16-Aug-00
Pedrini Black & Satin Salad Tongs22-Jan-04
Sabatier Provence 10-Inch Stainless Steel Honing Steel23-Feb-03
Wusthof Traditional Gourmet 7-Piece Block Set22-Jan-04
Wu:sthof Classic 6-Inch Cook's Knife14-Dec-03
Wu:sthof Cutting Board25-Jul-04
Wu:sthof Traditional Gourmet 7-Piece Block Set25-Jul-04
Zojirushi NSRNC-18FC Automatic Rice Cooker and Warmer with Floral Imprint
Music
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations26-May-05
Kill the Moonlight26-May-05
Lost Dogs11-Nov-03
Pinkerton18-Jan-03
Slanted and Enchanted [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]11-Nov-03
Software
TurboTax Deluxe for Mac 20031-Feb-04
TurboTax for Mac 200220-Jan-03
WarCraft 3: Reign Of Chaos3-Jul-02
Warcraft III Battle Chest7-Dec-03
Computer & Video Games
8MB Memory Card31-Jan-03
Crazy Taxi--[Dreamcast]16-Feb-01
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City31-Jan-03
Kingdom Hearts31-Jan-03
Shenmue--[Dreamcast]8-Jan-01
Sony PlayStation231-Jan-03
Toys & Games
Poker Chips and Stacking Tray27-Apr-04
Wireless
Amazon T-Mobile Wireless Postpaid Folding Insert6-Dec-02
Numeric Paging6-Dec-02
Sidekick Data6-Dec-02
T-Mobile Sidekick 200 Nationwide Minute Plan (Unlimited MB)6-Dec-02
Unlimited Sidekick Data for first 12months6-Dec-02
Magazines
The New Yorker [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]27-Oct-02
Apparel & Accessories
Men's Coconut Boxers Coconuts XL7-Jul-03
Men's Plaid Boxers Blue Tartan XL7-Jul-03
Men's Plaid Boxers Yellow/Blue XL7-Jul-03
Men's Undershirt 2-packs White XL7-Jul-03
easy fit jeans (sandblasted rinsed) sandblasted rinsed 35x3426-Dec-03
lambswool ribbed crew oak XL26-Dec-03
men's bottle-cap boxers Blue Bottle Caps XL7-Jul-03
striped boxers red XL26-Dec-03
Sports & Outdoors
Deluxe Squosh Beanbag Black/Silver17-Jun-05
Other Great Amazon Products
Italain Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sampler (Olio di Italia)14-Dec-03

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 29, 2005

    steve erickson fan, huh?

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  2. Jeff'yJune 29, 2005

    Yeah, I am (except that Arc D'X is pretty unreadable). His name is included in those entries along with the book title because I had to buy them all from third parties via Amazon's used books dealy. His older stuff is more or less out of print.

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