Classical Spin

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Dogs love...books!

The local library, I've decided, is pretty decent. Not huge, but they have a decent selection, free wifi, and a good range of newspapers. Their website is also pretty easily navigable, and their catalogue, of course, is online.

One feature of their catalogue I am enamored with is that, whenever you go to a specific book, you get a box of links on the side, one of which will (theoretically) take you to the Amazon page for that book. Why is this nifty? In my opinion, the best thing ever is Amazon's "look inside" feature, which lets you check out the table of contents (if applicable), the first few pages, and another random excerpt from the book. Like a description but not certain if you want to bother picking up a certain book? Why not read a few pages right at home?

Anyway, I've discovered that occasionally the link from the library's site doesn't work, and you get Amazon's internal 404 page. Which...

Preface: I don't know if this is just on amazon.co.uk, or their US site as well. The internet is tricksy that way.

But...their 404 page has a Corgi on it. According to the image properties, his name is Rufus. Everyone, say hello to Rufus:


Hi, Rufus!

He's sorry he can't find your book, but don't you just want to give him a big hug and a belly rub? And then maybe steal him from the Queen?

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