Barcode tattoos, GooglePigs, and zonkdogfology

Congrats to JetCityOrange for collecting and displaying no less than 40 photos of barcode tattoos in an online photo gallery.This is consistent with our thesis that barcodes have become cultural memes, part of our collective visual vocabulary.BTW, the word of the day is "zonkdogfology", as in "GooglePig. Funny.

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Azalea Software unveils new barcode web site

Azalea Software, those barcode software folks in Seattle, have a new barcode web site. Taking advantage of Google hosting, this growing bar code resource is available in multiple languages and highlights Azalea's barcode printing and bar code fonts.The company FAQ alone is worth the visit. Compliments Azalea's about us page.

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Loss Prevention Conference

Loss Prevention Auditing & Safety is the premier retail loss prevention conference in the industry. Some of the key topics include:

• Organized Retail Crime
• The Evolution of Loss Prevention
• Building Partnerships within an Organization
• Shortage Analytics

There are more than 35 educational sessions and these are just a few. To find out more about the entire program with session descriptions, visit their website www.retail-leaders.org.

To find out about how our retail consultants can help you with loss prevention, email One Step Data or visit website www.onestepdata.com

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RFID, the home version

It should be no surprise that I'm no fan of RFID. Sounds like Walmart is learning the same lesson (the hard way).Now you too can play with RFID in the privacy of your own home. Amaze your friends, win the school's science fair, harass your sleeping roommates. All with the RFID home kit. So strange I couldn't possibly be making this up.And if that ain't weird enough for you, how about a RFID

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Barcodes, as in "opera"

Regular readers are probably familiar with this gallery of barcode-inspired artwork.Whilst trolling for new material, imagine my surprise when I came across barcodes in an opera costume. Not just any opera but "The Queen of Spades".Additional proof that life is stranger than fiction.

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Another barcode web site

Never one to leave well enough alone, Azalea Software has launched yet-another barcode web site. UPC, ISBN-13, Code 128, Code 39, and all the rest.

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Here we go...

It will come as no surprise to regular readers that I ain't no fan of cell phones as barcode scanners. Methinks it's a "solution" chasing a non-problem. I always ask myself "does my mother need [fill in the blank]?" 9 times outta 10 the answer is no.So things get interesting when one thinks through the potential implications of patents & licensing being thrown into the mix.I still say if this is

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Old wine in new bottles

Now call me crazy but doesn't the IntelliScanner look an awful lot like the Symbol CS1504??Didn't Symbol all but shutter their consumer barcode scanner division years ago? Cuz no one bought into it? Cuz no one cared??Now honestly. How many of you feel like your life is empty and meaningless because you don't a.) carry a barcode scanner on your keychain and b.) scan and catalog everything you own?

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RFID tattoos for cows

All I can say after reading this article is THANK GOD I DON'T EAT MEAT.Regular readers all know that I'm no fan of RFID. I do however love barcode tattoos.I'm going to file this little tidbit under technology chasing a non-issue or a solution in search of a problem or simply misguided nerds.

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Those new RFID-enabled passports

If you have a newly issued US passport, you have an RFID-enabled passport. Wanna kill the RFID chip? Here's how.Reminds me of the old saying, "Every problem is a nail if the only tool you have is a hammer."Me? My passport application is sitting here on the table in front of me. Looks like I missed the cutoff and my soon-to-be-issued passport will have hammer bait in it.

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