Jason Copenhaver

It’s bad enough that I’m constantly bombarded with advertisements over the radio, on TV, on the Internet, hell, even the occasional SMS message on my cell phone. Now someone has got the great idea to drive around in heavy traffic with signs. Ads2Go, which is now operating in Sarasota, likes to drive trucks “through the most heavily traveled corridors in multiple, predetermined zones. Awesome. They are going to drive trucks carrying nothing but signs around in heavily trafficked areas. This should do wonders for gas conservation and traffic congestion.

The main reason I installed drupal was because I wanted a place to keep a list of the books I’ve read.  I wanted to remember when I last read them and what I thought.  The bookreview module that I have installed now has served me pretty well but I always felt like I had to put too much information into to make it work.  After reading this review of Shelfari I thought I would try out some of the sites it mentions.  The first one I hit was LibraryThing.  It was a one step shot to sign up for an account and I had my first book put into it in seconds.  I quickly learned how to navigate the site and was generally impressed.  I really love the mass import feature of the site.  It allowed me to export 54 ISBNs from my current database and import them into my new account.  I then went to Shelfari, although the site looked better the layout of the UI didn’t seem as nice to me.  It felt cumbersome entering a review and didn’t have the import feature I wanted.  I also went over and checked out Listal.  I think this site would be worth trying if I cared about cataloging my movies and music also.  But I just don’t.  In the end I’ve decided to move my book reviewing to LibraryThing.  I’ll make a couple of changes on my site so I can still get the book reviews to show up here but I’m hoping LibraryThing makes the whole process easier.