post-move

[jazzfish]

If you're not reading Fafblog [the whole world's only source for Fafblog], I heartily recommend that you start. Satirical political commentary interspersed with utter random weirdness. Like this entry.

"He has abandoned us," says Giblets.
"Like Yahweh in Egypt land," says me.
"Egypt Land is great," says Giblets. "Have you tried the Pyramid Ride? It ducks and swoops twice into Pharoah Lagoon!"

Also, for those of you who enjoy mocking Troy, I bring you Troy in Fifteen Minutes: "Cousin. He's my cousin. Cousin. Totally my cousin. In conclusion: Cousin." Also also, Penny Arcade's take on it.

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Unpacking goes slowly, mostly because I haven't bothered to put my computer away yet. My goal is to have everything that's not books dealt with by the time I leave for Atlanta next weekend. This goal may or not be achieved, but either way it's good to have goals. [And something will certainly be done with most of the stuff, though some of the boxes may remain for a Later Time.]

Anybody know of a cheap USB bar-code scanner? I'm seriously contemplating scanning in all my books when I put them on shelves. [Hm. Zarf's page where he details how he did this give me a link to one for $75, which is I guess what I'll wind up with.]

Comments

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Well, RadioShack was giving one away free for a while, so it should be possible to get one for less than $75. :)

[ranchonmars.livejournal.com]

On the scanner: Cuecats. A web cartoonist (pvponline.com) I read was looking for recmmendations on those recently, and everyone and their dog had Cuecats. Like, tons of them. Apparently you can get them cheap enough, and they work well.

[vt-andros.livejournal.com]

I have an extra CueCat I'm not using. It's yours if you want it. You can either PayPal me postage to mail it down to you, or I can give it to you when Origins rolls around. Your call.

If you do want it mailed, email me your address. I'll explain where to send the money in my reply.

If you want to use this as an ordinary barcode scanner, you'll need software to decode the encrypted string. This site (http://blort.org/cuecat/) should have everything you need. I would recommend the CatNip program, as it is small and useful.

[jazzfish]

If you could bring it down that'd be great. Way better than spending actual money. :) Anything I can do in return?

[absolutliz.livejournal.com]

Wow. We are moving. We have TONS of books. We should do that. Good plan.

book scanner project!

[scraun23.livejournal.com]

Let me know how the books db works out. It's something I've been considering myself for a while, but there are any number of other projects that have thus far taken precedence. Actually, if you need help with coding or whatever, let me know as well.