Dan == teh winn4r!!!~!!1one!!

Oh my GOD.

Dan posted a comment to my entry about finally starting the catalog project. He pointed me to Delicious Library, which...there are no words. It uses a webcam (like an iSight) to scan barcodes. I had to wipe up the puddle of drool after looking at the website.

Along similar lines, here's an article in New Scientist about Japanese software that will let you scan a page with a camera phone in just a few seconds. The copyright wars are about to begin in earnest.