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title: ecto2 with amazon
created: 1101307931
permalink: blog/walkah/ecto2-with-amazon/
tags:
- mac os x
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just a few days ago, i had some ideas about some neat ways to incorporate some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">amazon</a> stuff on my blog - partly as an excuse to play around with their webservices api (i know, day late - dollar short) - so i signed up for an associates account. well, as if he was reading my mind, the <a href="http://blog.kung-foo.tv/" title="Adriaan Tijsseling">amazing ado</a>  <a href="http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001207.php" title="ecto amazon support">blogged</a> about his latest feature for ecto2 : amazon link building. so, to test it out, let's try building a link to... say... the new mike doughty album:
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<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006FO8SO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" alt="Mike Doughty - Skittish / Rockity Roll" />
<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006FO8SO/walkah-20">"Skittish / Rockity Roll" (Mike Doughty)</a>
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shazam! now, that's good stuff.
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