Review: Odd little blog
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2010
Even though I'm only giving this blog three stars, I'm going to keep subscribing to it.  Why?  Cause it's free!  And there are enough gems in this blog that I'll keep reading it.This blog is the Kindle version of the Amazon blog located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/daily, so if you want to see what kind of articles are being posted now, that would be a great place to look.The useful articles I've found on the blog are occassional off-the-wall articles (one on what the heck a Red Barchetta really is), weekly summaries of book reviews in the main stream media, and a weekly article on graphic novels.  On the other hand, there seems to be a lot of articles about cooking and fashion.  Not my taste, but I'm sure that someone else would really go for it.There are many articles posted a day, and 20 available at any time.  Right now (January 13), there are articles saved back to January 11, so there's a high article turnover.  You probably need to read the blog at least every other day.What's wrong with the blog (other than the subject)? I have two major concerns.  Several articles have been just links to an online video.  As you know, Kindles don't display videos.  So those articles are just a waste of space.In addition, there have been several articles which are really just calls for comments.  Again, that is a functionality that doesn't work on a Kindle.  You can neither leave a comment on a Kindle blog, nor can you read someone else's previous comment.  These aren't killer problems, but it does lower the utility of the blog.However, as I said earlier, I get enough pleasure out of the blog to keep subscribing to it.  It's well worth the price.