The 29th is my actual share date for this promo, so I'm sharing again. BEER POUR, my showbiz novel/political satire, is featured in the Indie Book Library Collection, which will run all year. This super promo features various genres by indie authors, so I was delighted that BEER POUR was included. BEER POUR is a satirical romp where the U.S. Vice President uses a beer-pouring contest to secure international trade--while two eccentric directors battle it out for the advertising rights. Imagine VEEP meets Mad Men at Oktoberfest. I happen to love barcodes. Good night, Gracie. https://books.bookfunnel.com/2026indiebooks/8nsg1psqf3
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Die Barcode-Verschwörung

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Interesting.

"It's an early example of looking for a strong fighter among common household items, which is a fun idea on its own."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOIUniaQQ1Y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler

#gaming #RetroGaming #RetroTech #videogames #barcodes #BarcodeBattler

Barcode Battler Overview

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Hey nerds!

Are there any EAN-13 and ITF-14 #barcodes that can be used for internal testing purposes without conflicting with actual products?

#scifi media often has characters with prominent #barcodes as tattoos or on uniforms/clothes as a symbol of dehumanization/commodification.

This feels sort of #retrofuturistic now-- a NFC device the size of a grain of rice, implanted or sewn in, serves the same purpose without being an obvious visual standout or requiring line-of-sight.

It doesn't give the same aesthetic, but maybe the Legion of Evil's soldiers could set off the shoplifting checkpoint at the bookstore instead.

Here's an Android app, written by a #Danish development team, which will identify #goods made in the #USA so that you can #boycott them, should you so wish.

It's called Made O'Meter.

You can scan #barcodes and more with it.

#Trump #Maga #Resist

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.i7evenaps.madeometer

Made O`Meter - Apps on Google Play

AI-powered product transparency - Danish innovation for change, not profit!

Zhang et al. show that #plastome and nrDNA are effective super-#barcodes for spp. discrimination in Chimonocalamus and, with Skmer analysis for molecular identification, help ID cryptic new #species.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70027
@WileyEcolEvol

@WileyEcology
#systematics #DataScience #botany

Geeks Are Sexy: Barcodes Never Rocked This Hard: “Will It Riff?” Finds Out!. “From Heinz Ketchup to Red Solo Cups, Fire Dept. Coffee to Coppertone Sport Sunscreen, these heroes of heavy metal have turned your grocery aisle into a guitar solo. And if you are wondering, pretty much every barcode does actually riff, even sunscreen!”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/barcodes-never-rocked-this-hard-will-it-riff-finds-out-geeks-are-sexy/

Barcodes Never Rocked This Hard: “Will It Riff?” Finds Out! (Geeks Are Sexy) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Will it riff?

Clever idea: turn any random barcode into a guitar riff.

I want to do that with the barcode of every CD on my shelves. Especially the Heavy Metal ones.

https://boingboing.net/2025/08/19/will-it-riff-turns-product-barcodes-into-heavy-metal-jams.html

#music #guitar #barcodes

📰 | Von der #Barcode-Verschwörung zu den QR-#Heilcodes?

Was haben #Esoteriker und fundamentale #Christen mit #Barcodes und #QR-Codes zu tun? Mehr als man für möglich halten würde! Mehr dazu gibt's von Bernd im #SkeptixBlog - und von den 2 Bored Guys auf #Youtube!

https://skeptix.org/2025/08/05/von-der-barcode-verschwoerung-zu-den-qr-heilcodes/

#2BoredGuys

Von der Barcode-Verschwörung zu den QR-Heilcodes? - Skeptix

Der Barcode soll bald durch QR-Codes ersetzt werden. Gehören damit auch die Verschwörungstheorien um die Striche der Vergangenheit an?

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