Okay, I have a new digital camera. I expect that it will become my primary device for taking photographs and that I will be taking many, many more.
So I have this problem. The images are all going to be named XYZ00001.JPG, etc. How the hell do you catalogue these things so you can find them when you want them?
I am not the only person thinking about this issue. A google search led me to this interesting article about it.
Unfortunately, while they lay out all the issues, and give some hints, they don’t provide you with the actual software they created.
So… I’m going to keep searching, but I may just end up rolling my own using PHP, Perl and MySQL. I have a good basic feel for what I want it to do, and I should be able to write up the specs pretty soon.
But man, it’s going to be a big project. I’ll definitely open source it and make it available, and I’ll learn a hell of a lot doing it, but it’s going to be a long time in the building.
Guess this is the kick in the pants that I’ve been needing to really learn a few things, like CVS, make files, MySQL, better PHP, Perl DBI and lots of other fun stuffs.
Oh boy oh boy. Like I don’t have enough to do already.
