Scanning Like a Mad Man!

 I joined the Trading Card Database in 2019 and promptly entered all of my cards.  I didn't do much with the site since then, other than using the database to complete some Cubs team sets.

But now that I'm retired I have more time to peruse that site.  I was doing that a couple of weeks ago and came upon this.

It piqued my curiosity, so I clicked on the link and saw that I had over 1,000 cards in my collection that were missing images on the TCDB site.  

I have all of my Cubs cards scanned and stored on my computer and backed up in a couple of other locations.  It's nearly 21,000 scans.  I decided to upload my scans onto the TCDB.  That, however, presented a couple of issues.

First, I have to upload the scans one at a time, for each card individually.  There is no way to do a mass import.  It would take some time to go one by one, but time I've got.

The second issue was a bigger problem.  I have only scans of the front of my cards.  The TCDB needs a scan of both the front and the back.  That means in addition to uploading the fronts, I will also have to both scan and upload the backs.  I fired up the scanner.

It was a tedious process because the images missing from TCDB were mostly a random few from tons of different sets.  I would have to find the cards, take them out of the binder, scan then, return them to the binder, and repeat... about 1000 times.

So that is what I did.  I eventually settled into a rhythm and slowly but surely got the job done.  All of the missing cards were scanned and uploaded.

My OCD is pleased to report that I now have...

.... zero cards in my collection that are missing images!

The plan is to keep it that way, too.  I'll be checking the site when I get new cards to add.  If necessary, I upload any fronts that are missing.  If the back is missing, then I'll scan and upload it too.