scrap pad

amazon urls

Amazon URLs suck. I mean, really:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933045256/ref=wl_it_dp/104-2392437- 7604716?ie=UTF8&coliid=I10UWR971KW6O0&colid=VEGJQQ07FZ30

you can get another URL for the same book with via search:

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Like-Give-Damn-Architectural/dp/1933045256 /ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2392437-7604716?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186782539&sr=8-1

but actually, you don't need a lot of the cruft:

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Like-Give-Damn-Architectural/dp/1933045256

and that's an arbitrary label in there:

http://www.amazon.com/Design-URLs-Like-You-Give-a-Damn/dp/1933045256

Descriptive URLs are super useful, but kind of lose meaning when their function is so superficial.