Librarything and such

I tested out Librarything after joining it over a year ago.

Today I received the Cuecat Scan Gun that Librarything sells at a reasonable price. It works fantastically. Any book you own that has a barcode, it will pick up in most places and add to your library rather quickly. I did run into some exceptions. That is to say, I discovered how some smaller RPG publishers have poorly printed barcodes on their books.

Yes, I'm talking to you, publishers of the Hero System. None of your sourceboks read correctly according to Amazon.com or the Library of effin' Congress.

Things to look out for: don't have your librarything account open on another computer. If you're a computer dork like me, this will happen. It slows down the scan and upload process on Librarything.

Of course, I'm going to have to go back and add tags to all the books I uploaded. You can add tags as you go, but I was too lazy for that.

The Writer's Guild Strike

I wish them all the best of luck, for I am none-too pleased with the AMPTP. And the fact that all my favorite shows I am enjoying are going to be delayed really upsets me.

However, it will likely mean I'll read more, or do other things, which is probably a good thing. Because I refuse to watch "reality tv". No way. Nuh uh.

Tweets of the day

* 12:32 Today's a good day, though busy, and at times silly work-wise. But I'll take it. #
* 17:41 From Ain't it Cool News, writer-producer at The Office is picketing right now, effectively shutting down the show www.aintitcool. ... #
* 19:44 The Cuecat with www.librarything.com works great! #
* 19:48 Oh, I scanned 5 books with the cuecat and Librarything goes down. Coincidence? I think not! #
* 19:56 Last night's Robot Chicken was worth watching for V lovers #
* 20:36 I'm scanning all my rpg books into Librarything. I found some old character sheets, as well. Good times. #
* 21:46 I don't care what the Denny's commercial says, I'd sooner eat bad home cooking than eat at their restaurant. #