Comments on: Project Completed

By: DougBot

DougBot — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:52:32 +0000

I’ve toyed with the idea of writing a database system to keep track of comics. It’s been kicking around in my head long enough that there are probably a bunch of good applications to do that now.

Trades I keep track of as a subset of all the books and movies and games in Delicious Library. It’s oddly hypnotic.

Those shelves are nice–I wonder if there’s room in our house for something like that?

By: Nala

Nala — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:58:19 +0000

I have about 15 long boxes that I need to sort, sell the contents of, or give away.

I’ve been wanting to rid my life of this baggage.

That’s the problem with comics for me these days. They just take up too much valuable physical space in my life.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:43:54 +0000

I’ll post a parts list and detailed plans later this week.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:33:53 +0000

Yeah I would love detailed plans too. I was just looking for some way to store my comics recently and haven’t come up with a solution. This is perfect.

By: Aine

Aine — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:34:20 +0000

I used to have a spreadsheet that listed the date bought, price paid, artist, writer and story title and condition of every comic book I ever purchased. I stopped when i realised this was a sign of insanity. Now I just read them and then shelve them using some vague alphabetical system.

By: Jakanapes

Jakanapes — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:26:09 +0000

Any chance of putting those plans with a parts list up? That’s pretty groovy

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:36:18 +0000

“I have an Excel spreadsheet that tells me in which box each comic series is located.”

Do they remove some glad in medical school that makes simplicity impossible or something? A spreadsheet to track a variant letter code system? Could we possibly do that in Latin?

(I am a math major. I am all for spreadsheets. But please, please, use common sense when organizing systems. Simple is better.)