Showing posts with label iBook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iBook. Show all posts

Delicious Monster!!!

Do you have an large book, or movie collection?  How about keeping track of all your gadgets, tools or basically anything that Amazon carries? Do you like exciting new gadgets? Well do I have a program for you!!

I have used Delicious Library for years to track my Blu-Rays, DVD's , Books and more!  This powerful program has it all!

Video Barcode Scanning, Generation 4
Delicious Library pioneered the technology for scanning barcodes with a computer’s built-in camera. We have spawned a raft of imitators, but do not be fooled! Our barcode algorithm, derived from an algorithm developed by Belgian astronomers, works through image deconvolution, using the vector processor to re-focus the out-of-focus image. Yup, you’ve seen image deconvolution in Photoshop’s “unsharp mask,” but that filter suffers from aliasing artifacts that make it unusable for barcode scanning. Lame! Gen 4 is multi-threaded, uses GCD, runs on iOS devices, and is precisely one bazillion times faster and more accurate.

Oh and if you get the program don't forget to get the iPhone app!  With that you can use your phone to scan the barcodes on your movies and books right on the SHELF!!! 


Delicious Library allows you to categorize pretty much your entire life and keep a running inventory of virtually anything you own. This can include books, movies, music, games, gadgets, and more. With built-in Amazon support, you can find virtually anything to add to your library or just scan bar codes in order to add items. Friends that use Delicious Library can view your library and you can use it to track who you've loaned things to and when you'd like them back.

A lot of us have extensive collections of something or another. Delicious Library can help you not only keep a running inventory of everything but also track who you've loaned things too. There have been too many occasions that I've loaned out box sets or books and then forgot who I've loaned them to and more often than not, don't get them back. Delicious Library solves that problem.

When it comes to sharing libraries, you can either add friends solely for the reason of keeping track what you've loaned or to view other Delicious Library user's libraries. In order to share your library you'll have to publish it somewhere. For most of us, that'll probably be to Dropbox. Once it's in your public folder, you can then share that URL with your friends to view your library.

If you ever have items that you own get stolen, Delicious Library can also help you generate forms for insurance claims that you can easily print based on their value. As far as value goes, Delicious Library can give you an overview based on what your entire library is currently worth and what you paid for it. You can then also break it down into subsections to view worth for individual categories. You can also change attributes on individual items based on new, used, rare, and other options.

Try it for free, if you love it buy it!  Thats what I did YEARS ago (version 1)  They are now on V3 and it requires OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. 

Check it out here :  http://www.delicious-monster.com/

I don't think you will be disappointed!  By the way, I use to own a Windows computer before I found this little gem a few years ago.  It helped me decide to switch to a Mac!!!!

If you try it and love it, post a comment. Heck if you hate it post that too.

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A Few More Tips on the iPad

Hello Apple Users Group Members

Apple iPad YouTube tutorial (Pretty Good)


Learning how to use the iBook App
Here's a link to a YouTube video on how to use the iBook app on iPad. You can learn all the little tricks, and it shows you the difference between reading an ebook on iBooks and reading one on Kindle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2wC9zU524&feature=related

When you go to the above page, you'll see a lot of other YouTube videos such as instructions on how to turn PDF files to iBooks, and how to find free books to download to iBooks. Some of them are very useful.

Important Note
: There are some people who learned how to do something called "jailbreaking" their iPad or iPhone which allows them to download e.g. Adobe Flash which iPad is configured not to allow you to do so. I don't know why, but I figure it must be a good reason since Apple products never get any viruses on their computers or other products to date. If you should see anything with instructions on "jailbreaking" your Apple products, I personally would not attempt to do this. What jailbreaking means is changing the iPad configurations to be able to download apps and files that Apple does not recommend doing and will not allow you to do so at the present time. I don't know the real reason why, but I've heard that it's some kind of feud that went on between Steve Jobs & Microsoft, Adobe and Apple. I don't know if that's true or not either.

This may sound unfair, and I agree. After all you paid for your iPad and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. The problem is, not that you can't. It's not illegal to do so. You can "jailbreak" your iPad or iPhone if you ever wanted to, but you will then void your guarantee from Apple if you tamper with any of the configurations. I love the way iPad works and I personally would never want to mess with that.

Hope to see you at the next meeting,

Sandra
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