So, you've seen Delicious Library for the Mac and you thought it was pretty cool, but you don't want to switch to a Mac just for that.

Well, there's no need to do so -- check out MediaMan for Windows. Works quite nicely (if a bit quirky in places) and has almost all the same features -- even supports barcode scanning, though it seems you need either a very well-lit environment or a very high quality cam -- the 640x480 QuickCam I tried didn't work very well, unfortunately. Fortunately, I learned to use a numeric keypad long ago, so typing in ISBNs or UPCs isn't too much of a chore.

Delicious Library is still better overall, but MediaMan isn't bad, and it's $40 cheaper than Delicious Library, which costs $40. ;) Until I get around to switching back to the Mac -- which will happen either never or after they release Intel-based laptops, one of the two -- I think this will do quite nicely.

Update: As long as I'm talking about software, I'm also going to take some time here to pimp GreaseMonkey, a spiffy new user script engine for Firefox. It allows you to change the behavior of web pages pretty much at will, adding features or stripping out annoying crap. There's a nice collection of user scripts available for it. I particularly like the one for removing the "IntelliTxt" text ads that are getting embedded into certain web sites now. For the one I'm using, it's the 2nd script you find when you search "IntelliTxt."

Book Burro is also kind of neat.

I'm now trying to come up with some sort of useful script... I'm sure inspiration will hit at some point. :) I read the Ars Technica forums pretty frequently so maybe I'll write up something to improve the interface a little bit. Javascript's fun to mess around with and it's been a while since I've really played with it.