Semacode!

Just a very short post to explain the strange new addition to the info panel at the right-hand side of the blog - it's Semacode. It's a new-fangled type of barcode that phones can read by using their cameras and some nifty software. My Nokia N95 comes pre-loaded with Barcode Reading software of its own, but it's available free from here as well (just choose your phone type - Java, for most phone models, I should think).

"Why are you posting this on a website?" you might ask. Well I might ask who you are in retaliation, because no-one reads this, ergo no-one should care by default. My main reason, though, is that I think this might eventually take off and I'd like it documented that I did it early. It's also there just in case anyone wants to use it for linking to my blog. I don't expect anyone will print it out or anything, but someone (again, imaginary readers) might be looking at this blog on a laptop and want to subscribe to its feed on the phone. Easy way of getting straight there without having to bother with typing out the URL on the phone - just point your camera at the screen. Doesn't work so well on CRTs, however.

Those are my reasons and I'm sticking to them. Oh, and I also think they look cool. Yeah, that too.