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offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:23 [#00414822]
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I'm currently making a CD Database of everything I own.
The main page of this database will link to pages for each
and every CD in my possession. Pages will have track
listings, track lengths, and lyrics!
It'll all be pretty impressive when it's finalized. I have
hundreds of 'nails bootlegs to listen to though to get the
tracklistings. ;)


 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:23 [#00414823]
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go to cd-tracker.com

that's where i have my list


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:23 [#00414824]
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Oh! And I'll keep it current--everytime I get a new CD, or
burn something to CD-R, it's going in the database as I
listen to it!


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:23 [#00414825]
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT!


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:26 [#00414828]
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I can't just have a list, I need all this content. See,
this came about because my girlfriend wants a burn of a
nails bootleg I have with reptile on it--and she'd probably
like to look at all the setlists and see what her options
are.
plus, I can't memorize aphex/autechre's track titles. And
Coil have a million songs I can't keep straight, either.
Additionally, I keep all my cases in my bookshelf in lieu of
books--so it can be troublesome to rummage through those
looking for tracklistings.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:26 [#00414830]
Points: 1955 Status: Lurker | Followup to BlatantEcho: #00414825



How's that, Echo?


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-10-23 21:27 [#00414832]
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What a weird coincidence, I was making a Wordpad file a few
hours ago with all my CDs, but I got bored quick and
scrapped it.


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:28 [#00414838]
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you heard me spooky ;)


 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:29 [#00414839]
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it was a hassle for me to do the great list. it took a
couple of days. and the hardest part was leaving my
cassette collection out of the list.

yes, i do admit to having cassettes. about 800 or so. but
i gave in and decided to collect cds exclusively about 8
years ago.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:29 [#00414842]
Points: 1955 Status: Lurker



Yah--it's going to take me forever to finish it, especially
since my collection is ever-growing.

I think eventually, I'll have a list of everything I own!


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:30 [#00414843]
Points: 1955 Status: Lurker | Followup to BlatantEcho: #00414838



hahahaa Well, thanks for the vote of enthusiasm? :)


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:31 [#00414845]
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My casette collection could be summed up with roughly 50
tapes--every single one has tainted love and groove is in
the heart on it ;) hahahah :D


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:34 [#00414850]
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actually, I think that is quite an undertaking, hope it
works out for ya, but either way, that blows my mind......
as I indicated with my "HFS"


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-23 21:36 [#00414853]
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It's going to be a big project, but I'm really well into
HTML. I've been writing code since I was 13. I type fast,
too, so I'll get it done eventually. Those Nine Inch Nails
bootlegs are going to hold me up forever though. :)



 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:37 [#00414855]
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what's your rough estimate? i know lots of folks here hate
to play the 'size of your list' game.


 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2002-10-23 21:38 [#00414859]
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also, tell a bit about the NIN collection. I've got a few.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-10-23 21:43 [#00414871]
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i should do that too! we'll start a club! hehe, wait. no.
i'm lazy


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-10-23 21:44 [#00414873]
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we could start a cd-r trading post or something. that would
be kind of cool. me and thad did/are doing that right now


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-23 21:46 [#00414881]
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i have all my cds & vinyl on ms works files

i started them in 1995 (i think) so they've travelled over 3
computers

i always update them everytime i buy something, i.e. every
week



 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-24 05:03 [#00415294]
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I'd say I have almost 700.
As far as NIN, I have everything official as well as most
bootlegs. Nothing unlistenable though. ANd none of the
same set. Most of the fragile bootlegs, too.


 

offline Spookyluke from United States on 2002-10-24 05:20 [#00415314]
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Oh, and best of all, it will all be online sooner or later!
:D Everyone will have access!


 

offline glass_eater from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2002-10-24 05:27 [#00415316]
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be brave man
it'll suck ur time
but yes it does echo very well
;D


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-24 05:28 [#00415317]
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All of you making databases- be sure to use a future proof
format if you intend to keep them current- preferably SQL
based... M$oft are moving away from the current Aaccess type
stuff in the next release or so. It's likely to be based
around SQL server type stuff.

You'll find it a real pain if in 2 OSes time you can't run
access 97 properly and you have no way of converting your
db. Sounds silly, but you'll regret it in 4/5 years time if
you don't :)


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-10-24 05:40 [#00415319]
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Sounds cool...

Personally I've never really got into that making
lists/organising things...I work with databases all day so
it's the last thing I wanna do when I get home really...

plus I'm a lazy bastard...as anyone who's ever emailed me
will no doubt tell ya..:)...



 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-10-24 05:48 [#00415322]
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He he, I know what you mean. I used to be really anal about
filing and listing & stuff at home, but since spending all
day at it in work I'm a lot less bothered.

Generate HTML playlist in winamp is good enough for me :)

I'm still obssesive about having software working w/o bugs
at home. Madly patching stuff, checking for most up to date
files etc.



 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-10-24 06:02 [#00415331]
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I have my cds databased... nothing real fancy, just
organized by Genre, then Artist and then cd...


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-10-24 06:03 [#00415332]
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and the info for each cd is limited... I didn't have the
patience to look for stuff on every cd... heh, I have a
field for release year, and half of the fields aren't even
filled in, cause I'm too lazy to look through all my cds...
:)


 

offline RobE from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-10-24 06:20 [#00415337]
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I have mine backed up on floppy.
All are priced for insurance purposes!

Will cdr's be classed the same as usual 'bought' cd's?
mmm...guess so...


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2002-10-24 08:32 [#00415448]
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I though I was the only one anal enough to be doing this.
I've just started work on it. Doing it in Excel first then
I'll import it to Access afterwards. Will take me ages to
do. I'm putting tracklisting and such like on. This is all
for insurance purposes too. My CDs are taking long enough as
it is . I'm dreading starting on the vinyl.


 


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