Web2.0 Revives Interest in Failed Feline
Recently, I discovered that my vintage PS2 :CueCat Scanner worked perfectly to scan ISBN codes into LibraryThing and added nearly 100 new titles to my LibraryThing library in under an hour.
I've noticed more buzz around the :CueCat lately. Here's its story and what it's been up to lately.
:CueCat Blog Search
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:CueCat on eBay
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LibraryThing Blog
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Did you have one of the original :CueCats? Love using the cat in LibraryThing? Have another great idea for using the :CueCat? Share your :CueCat stories!
New :CueCat Applications
- LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
- LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free.
- Scan your grocery list into Grocist - Lifehacker
- Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don't live to geek; geek to live.
- Barcodepedia.com
- Barcodepedia.com A project by Chris Benjaminsen
Barcodepedia is a community based online barcode database. The database is completely free.. - Javascript :CueCat Decoder
- JavaScript :CueCat Decoder
To use, simply place the cursor in the first field below, and then use
your :CueCat to scan a barcode. Then, click the "translate" button, and
the numeric value of the bar code will be displayed in the field labelled "Full
code translation". Note that this is currently ... - ISBN Tools: Script for CueCat ® barcode scanner
- ISBN toolsCueCat Scripts Book Search ISBN directory ISBN.javaJavaScript :CueCat Decoder ==> ISBN LinkBaton To use, simply place the cursor in the first field below, and then useyour :CueCat to scan a barcode. Then, click the "translate" button,
:CueCat Technical Guides
- PDF Document - CueCat notes
- Nice overview document with step by step instructions for using the :CueCat.
:CueCat on Amazon
Joe Grand's Best of Hardware, Wireless, & Game Console Hacking: Includes DVD with 20 Hacks in High-Res Color
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/02/2008) 
The CueCat's Meow.(Digital Convergence Corp.)(Brief Article): An article from: Products Finishing
Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 12/02/2008)
:CueCat History
Articles from 1998-2001 describing the original premise behind the :CueCat, its launch and demise.
- Consumers fail to make CueCat purr | CNET News.com
- Consumers fail to make CueCat purr | As advertising sales go to the dogs, an offbeat marketing scheme aimed at bridging print and online media with CueCat digital scanners is getting bitten. | March 29, 2001, 12:05 PM PT | Gwendolyn Mariano
- "CueCat" users' information let out of the bag | CNET News.com
- In the race to turn consumers on to digital scanners, DigitalConvergence stumbled on a security breach recently that left its new members' names and email addresses vulnerable to unsolicited email, or "spam."
- Wasting Money on Cats - Joel on Software
- See this and other great job listings at
jobs.joelonsoftware.com.
Wasting Money on Cats
By Joel Spolsky
Tuesday, September 12, 2000 Did you get this little box in ...
