new book backend   (geekin, random re me)

I hardly ever update the book sidebar on the main page because it's too much work. There is no custom module to do it for me where I just enter an ISBN and it looks up the image and links somewhere to a product page automatically for me. Too much work, most of the time, unless I'm feeling overly productive. And then my productivity is wasted hacking ad hoc HTML.

So, in true lazy computer nerd fashion, I decided to make the computer do the work for me.

I enter the ISBN, it gets the cover image for me, and I have nice easy chunks I can work with to piece together how I want the book to be displayed. Plus, I get to inflict my reading choices on whoever comes to my website!