For four years, I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house

I've thought of doing something similar. Add a barcode to everything, designate a "home" and then create a catalogue. I even found an app that supports this.

No more "where does this go" or "where do I find X"..

Re: For four years, I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house

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Post by smokel » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 9:22 PM UTC

I once made a large pencil drawing of my living room using only words.

Each word depicted a "thing" at the position I found it. It taught me a lot about what things are. A chair is obviously a separate entity and easy to list, but what about the floor and the separate floorboards? I listed the wall, but I didn't list the paint on the wall.

The bookcase took a lot of effort, because I found that each book in it was a thing by itself and should get listed separately. However, when I was nearly finished, I found a bag in a cabinet, holding ~200 pins. I just counted them and noted down "207 pins"; I didn't feel that each pin was unique enough to warrant separate entries.

I now try to stop believing in things. It's mostly just molecules that happen to be in a certain configuration for some time.

Re: For four years, I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house

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Post by kmoser » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 9:29 PM UTC

I was expecting to see detailed photos of the house itself, but this is even cooler!

Re: For four years, I photographed, indexed and classified my entire house

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Post by HPsquared » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 9:35 PM UTC

tra3 wrote: post #7

I've thought of doing something similar. Add a barcode to everything, designate a "home" and then create a catalogue. I even found an app that supports this. No more "where does this go" or "where do I find X"..

Maybe a phone camera could be trained to recognize the objects and locations.