Topic: Internet Superstore (Read 81478 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #660 on:** March 22, 2012, 03:55:13 PM »

Quote from: Defenestration on March 22, 2012, 02:41:24 PM

Ever wanted to get Photoshop for free? Well, how about from Adobe?

Link is for a free copy of the Photoshop CS6 Beta.
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/photoshopcs6.html

Is there an expiry date for that?

Mongrel · « **Reply #661 on:** March 22, 2012, 03:59:02 PM »

Oh and I have to be honest here. I have absolutely ZERO COMPUNCTIONS about "pirating" the work of a man who's been dead for over two-hundred and fifty years.

EDIT: Well, there's one caveat to that. A set like this is maybe not so much about the original work as it is about the performers (in the way that an André Rieu album is not a classical artists compliation, it's an André Rieu album). But any major classical artist has dozens of public-domain-version performances of their work and unless you're a real classical audiophile one international-quality orchestra is going to be as good as another.

François · « **Reply #662 on:** March 22, 2012, 04:05:01 PM »

I had that thought but we ain't talking about copying sheet music here.

EDIT: Oh hey didn't see the edit.

Thad · « **Reply #663 on:** March 22, 2012, 05:24:59 PM »

From an RIAA affiliate, so no, not even for a dollar.

(Not casting aspersions on anyone who buys it; obviously it is a very good deal. But not for me, and if anyone else cares about that sort of thing, there it is.)

François · « **Reply #664 on:** March 23, 2012, 06:53:10 AM »

Hmm. That cinches it, really. I realized somewhere I wanted to buy legitimacy and convenience more than I wanted to buy music, and in these circumstances it's debatable whether I would even get that much.

Thad · « **Reply #665 on:** April 20, 2012, 03:38:40 PM »

Tom Tomorrow is cleaning house; among other items there is some unique Pearl Jam memorabilia (he drew the cover for Backspacer). Pretty low bids at this point (though shipping is pricey); auctions end Sunday.

Thad · « **Reply #666 on:** May 04, 2012, 06:42:35 AM »

50% off all O'Reilly ebooks (that's the publisher, not the pundit) today using code "DRMFREE". Because apparently today is the International Day Against DRM, or, as I like to call it, Friday.

Brentai · « **Reply #667 on:** May 04, 2012, 07:14:43 AM »

Does that mean you're not against DRM 6/7 of the time?

Thad · « **Reply #668 on:** May 04, 2012, 08:34:48 AM »

No, but I'm still not going to refer to today as Monday.

Thad · « **Reply #669 on:** May 08, 2012, 01:38:23 PM »

Refurb'ed iPad 2's going for as low as $320.

JDigital · « **Reply #670 on:** May 08, 2012, 02:34:41 PM »

And after I just spent £180 ($290) on a Kindle.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #671 on:** May 19, 2012, 07:52:48 AM »

In case any of y'all are fans of Norah Jones, Amazon Local has a deal where you can get her new album for $3.99. It's a bit complicated, because rather than just selling the album for $3.99, they're selling a code for free that lets you buy the album for $3.99 from Amazon's MP3 store.

Also, the link says San Diego East County, but it should work from anywhere.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #672 on:** May 21, 2012, 07:04:09 PM »

In celebration of their 2 year anniversary, Halfbrick is giving away Fruit Ninja gratis. Of course, the site is currently borked due to overload, but at some point you'll presumably be able to get a copy.

Thad · « **Reply #673 on:** May 22, 2012, 02:57:17 PM »

$50 Kindle.

It's the 6", ad-supported version, but still and all, that might just be inside my impulse-buy zone. (Joke's on you, Amazon -- I ain't buying SHIT with DRM on it.)

EDIT: Whoops, looks like it sold out sometime between my lunch and now. Oh well.

JDigital · « **Reply #674 on:** May 22, 2012, 04:24:21 PM »

It supports most other ebook formats. You can fill it up with Project Gutenberg.

All the Kindles actually have a 6" screen, aside from the old big one. It's just the frame around it that gets miniaturized.

Thad · « **Reply #675 on:** May 22, 2012, 04:43:50 PM »

Quote from: JDigital on May 22, 2012, 04:24:21 PM

It supports most other ebook formats. You can fill it up with Project Gutenberg.

Yeah, and Tor's going DRM-free too.

Rico · « **Reply #676 on:** May 22, 2012, 08:35:36 PM »

calibre can also convert pretty much anything to pretty much anything else, ebook-format-wise.

Thad · « **Reply #677 on:** May 22, 2012, 08:49:47 PM »

Yeah, Calibre is awesome and is pretty much must-have software if you're reading ebooks in any format on any device.

I've got a 10" laptop with Ubuntu on it; that's my current e-reader. It's pretty decent. But if I see another $50 Kindle I might snap it up.

Kayma · « **Reply #678 on:** May 23, 2012, 09:11:03 PM »

I could kiss you both. Calibre is fucking excellent. Can't tell you how happy I am to have my crappy textbook PDF converted to an honest to goodness mobi with a table of contents. Godsend.

Lottel · « **Reply #679 on:** June 04, 2012, 12:35:25 AM »

Guess we can throw neat Kickstart shit on here too, eh?

Then here's a cool Baseball Comedy Horror comic drawn by the guy who did Orc Stain.

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