Is there any way under the sun to have an iPhoto library on a network drive?

A "working," "live" managed library, that is - not a backup.
As far as I can tell:
1. iPhoto library doesn't work on a typical NAS as the library can only be run on an OSX Extended format.
2. Recommendation is clearly to have it run on a local drive.
BUT -
Call me lazy, or simply one who cherishes comfort (heck, that's one of the main reasons I moved to Apple in the first place!), but I do all my work either on a MBA or a rMBP, and I love exploring every nook and cranny at home. I do *not* want to have to directly connect a cable and stay still for any period of time during which I'm using iPhoto (or Aperture, for that matter).
So:
Can connecting an OSX Extended formatted drive to Time Capsule (through USB) potentially work? WIll it now be an issue that this disk will be regarded by TC as an extension of itself and now cannot be backed up?
Seriously: with inflating image libraries and laptop/mobile proliferarion, more and more people are going to be working this way - not to mention wanting to share the same library across several computers/devices/users.
Is there really no solution?!?!...(Although someone mentioned in another discussion that a similar problem is now "solved automatically" in Mavericks - anyone know anything?)

You might want to look at IDimager.com | Photo Supreme. It runs on a "referenced" catalog basis much like Media Pro 1 does and can have it's source files on any volume including NAS servers.
There's a demo that you can try. The customer support people gave me these links:
http://www.idimager.com/Trial/QuickStart-Cataloging.pdf
http://www.idimager.com/Trial/QuickStart-FileManagement.pdf
http://www.idimager.com/Trial/QuickStart-GEOTagging.pdf
http://www.idimager.com/Trial/QuickStart-Advanced%20Filtering.pdf
I've not tried it as yes so can't comment further.
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