Amazon has our backs: You can save a few bucks by ordering a subscription to hazmat suits. But don’t wait; just a couple weeks ago, nearly all Prime-eligible 4-star-and-above (who would buy anything else) hazmat suits were out of stock.
Tag Archives: Amazon
Things I Learned this Week
Among the things I learned this week:
* Despite the Beastie Boys’ suggestion, Jamaica is not a significant producer of mangoes. (Courtesy: FAOSTAT, nicely displayed on Mongabay.com, and University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences)
* Physiocracy. (Courtesy: Car Talk reference; Wikipedia)
* “Package store” is Northern slang for liquor store. (Courtesy: HD)
* Bitrates of various streaming services:
– Spotify: Vorbis 160kbps with some at 320kbps if a Premium subscriber
– Amazon Cloud Player: MP3 at the rate the file was saved
– Pandora: AAC 64kbps and up to 192kbps, depending on subscription
– Google Music: play back at the quality of the file, except for FLAC, which is played back as mp3 320kpbs
* Lord of the Rings is “fundamentally religious and Catholic work”, according to Tolkien. (Courtesy: Wikipedia and follow up readings).