Bar codes and bar code scanners are huge help when working around scores of workstations and servers comprised from different vendors. In my department we place bar codes on every machine and then associate what hardware is in which machine.
chris... On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Peter Manis <[email protected]> wrote: > This isn't really Linux related, but with a couple of the conversations that > have come up about the G1 I thought I would share this with you. > > There is an application in the Android Market called Barcode Scanner that as > the name says scans barcodes. One barcode type is called a QR code, which > when used with MECARD format can generate scannable contact details. For > example, if you were to scan the following image with the barcode scanner it > would display the contact details along with a button to call the phone > number, email the email address, and add the contact to the address book. > If I had included my home address it would also give you the option to show > a map. This is a huge compliment to business cards as you can have the > image printed on the back or front of the card and the information can be > quickly added to the phone. Also with it being easily rendered with Chart > API or some other tool you might use integration into web apps is pretty > easy. > > http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=200x200&chl=MECARD:N:Manis,Peter;EMAIL:[email protected];TEL:+1+(678)555-1212;; > > -- > Peter Manis > (678) 269-7979 > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
