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[azurelunatic]

Security came in just as we all were applauding. We have been giving him a hard time since. Pun intended.

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[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

I notice you have a cuecat. Should I get one? I don't think I could ever do library thing without one, and I have read that it can make selling books and other ebay items easier. And they're cheap. But I've also heard they phone home a lot.

[azurelunatic]

I haven't bothered to declaw mine, but I hear that one can. I might look into that.

[wibbble]

There must be a Windows equivalent of 'delicious library', which can use a webcam to scan barcodes.

That would be much cheaper than a proper barcode scanner.

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

I don't actually have a webcam, though. (Also I admit to being fond of the cute aspect of the cuecat.)

[wibbble]

Sorry, I meant that a webcam would be cheaper than a proper barcode scanner.

The cuecat was cute, but it requires hacking to use properly and I remember it being one of the first big cases of the DMCA being used, as it was 'encrypted' using essentially ROT13.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

All the ones I've come across on ebay have been USB enabled and modded into standard barcode usage. I use one for DVD tracking and had no issue with it out of the box.

[azurelunatic]

Mine is USB-enabled, and works happily with LibraryThing, which doesn't tell me much about what else it does.