I have been reg­u­larly using Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS X Leop­ard on my iMac and Mac­Book for about a year now. Dur­ing that time I have found Linux tools to com­ple­ment my Mac tools so I can do just about every­thing I need on either sys­tem. Given that, I thought it would be inter­est­ing to com­pare the cost of each system.

Mac Software: $3,622.55
Linux Soft­ware: $0.00

It seems that Ama­zon has lis­tened to their cus­tomers’ feed­back. They cre­ated a great microsite, kindle.amazon.com, for man­ag­ing your Kindle’s notes and high­lights. On this site you can:

1. View a list of all books you pur­chased from Amazon.com for your Kindle
2. Review all notes and high­lights for books pur­chased from Ama­zon. Note that you will not see notes for con­tent that you have added man­u­ally via usb :(
3. Rate all of your books
4. See user com­ments and other details

Here is the email announc­ing the microsite:

Our cus­tomers have told us that they love being able to add high­lights and notes to their Kin­dle books. We want to make it pos­si­ble for you to access your high­lights and notes directly from a Web browser too. So we’ve released http://kindle.amazon.com, an online tool that enables you to do just that.

To try it out, go to http://kindle.amazon.com, sign in with your Ama­zon account, and sim­ply select one of your books where you have added high­lights or notes.

We hope you enjoy this new fea­ture. If you have feed­back please send it to us at amazonkindle-feedback@amazon.com.

The Ama­zon Kin­dle Team

Here’s a few screen­shots of the site:

A microsite for the Ama­zon Kin­dle that shows all your notes and highlights

Detail of a book’s notes and high­lights in the Ama­zon Kin­dle microsite

Ama­zon notes that if the site is miss­ing notes or high­lights that you know you have made then do the fol­low­ing on your Kindle:

These are the high­lights or notes that you added to this book. If you added high­lights or notes and you don’t see them here, then do the following:

If you have a Kin­dle (1^st Gen­er­a­tion) then from your Home screen choose MENU and select “Check for New Items”.

If you have a Kin­dle (2^nd Gen­er­a­tion) then from your Home screen choose MENU and select “Sync & Check for Items”.