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CueCat & LibraryThing – update

Posted on 12th January 2007 by G W

(following on from this) Considering the price, it rocks socks, especially if you de-claw it to make it spit out proper barcodes (you just need a sharp knife, soldering iron or a very small screwdriver to knock out a pin). … Continue reading →

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CueCatLibraryThing & CueCats – Catalog your books

Posted on 5th January 2007 by G W

David mentioned his interesting LibraryThing setup to be just after Christmas and it had me intrigued. He said he had a barcode scanner hooked up. He’s using a CueCat, which as the MAKE magazine story below suggests, is now quite … Continue reading →

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Publishers Thank Google for Book Sales

Posted on 8th October 2006 by G W

The latest chapter in Google’s continuing world-domination book-scanning operations, this is a defence of the programme – a rare publisher’s voice speaking out in favour of it, at a time when the nebulous and highly-successful company is being sued by … Continue reading →

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Unix for the Beginning Mage

Posted on 17th October 2005 by G W

TUAW reports on a new UNIX for newbies eBook, available as a free PDF download. But it’s different from anything else I’ve seen – this one uses the euphemism of magic and spells for commands – something I thought might … Continue reading →

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