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A recent post by

annathenerd reminded me that I was going to look into the possibility of barcode scanning all my books to build up a database of them (partly for insurance purposes, but mostly just for geeky joy). She's using the software that I found on my first glance around on the subject (Readerware), so that looks like the thing to go for - they even have a Linux version. I just need to find an affordable barcode scanner and get swiping :) Probably a project for after I've moved, although it might be an idea to get all the kit working now so that I could swipe things as I unpacked them at the new place...

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It looks like the project can be done fairly cheaply if you can find a CueCat scanner (on eBay, probably). Apparently they were freebie things that used to be spyware devices, but most of them have been modified to stop that and the company went bust anyway.

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http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/

Yeah, though the spying bit was that without their software you couldn't decode the scan result and their software told tales about you, so if you don't run their software, no problem. They're not some secret radio spy device (pity, that would be much more fun :) ). They've been hax0red into giving up a plain barcode these days, it's trivial (snip a wire on the circuit board inside, IIRR).