I ordered my cuecat scanner from LibraryThing.com last week and it has arrived in the post today. Yahoo!

It is a simple interface, just plug into the USB port and it will get recognised as a ‘keyboard’. Then login into LibraryThing and get to the Add books page. With the cursor in the Search field, run the scanner over the barcode of book and a line of wierd characters will appear in that field and changed to an ISBN and have that book added to the online collection.

Simple but effective! However we have books in our collection that have no barcodes or have barcodes that are not standardised and the cuecat scanner won’t work for that. Where it works it is a faster and more efficient for me to continue adding the collection.

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A complete set of free “passenger/pedestrian” symbols developed by AIGA (the professional association for design) has been made available on their site.

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My eleven year old kid had a small research question from class. Question posed by teacher, “Find some Antartic research stations.” From his hunting ground, good ole wiki, he managed to locate 59 of them. If you have ever wondered about the research stations in Antarctic, this one is for you :D.

1. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (USA)
2. Aboa  (Finland)
3. Akademik Vernadsky Station (Ukraine)
4. Almirante Brown Antarctic Base (Argentina)
5. Artigas Base (Uruguay)
6. Belgrano II (Argentina)
7. Bellingshausen
   Station (Russia)
8. Bernardo O’Higgins Station (Chile)
9. Casey Station (Australia)
10. Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base (Brazil)
11. Concordia (France)
12. Davis Station (Australia)
13. Dome Fuji station (Japan)
14. Dumont d’Urville station (France)
15. Eduardo Frei Montalva (Chile)
16. Esperanza Base (Argentina)
17. Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station (Spain)
18. Gonzalez Videla Station (Chile)
19. Great Wall Station (China)
20. Halley Research Station (United Kingdom)
21. Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (Poland)
22. Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station (Spain)
23. Jinnah Antarctic Station (Pakistan)
24. Jubany (Argentina)
25. King Sejong Station (South Korea)
26. Kohnen-Station (Germany)
27. Law-Racovita Station (Romania)
28. Leningradskaya Station (Russia)
29. Machu Picchu Research Station
30. Macquarie Base (Australia)
31. Maitri Station (India)
32. Marambio Base (Argentina)
33. Mario Zucchelli Station (Italy)
34. Mawson Station (Australia)
35. McMurdo (USA)
36. Mendel Polar Station (Czech Republic)
37. Mirny Station (Russia)
38. Mizuho (Japan)
39. Molodyozhnaya Station (Russia, Belarus)
40. Neumayer Station (Germany)
41. Novolazarevskaya Station (Russia)
42. Orcadas Base (Argentina)
43. Palmer Station (USA)
44. Prinses Elisabeth Base (Belgium)
45. Professor Julio Escudero Base (Chile)
46. Progress Station (Russia)
47. Rothera Research Station (United Kingdom)
48. Russkaya Station (Russia)
49. San Martín Station (Argentina)
50. SANAE IV (South Africa)
51. St. Kliment Ohridski Base (Bulgaria)
52. Scott (New Zealand)
53. Showa Station (Japan)
54. Svea (Sweden)
55. Troll Station (Norway)
56. Wassa Station (Sweden)
57. Villa Las Estrellas (Chile)
58. Vostok Station (Russia)
59. Zhongshan Station (China)

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