East of the Sun, West of the Moon

On days like this I quite like Buy.com:

• I ordered two items yesterday (January 25th).
• Picked the budget shipping option (free shipping) because I’m not in desperate need for them, just want to have them so I can move along on some (personal) project in the long run.
• Budget shipping means 7-9 (business) days.
• I check the FedEx order tracking this morning: Wow! It’s on the vehicle for delivery!

I guess it helps that it was shipped from Texas, which is a pretty straight line up to get here.

Update: It’s been delivered now, so it wasn’t some bizarre fluke in their webbased tracking service.

Well, sort of.

Some guy (who turns out to be Dutch, cool) has made a webpage that tries to make it easier to search Google for specific dates (and optionally some keyword). I figured I’d check for my birthdate and found that:

Hamilton watches created the first electric watch in 1957; Seiko unveiled the first watch with a Quartz movement on December 25, 1969. Some people argue that these advances in watch-making technology deny the intricacy and the elegance of the automatic mechanical watch in the same way a chef feels that fast food has degraded the hamburger.

Now you know.