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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Amazon image hacks
This article (from a Peanuts fan site?) explains all of the attributes and options that Amazon uses to format it's images. This includes things like adding the % off bullets next to the book covers, changing the % off value and changing the image orientation. Not sure what you can really do with this; however, it is kind of cool to see how it is done.
One of the Amazon image hacks that I use a lot is the one at slothradio.com. I use their search to pull down cover art for the DVDs or CDs I am ripping to my HTPC.
This article (from a Peanuts fan site?) explains all of the attributes and options that Amazon uses to format it's images. This includes things like adding the % off bullets next to the book covers, changing the % off value and changing the image orientation. Not sure what you can really do with this; however, it is kind of cool to see how it is done.
One of the Amazon image hacks that I use a lot is the one at slothradio.com. I use their search to pull down cover art for the DVDs or CDs I am ripping to my HTPC.
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