Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 16 years and 11 months old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.

Today is the 8th anniversary of my very first Amazon.com purchase. On May 7, 2000, I placed my first order on the book-selling web site for a paperback edition of Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon.” At that time I had no idea just how much stuff I would end up purchasing from Bezos’ brainchild over the next 8 years.

Interesting side-note: I just re-read “Cryptonomicon” two months ago, shortly before I started this blog. I did so because before that I had read all 3,000 some pages of “The Baroque Cycle” prequel novels.

I highly recommend all four books. If you haven’t read any of Stephenson’s work, you should!