For most of our cataloguing of books we’ve been using barcode scanners to scan the ISBN numbers and enter them into our database. But as someone pointed out, telephones and mobile devices with cameras really already have almost the entire software/hardware inbuilt… but wouldn’t it be nice if we could just use one to scan our data and… Read More »
My wife loves candles. Last night, she drew a bath, turned off the lights, and lit some candles. She said that it really helped her to relax. For me, though, I am always a bit suspicious that candles are safe: they are easily knocked over, get very hot and emit smoke when you extinguish them. But I would… Read More »
I’m a big fan of using second information technology products where possible. One of my PCs at home is second hand as you probably saw from the picture of my companion PC – a very old 1.5GHz AMD but sporting a new monitor! It feels like a NEW PC… Some used equipment is great value: esp. used PCs… Read More »