“If you’re serious about music or DVDs, at some point you cross
the threshold of having more than you can keep track of easily. The
box full of index cards has served its purpose; it’s time to move
on to storing information about your CDs and DVDs in a
database.“This might seem like more of a pain than you can stand. What’s
the point of doing a database when you can just type it all into a
spreadsheet, for instance? Well, a spreadsheet is a good start but
with a database you get a lot more features, including easily
printing custom labels for all those legal backups you’ve
made…”