Judge A Book By Its Cover - BlogTuesday, February 21, 2006 New coversI've upped the number of covers in the database - I've added another 2281 covers (814 books, 622 CDs and 845 DVDs). That brings the total number of covers in the system to 2363! Keep judging!Update: This seems to have affected performance - hopefully when all the covers are fully updated, the site should run a bit smoother. Call these early teething problems!! Update 2: Right, I've sorted out the problems, call them scaling issues! I've now added a more conservative 56 book covers, 47 CD covers and 57 DVD covers - totalling 160 new covers. A bit less than 2281!! I'll be working on letting it scale better in the future, for now enjoy judging the 242 covers currently in the system! Posted by Chris at 22:04 Live, at last!Wow - its live at last!Ever since we came up with the idea at work I've spent every spare moment I can getting it ready, and here it is - Judge A Book By Its Cover.co.uk Essentially, as the old saying goes, you can't judge a book by its cover. Well, this website is here to say stuff that, have a go anyway! Quite simply look at the covers of books, CDs or DVDs, judge them individually, or pitted against each other head to head, and see if people agree with your opinion! And if a cover you've judged is exceptionally good, why not take the plunge and buy it? Direct links from this site allow you to do just that. There's also various charts about the covers, the good ones and bad ones, and ways to get Judge A Book By Its Cover on your site. As the site is still in its infancy the stats and votes might be low and easily swayed for now, but the more you vote, the more valued your opinions become, and over time the more covers we'll add. I'll be using this blog to inform you of large cover updates, changes to the site, new features etc, so subscribe to the feed now! This site has been created by me, Chris Riley, with graphics from Tony Ruscoe. You can find out more about this site in the about section, and by keeping tabs on this blog. If you want any further information about the site, or just want to pass on a message / feedback, you can do so using the contact page. Now go tell all your friends about this great new site, and happy judging! Posted by Chris at 20:29 |
