# amazon com (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover amazon com. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eating Well and Cheaply in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/eating-well-and-cheaply-in-mexico) _2026-07-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ With help from my cookbook, The Lazy Expat: Healthy Recipes That Translate in Mexico, shopping in Mexico offers a great diet of fresh produce and high quality meat and check for much less. ## [The Great Escape](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/the-great-escape) _2026-06-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ How I feel about living in Mexico today and the path it took. ## [windfall 24 final](https://philfarrand.com/2026/06/22/windfall-24-final/) _2026-06-22 · generator@vanewerks.com · phil farrand_ Greetings All! I have uploaded the paperback, Kindle and epub files for “Windfall: The Pearl”! This is the eighth book in the third octet (i.e. books 17-24). There are three octets altogether. This book completes The Nightmare Opus and the Windfall series! You can order a printed copy of “Windfall: The Pearl” from Amazon.com here. \[ \] ## [Living with the Pharmakon](https://samplereality.com/2026/06/15/living-with-the-pharmakon/) _2026-06-16 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ I was honored to give the keynote address at Carleton College’s 10th Annual Day of DH, a one-day event that draws together digital humanities professionals from the broader Minneapolis/St. Paul region. The full text of my talk is below, or you can just view the slides. Thank you to Austin and the rest of the… Continue reading Living with the Pharmakon → [Listen](https://samplereality.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/8a743ee7_supercut.mp4) ## [My Death in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/my-death-in-mexico) _2026-05-28 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ My Mexican friends have made sure that I always have a home. ## [The Subcutanean Variorum](https://samplereality.com/2026/04/30/the-subcutanean-variorum/) _2026-04-30 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ Subcutanean (2020) is a queer coming-of-age novel by Aaron Reed. The narrator Ryan is an introverted college student whose love for his closest friend, Niko, goes unrequited. Subcutanean is a horror novel. Ryan and Niko discover a vast basement under their dilapidated off-campus house that branches into parallel worlds—the Downstairs. And they get lost in… Continue reading The Subcutanean Variorum… ## [Isomorphic Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/isomorphic-mexico) _2026-03-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ For every defect, one finds a separate but equal defect. ## [Using Didi and Uber in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/using-didi-and-uber-in-mexico) _2026-02-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Using Uber or DiDi (Mexico’s ride sharing app.) is a great idea but it does operate differently there. Avoid stress knowing the “rules.” ## [Will Corruption Affect My Life in Mexico?](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/will-corruption-affect-my-life-in-mexico) _2026-01-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Corruption has a way of trickling down to street level. What are the chances of it affecting you in Mexico? ## [The Golang Zero Value Trap: How pgx v5 Exposed Silent Corruption](https://dblooman.com/blog/2026-01-02-golang-zero-value/) _2026-01-02 · David Blooman_ Exploring a subtle bug in Golang's pgx v5 library that led to silent data corruption due to zero values. This post delves into the issue, its implications, and how to avoid similar pitfalls in your Go applications. ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HplcfquDIyDm) _2026-01-01 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [My 2025 Highlights](https://samplereality.com/2025/12/31/my-2025-highlights/) _2025-12-31 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ Unless you spend most of your time self-promoting, it’s difficult to get word out about your successes, not to mention your interesting failures. There was a time, maybe 2009-2015, you could post about a new project on social media, or even your blog, and people would hear about it. These days, the signal-to-noise ratio on… Continue reading My 2025 Highlights → ## [windfall 23 final](https://philfarrand.com/2025/12/01/windfall-21-final-2-2/) _2025-12-01 · generator@vanewerks.com · phil farrand_ Greetings All! I have uploaded the paperback, Kindle and epub files for “Windfall: Invitation”! This is the seventh book in the third octet (i.e. books 17-24). There are three octets altogether. This book continues The Nightmare Opus! You can order a printed copy of “Windfall: Invitation” from Amazon.com here. The Kindle version is also available. \[ \] ## [Expat Life Yes, Travel, No Thanks](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/expat-life-yes-travel-no-thanks) _2025-11-26 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Do you secretly groan at the thought of certain vacations your friends take? You're not alone. ## [Maintain, Raise Your Standard of Living in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/how-to-maintain-raise-your-standard-of-living-mexico) _2025-10-25 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ How to maintain and raise your standard of living and inject it with adventure and culture ## [Mexican Silver: A Love Affair That Might Work Out](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/mexican-silver-a-love-affair-that-might-work-out) _2025-09-28 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ A terrible history with jewelry Everyone knows what magnetic attraction is. Judging by women’s behaviors at jewelry shows, women are magnetically attracted to jewelry in every form; necklaces, rings, bracelets, toe-rings, earrings and even simple studs. However, I have always seemed to repel jewelry. It always moves away from me. From the age of 13 when I lost my grandmother’s turquoise engagement… ## [America's Zombie Sleep Schedule](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/americas-zombie-sleep-schedule) _2025-08-26 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Wonder what it would be like to feel human in the morning? Mexico’s sleep schedule may be just what you’re looking for ## [The Ghosts of ClipartFlash Fiction, Alt Text, and Steganographic Narrative](https://samplereality.com/2025/08/19/the-ghosts-of-clipart/) _2025-08-20 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ In January 2025 I presented on a panel called “Alt-Text, Alt-Image: Multimodal Scholarship” at the annual Modern Language Association conference. My talk wasn’t so much about multimodal scholarship, but it did take the Alt Text part of the title quite literally. Here’s that talk, along with key slides. I want to talk today about alt… Continue reading The Ghosts of ClipartFlash Fiction, Alt Text,… ## [Mexico Serving Up Pickleball Opportunities for All Levels](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/mexico-serving-up-pickleball-opportunities-for-all-levels) _2025-07-31 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Mexico offers great places to play pickleball, whether you’re a beginner or the broad range above. ## [Five Theses on E-Lit Scenes](https://samplereality.com/2025/07/20/five-theses-on-e-lit-scenes/) _2025-07-21 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ At the 2025 Electronic Literature Organization conference in Toronto I participated on a panel devoted to If/Then, a computational poetics group/workshop/collective/community that has been meeting monthly over Zoom since Fall 2020. Carly Schnitzler and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, the organizers of If/Then were on the panel, as well as three members of If/Then’s Community Advisory Board—Kathy Wu,…… ## [The Poetics and Power of Small Language Models](https://samplereality.com/2025/07/18/the-poetics-and-power-of-small-language-models/) _2025-07-18 · Mark Sample · @samplereality_ In February 2024 I delivered the keynote address at the DHU8 symposium, the eighth annual digital humanities conference sponsored by seven of Utah’s largest universities. Now, well over a year later, I am finally sharing a lightly edited version of my talk. There’s a simple reason for the long delay: in my talk I preview… Continue reading The Poetics and Power of Small Language Models → ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kjBdrofanb5U) _2025-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Moving to Mexico After a Divorce](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/moving-to-mexico-after-a-divorce) _2025-06-28 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Counselors often advise a change of scenery after a divorce. It can be as easy as painting a room or as life-changing as moving abroad. ## [windfall 22 final](https://philfarrand.com/2025/06/25/windfall-21-final-2/) _2025-06-25 · generator@vanewerks.com · phil farrand_ Greetings All! I have uploaded the paperback, Kindle and epub files for “Windfall: The Prodigal”! This is the sixth book in the third octet (i.e. books 17-24). There are three octets altogether. This book continues The Nightmare Opus! You can order a printed copy of “Windfall: The Prodigal” from Amazon.com here. The Kindle version is \[ \] ## [Stop Guessing, Start Tracing: Pinpointing Service Bottlenecks with OpenTelemetry](https://dblooman.com/blog/2025_05_27-observability/) _2025-05-27 · David Blooman_ Diagnosing performance issues in software can often feel more like detective work than engineering. In this post, we explore how tracing with OpenTelemetry helped us identify and resolve a critical bottleneck in our service, transforming our approach to observability and performance optimization. ## [Thinking About Trying Duolingo? Don't.](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/using-duolingo-dont) _2025-05-25 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Duolingo's billionaire founder replaces the soul that made the tool popular with A.I. ## [Riding Out the US Recession in Mexico: The Exchange Rate](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/riding-out-us-recession-in-mexico-the-exchange-ratea) _2025-04-24 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ In planning a move or vacation in Mexico, consider the effect exchange rates will have on budgeting. ## [Want New Life Abroad? Begin by Simplifying](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/want-a-new-life-abroads-begin-by-simplifying) _2025-03-31 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ De-cluttering your life is an important step to developing a two-country lifestyle. ## [Buying Sleep Aids in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/buying-sleep-aids-in-mexico) _2025-02-28 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ It surprised me recently when friend who is a long-term resident in Mazatlán shared with me that she didn’t know how to get sleeping pills in Mexico, a task I’m familiar with in all its guises. In the US, you’ll need to set up an appointment with your doctor (as if you need a diagnosis for a condition that’s likely haunted you for decades). In Mexico, you drop by a consultorios , tiny little… ## [The Mexico Solution 2025](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/the-mexico-solution-2025) _2025-01-29 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ What has changed about living in Mexico since publishing The Mexico Solution? ## [When You Just Want Out](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/n37hxx78cxvsywulbsakglcsiv0ey0) _2024-12-27 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Just wanting out of your current lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean you’re running. It might mean you’re trying to save yourself. ## [windfall 21 final](https://philfarrand.com/2024/12/18/windfall-21-final/) _2024-12-19 · generator@vanewerks.com · phil farrand_ Greetings All! I have uploaded the paperback, Kindle and epub files for “Windfall: A Carcass Bare”! This is the fifth book in the third octet (i.e. books 17-24). There are three octets altogether. This book continues The Nightmare Opus! You can order a printed copy of “Windfall: A Carcass Bare” from Amazon.com here. The Kindle \[ \] ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/U0hfiEk46YW6) _2024-12-19 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Find Respite from High Grocery Bills in Mexico](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/find-respite-from-high-grocery-bills-in-mexico) _2024-11-23 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Prices have gone up in Mexico just like everywhere else, but you don't have to dread big shopping trips like you may have come to do at home. ## [Amazon.com.mx and What to Bring for An Extended Stay in 2025](https://www.ventanasmexico.com/blog/amazoncommx-and-what-to-bring-for-an-extended-stay-in-2025) _2024-10-26 · Kerry Baker · How to Live in Successfully in Mexico Part-Time | Ventanas Mexico_ Amazon.com.mx has made packing easier but don’t assume it will solve all your packing challenges. ## [windfall 21 beta](https://philfarrand.com/2024/09/02/windfall-21-beta/) _2024-09-02 · generator@vanewerks.com · phil farrand_ Greetings All! Book 21 in the Windfall series is ready for Beta readers! It s called Windfall: A Carcass Bare. Like the rest of the Windfall series, there s action, and it s gritty and earthly. Not a children s book. Not recommended if you re squeamish or easily offended. And in case you are wondering, yes, this is book \[ \]