Is Home Inventory Delicious?

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Is Home Inventory Delicious? ~ Chris Pirillo

hehehe

no thanks, i prefer to stack my stuff according to how often i use them

These seems fun. :)
All I need is a webcam.

LOl

DUDE!!! freakin Sweet!

This reminds me of the “Cuecat”. Does anybody remember that?

ow that is so cool

Poor Chris, well, at least he admits he has no life. :P

this is pretty cool Stuff

now, if it only organized my actual bookshelf…

thats pretty cool, I’d probably get that once I get a macbook :D

if i only had enough books to have a bookshelf

what happened to the old youtube player? I hate this new one

Ive been after something like this for quite along time now. I’ll input my mates school id barcodes into the software. once it has one of my mates codes itll auto log them in too a limited user on my pc ;)

Dang dude this will be pretty dang useful especially when you get jacked. I mean you have all you stuff inventoried. They should have bar codes for every thing like computer cases, monitors television and stuff. I would put everything I own on there. But keep the list somewhere else just in case my computer gets jacked. Which will suck and god forbid that happens to anyone. My friend got robbed when they were away and couldn’t get everything that was missing something like this is good to have.

WoW…….

only for os x :)

Anything for the PC chris???

~~~~Google

God i am slow..had to re-view the video. Nvm

pff organization everything is nicer messy and not neat but has to be dust free ;D

wow, I gotta get this. Seems cool.

do you have an dual boot system with mac and windows

LOVE THIS. Addicting.

yep :-(

lol 40 dollars, yeah right.

If I remember correctly there was a USB device created in the late 90’s or early 00’s that read Barcodes I think it via Radioshack and was a hand held laser scanner that took you to the manufacturer’s website. Great to see this tech taking on different aspects.

cuecat

i got it but i doesn’t recognize that many things!

is it because im in the UK?

I couldnt find anyone to document my library for 40 dollars or less – seems pretty handy.

what is the programm called???
where can i download it???

what is the free programm for xp called i cant understand hin very good!
pls tell me!

we should do that for healthcare…those damn insurance companies insist on using fucking 26 letters and numbers. upc codes are amazing

That is so cool!
SO,Libra does all of the same things?

It’s not mices or meeces. It’s “mice.”

WTF, you’re an English teacher!

preety cool

nice 360 camera

cool app :)

i bought this just the day before you up this up. great video chris

i’m getting libra :D

So what. Why cant a person have fun with the english language? We use the language — not the language uses us. Your comment says a lot about your personality.

cube lol

Google: “delicious library 2.0″
You will find it is a mac based product.

Is there any application like this for Windows?

just delicius

thats fuckin clever

Does your Delicious Library info get backed up to a server? You mentioned it being sort of like a back-up insurance policy, but if your house catches on fire chances are your computer might get taken out too. Just curious, thanks for the video!

the insurance: what did you have
the person: well let me check on my computer o wait my computer was crushed by the earthquake, pointless

cool

What would be real awesome is if you could access the content… Say, the book in PDF form or the music in a media player. That way you don’t have to go digging through your book shelf to read your books that you’ve scanned into the software.

come see my video on how to get a free xbox 360 and iphone(referals not needed)

hmm…maybe one of he things i save in a disaster is my pc…

No. it’s a bit sour,gets in between the teeth.

LOL
always with the
if you will

damn i need to get that!

i guess this would be nice for ebay inventory

beef-n-go

Im in the UK and i’ve had no problems with it. I changed the country in preferences to United Kingdom so it may work better if you do that

thats pretty cool

Seems very neat, but I have SO much stuff here that if I were to catalog every single thing I thought worthy then I’d have to rearrange my entire house afterwards!!!

Very cool! I’m downloading Libra right now.

i think this is a greattt idea because i let ppl borrow alot of my stuff books.. movies.. games and sometimes if they have it for awhile i forget who i gave it to or if i even had it at some point so this would be a great tool or if you had alot of these kind of things and you got robbed then you would know exactly what was missing so i think software like this is definitely a plus if you have the time and the energy to sit and put everything into the library ..:-)

can this be done in the macbook?

i put a UPC code of a pack of chips from china and it said it was a pron dvd… wtf?

i eat pron… :V

yes

lol yeah i did that b4 noticing it was with the webcam haha

Wow great programs! I really need something like this since my house was robbed and the police need proof that I won the Star Wars dvds they have in their possession ;( Thanks for showing us these programs, guaranteed I will buy the Delicious Library, looks awesome!

that is so cool! i want to get that!

so it works on windows?

hey chris im the computerguy and want to no what u use as a mic i need to buy one for ky show

Wow, I’ve been looking for things like this for under $200 bucks for years. I’m going to try it now!

this is perfect. Now i can keep track of what cds i have and dont have that is just what i have been looking for thanks a lot

gay…..its only for mac os x…..macs are for rich people

is this for windows? i cant find it

I hear about Delicious Library all the time, but I never knew what it was used for. I probably should take inventory of all of my valuables, one of these days. Programs like these make a task like this so easy, yet not many people take advantage of it, me included.

Thank you for the reminder, Chris! I will get on this one of these days.

Amazing, why couldn’t I think of such concept?

Anyways, It’s good now after I read some people here in California are trying to break into unlocked houses.

mxjf that is not true!!

rich people LoL

if a natural disaster happened and the insurance company wanted to know what books you had…
wouldn’t your computer probably be destroyed in the natural disaster? lol

That’s what I was thinking! lol

Online Saving Maybe? That would be cool where you can access it from anywhere and update your library.

Macs are certainly NOT for rich people, they’re for people who want something different

wow thats pretty cool

Just what I needed… got things all over the place and have trouble finding them.

My dad works for a company that deals with wireless computers. More specifically, mobile PCs on Ford trucks and inventory scanners. This means we have tons of scanners and pocket pcs stacked up at our house, and I am usually given a fraction of what he doesn’t need anymore.

So, I guess I’m already good to go with this new piece of software, I’ll try it out later to day. It’ll have to be Libra however, one because I do not have a Mac and two because I don’t believed DL supported scanners.

Very nice one.Thanks Chris. :)

Is it just me or did you do a video like this before? Honestly I feel like this is deja vu. Regardless, very cool software. I’ll definitely be trying it out.

I’ve never really thought about keeping records of my games/CD’s etc. I usually just stick books on the shelf and Games/CDs in the draw :D

Delicious! Now I have a reason to get a webcam.

I think that this is an awesome idea. How many times do you need something and not remember if you have it or not… Just scan in every thing you have and when you go looking for it you know that you have it and if you can put in the location of that item that would be even better! As Chris said this is priceless in a natural disaster if you lose every thing and need to show the insurance company what you had it will give them a list of everything. I am defiantly going to buy this software!

I my self haven’t really worried about forgetting things and i haven’t loaned my stuff that often anyways but i quess in the future where work load starts to come and i’m going to get more busy then i might consider this thing important because a lot of things fly by and a little reminder is always a help.

Frankly, I’ve always found the inventory systems take too much time for my liking. Perhaps If I move it would be easier to log everything as it gets put into or taken out of a box.

I am loving Libra right now. So much that I took out all the DVDs in the case (which doesn’t cover even half of the collection) and scanned them all with an old Intel webcam I had laying around. It’s nice to catalog what you have in your collection if, like me, your’re about to move and need to know what all you have and what all you’re missing. Never hurts to have something to go back on.

Libra seems good but errr don’t really have something which has a bar code sticker on it. Except may be our Fridge and the laptop adapter.

These things are not common here in our country… :-(

I wish I had but Chris I generally do it in my computer or other package stuff I use chris.
By the way i checked that website, Ill try atleast once in the near future.

Wow, that’s really cool. Do someone know if there’s a similar program for windows?

This seems like a good idea for those who need such a tool… me, I just keep everything valuable in a fire proof safe that is extremely indestructible and impossible to carry. I don’t have too many things of great monetary value laying around, they all go in the safe… the only thing I have of extreme value that I can’t put in the safe is my wife, but she carries a .38 revolver… so I don’t worry too much.

This is a great program for people who have lots of stuff and often forgots something he had.. At least this is not for me because all I have is a USB thumbdrive ^^..

Cheers..

That is very very cool, Chris. I am a total neat-freak/OCD person, and this software is just brilliant! My family is always loosing things, so I hope that this software will solve a few issues! The method of scanning and tracking inventory looks more sophisticated than my work’s…..?!

But we all need to remember; this does no good unless things are actually physically organized.

Anyways, sweet software! I’ll have to try it out.

Those of you who know me, or have been reading my posts here on Chris’s blog, likely know already that I am a big fan and supporter of Space Jock software: http://www.spacejock.com. This is where I got my first taste of cataloging software, with BookDB. Well, for what is perhaps the first time, I have to say I’ve found something better. The idea that you can scan in items by bar code and not be forced to do all that tedious typing is just wonderful. Though libra might want to watch out, because from my own personal experience I can tell you that as soon as space jock’s creator gets wind of something new and interesting in the way of possibilities, he’ll be working hard to make sure his software can keep up.

crap! its for a mac and I’m too poor for one of those :(

Good software to use, making sure you get your games back :)

Delicious is a great piece of software. I never thought of using it to inventory my household goods. Great tip, that why I keep coming back to this site.

Seems like a great program. I heard about it couple of days ago when it was updated. Sounds like something that should be included in MacHeist or something similar. I’ll give it a try.

$40 is considered rich? ha

lol gonna barcode my pets and neighbors !

but yes indeed a very interesting software, also for work.
(which would require to buy it tho.)

This looks like the most fun way to keep track of all your stuff, and I LOVE the idea of having a check-in, check-out feature!

When I’m at school, I usually try to keep inventory of all my books and media in an excel spreadsheet. It’s not as cool or as effective as Delicious Library, but it works for me!

I never thought of that. I guess I don’t really think about being robbed either (but I have been in the past). When I first started reading this post though I thought “naw… that just takes too much time in general… and I barely have enough time now to do this.” But after reading some of the reasons why it’s good to have a list like this, it kinda makes sense I suppose.

But really, as Seinfeld said, “Everything you buy is just walking its way to the trash can.” Heck, if someone else is going to use it more than me… *shrugs shoulders* most of my stuff is just sitting around the house anyways. :) If someone else feels the need to have it so much that they’re willing to steal it… I just hope they put it to good use… but I know that’s never the case.

Kind Regards,
-Shaina

Never really thought about doing inventory, but I’ll probably end up doing something now. If not with this software, I might do an Excel spreadsheet or something with Microsoft OneNote.

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I myself just purchased a license for this program, its great! I was in class scanning my books and everyone was looking at me funny, but I find it an easy way to sell my books on amazon without having to look up every little bit of information.

(I also scanned everything in my house too lol)

If you could use a webcam as a barcode scanner why dosent everyone use it

Macs nowadays are not different to other PCs. They just have MacOS X pre-installed and that’s the only difference.

The Bluetooth Barcode Scanner is $300 o_0

If you could use a webcam as a barcode scaner why even get one when there are cheap webcams

You really don’t have a life at all. Get A LIFE Bitch.

Gonna seriously show some people in this household it, is it possible to actually write down where you store it? Cause then I’ll just go like, ok I put that there. Then when I need something i can finaly (Sort of) do ctrl + F to search my house for the book/cd/game/software and find it!

That’d be really awesome. Thanks for sharing didn’t even know software like this exists.

:D

Wow.. Im going to be scanning everything now just because i can! (shame its not free..)

I am using ‘whereisit’.It’s a very useful program for me.It has a very fast search engine finding all I want in a matter of seconds

This idea is a pretty good idea. Does it just recognize bar codes, or does it recognize serial numbers too, because instead of writing down the serial numbers on all of my hardware, I could possibly scan it in, so then it saves me having to open the case, and getting it, Which would be a huge time saver.

This would be really ideal for someone who has a collection they are selling on eBay or Amazon as a seller! That way you can keep track of what you have in “inventory” without having to have them in your face all the time!!

Wow, Delicious looks like a delicious piece of software!
I was thinking about getting some sort of home scanner, but this looks wayyy better!

Thank you Chris!

Wow. That is great! I am on the site right now. Wow! Great orginization tip!

wow, turning a webcam into a bar code reader might be useful for keeping things in line, ut it may also assist in things like e-bay sales. If all the sellers were able to scan their products into the system via barcode, and use he same webcam to get a picture, it could make displaying one’s products that much easier.

I found free home inventory software for ALL the items in your home…not just media/books. It is a download.

http://www.knowyourstuff.org/download.html

very clever nice to have o you don’t end up like me with 5 of the same book because you can’t remember if you bought it or not. Always annoying

I remember playing around with Libra awhile back. It is a nice inventory tool. I just really had no need for it.

Delicious Library is really cool: with the barcode scanner and everything. I think David Pogue did a video about this where he scanned in basically everything in his house. While it does look useful and amazing, which it is, by the time you get it all catalogued, there’s not much you can do with it. Maybe that’s just me, but I really don’t use it now. The initial experience is still pretty fun.

I’m also not the auction-everything-in-your-house-you-can’t-use type, so yeah, not much there for me either.

Chris-
Thank you SO much for pointing out Libra, that is exactly the freeware the wife and I have been in need of. She has a movie obsession, so we have almost 500 dvd’s and 200+ vhs tapes that she tracks through an excel spreadsheet – functional I suppose but clunky and no where near as practical.

Libra will be great, big thanks!

This looks like the most fun way to keep track of all your stuff, and I LOVE the idea of having a check-in, check-out feature.Thanks Chris.

I’m always losing stuff to people I lend things to.. This would be such a great thing to have.

Not only just to protect your things, but to serve as a quick lookup for anything you got in case you need it, or think you don’t have it and want to get it.. Check the list! Oh i’ve already got it! No need to waste another $22 on that new CD release and having duplicate cds. Money saved.

Well, i find this very cool, Chris, again, you show’d me like 1000 things that just rock, Thank you. Ihound rules!

Holy cow man that is the coolest thing that i have seen on here I have always wanted to catalog all of my games and movies but never wanted to do all of the work this is a great easy way to do that I am going to try this one Thanks Chris for making thing easy

Definitely gave me some food for thought, I have a bunch of random computer stuff laying around, its hard keeping track of what I do and dont have.

Great program chris, i downloaded the mac and pc version, i’ve spent all day playing with it, i especially like it when it says the name of the book, dvd, game or so on…

We, IT geeks, don’t have sufficient time to spend it on organizing our inventory.
BTW, if you own a Nokia(C) N95, you can use the bar code reader function,

Very cool stuff, but what is the point of it? Ebay inventory perhaps?

So, essentially someone could harness this kind of technology and use this indexing system to ……set up an online storefront? Come up with some kind of code that would actually represent the store in this visual representation. So that people could not only shop at your online storefront, but actually see your products on shelves like they are in the store. And then you could add some kind of active search so that when you start typing, things start disappearing from the shelves dependent upon what you’re typing. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Or do they already have that somewhere…

That Delicious Library really sounds like something worth having. Does it allow you to add pictures or video of the items that you are keeping track of?

I just Downloaded this program it works great for dvd’s and music but most games for pc do not have a bar code and i tried to search for my sims game and i could not find any for the original game it does not work for vhs movies i tried to do searches by title and the only one it wouldn’t find was the core but this is a great program

You don’t have no life. You have a life making a life for geeks.

This software is awesome! It’s going to be very helpful if ever a robbery, or just trying to remember the name of a game or CD.

Thanks!!!!!

I think this would awesome for comic book collectors shame its not on windows -CRY-

Clever software. However I would find it a bit tedious passing things past my webcam over and over again. Zzzzzz

I got Libra. It is great. But you have to change what you want to scan in like a Game. To do this you have to quit the web cam. But it is great over all. And its really Fun.

This could be really usefull for house insurance!

Yer, its cool but what woulds you use this for an home

lol this was a funny topic

Hey, that IS cool. I have a friend who bought the mac version and he says it is touchy with the barcode reader, you have to get it lined up just perfectly in order for it to recognize it, but I didn’t realize there was a Windows equivalent! Thanks for finding this for us, I can’t wait till I can get home and try it out!

this is really cool!

my friend and i are writing an “inventory manager” in B.A.S.I.C., that organizes all your software, videos, pictures and documents. maybe we should look into incorporating this into our software to organize books…

I have so much stuff…if I cataloged it in Libra I bet I would find out that I could get rid of half of it. It would be great for keeping track of CDs and DVDs!

I want to win

that is a good piece of software for like if you got burglarized to have a list of what you have

This is great. Like you said, now I won’t have to worry about loosing movies or games when I lend them to my friends.

If you have a Mac and are looking for a cataloging program check out the Pedia programs. They have all sorts of customizable features (write your own HTML export templates, info views) and include other cool features like Front Row integration so you can play linked movies directly through the program. Take a look: http://www.bruji.com

i always have a proplem of not knowing if i have a movie or not but now that i m using libra i can just open up my libary and know what i do and dont have. Thanks lot chris for bring this up for us.

I have an inventory of almost everything in my house. Now everytime I buy something, I just enter it into the system. I bought the software at Office Depot for like $120 and it came with a barcode reader. But I don’t use it. I just use the software. Thanks Chris.. I just remembered something I need to inventory while I was watching this.

i actually had a phone that could do that (but it broke). it did not tell you then name of the product, and i did not really see any use in it, but you could still use the camera to scan bar codes which was fun for about 10 minutes then i got bored.

Just steel the freaking software.. yes. obtain the crack/serial from an criminally distributed source and continue not paying for all the functionality.. just steel it.

I take it this is not for Windows?

That’s a really fancy thing huh? Saves people the trouble of actually organizing it themselves. Ya know, technology advancing really is helpful, but it really makes people lazy… Instead of going to the library these days I could just search something up on Google and I got it down. It’s kind of like this webcam thing; it basically saves you the trouble of doing it yourself :O

CHris is this for windows too?

well i tried out libra and my webcam didnt really pick up the bar code or anything. I bet Delicious is way better than Libra but i dont have a mac. I really wanted to try this out :(

This is interesting but I don’t really care about doing home inventory. It’s a waste of time, and I don’t find a use of doing home inventory. This is only useful for stores, not homes!

As time passes you can accumulate a lot of junk. Why not know the exact amount of junk you have? A Linux version would be sweet.

That looks like a cool program. I wouldnt be interested in having a program like that but I think that it would be useful for anyone who has a lot of books or alot of DVD’s. It could really help them be organized.

I guess this is good if you cant remember stuff
i dont really have alot of stuff with upc’s
mostly digital

Seems like a really nice service. If you ever need to remember, why not have a computer do it for you? Unless something bad happens to your computer to, because that could make it worse. The loan system sounds pretty spiffy, now you have proof they were the ones who took it and never gave it back :)

Chris, i have found this program to be very useful because I’m have lots of video game at home and i would like to use this program any time that i like. That program would have been very useful back in the day because many people have trouble keeping things in order and to use a program that helps keep or and find stuff you never had before, thats cool.

Thanks Chris, for the program and i will use it to the fullest of my ablities

This truly is software for the obsessive compulsive. I tried it, and as it is cool to have a bar code scanner in your computer, I don’t think I have a need for it. What will your friends think of you when they say “Hey, can I borrow this book?” and you’re like “WAIT! Let me scan it out first. Okay, here you go; it’s due back by the 16th. I charge 10 cents for every day it’s overdue!”

The software is awsome, after watching the video i went and downloaded Libra and for freeware it works great, but it is still in beta can’t wait to see the final version.

Thanks Chris

I was watching the live stream before you recorded this, it seemed like a pretty cool piece of software. Lucky that it’s on Windows, too. I think I’ll go and download the trial now! It won’t be long before I’m asked to register it, I’d be obsessed with it. What are we like, haha.

To the comment who mentioned what would your friends think of you if you said “Let me scan it first”: It can be scanned anytime, hell, even if you have to do it in front of your friend, who cares?!

The only thing I need is a new webcam, the one I have now works, but I’ve had it for a good… long time. Your blog posts are always interesting to read! Thanks for the info Chris!

A great Idea especially if you are lending things out all the time like i am because i always forget who has them,

I’m a big open source fan, but could never find an inventory system that I liked using and supported the webcam barcode features and whatnot (which are very convenient, but not perfect). I ended up buying DVDPedia (http://www.bruji.com/dvdpedia/) after researching a bunch of the options. No, it doesn’t do books, cd, games, and the like (there are other _Pedias to do those), but it does movies extremely well, instead of doing everything just alright.

Thanks for this information, Chris. It’s awesome that you can do this. I am glad you found Libra because I only run Windows for right now. I really think this is important now though because of natural disaster etc.

Hey chris, I found this post quite interesting. I have reviewed a few sites/products out there already that have this sort of thing going on. How useful they can be! Although i am a pc user, i liked your imput on this product. I decided to comment because i have thought of some other uses for it and pros.
1. you can have your own personal library and charge people to become a member.
2. you can keep track of just the books you read, and not all the books you own. This can be helpful when you are looking for books you haven’t read. Such as, you can scan your list, and find a book and notice you haven’t yet read the sequel.
3. Great organization feature! It may help you keep things in order around your house too.

There are many different things you can use this for.
Although, i have a question chris. Can it just do Books,CDs, Dvds and other media? or can you imput other things like jewelry and stuff, then save the upc code so that when you scan it again, it will come up? anyway, nice product. I love when you do those reviews on things like this. Verrrrry Helpful :) THX AGAIN!

~Manda~
A.K.A. PSP365
mandasjewelry@comcast.net
mandasjewelry.site88.net/catalog/

There are definitly many views you can take to this.
I think i would mostly use it for insurance purposes though
The keeping it as a library is a good idea though.

Well I don’t know about you guys but I used to have so much fun with those old tape labeller gadgets. I can see barcoding being an extension of that.

I do have to admit though that a webcam will never be accurate enough for ’serious’ archiving as it is reliant on picture quality which will function in a spmwhat analog manner. An infra red beam set up for this purpose will be so much more reliable, Definately for fun, rather than a serious tool.

If you have absolutely no cash but some computer skills, you can also be a DIY inventory person. Python is a really awesome programming language (also recommended for beginners to “real” coding) which will easily do this for you. All you have to do is create and run the program! The best news? Python’s interface is free, user friendly, and completely documented. You will likely be able to find step by step instructions for this particular code sequence right online if you are not familiar with the language! I did it this way, and it as awesome!

If you are wondering for an inventory program that works for windows. I have the solution for you! There is a program that has worked wonders for me. This is called “spiceworks”. It’s a great stable program. And is worthwhile your trying. If you have any questions on it. Email me at mangospork@gmail.com

~mangospork

that is sick

I have DVD profiler by Invelos Software. Works great on Vista and definitely recommend it . Doesn’t have the cool webcam bar code reader though.

This software is quite interesting. I think it would be amazing if you could access the content of the media that you’re cataloging. For example, a PDF of the a book that you’ve scanned. Obviously, you wouldn’t be able to play a video game that you’ve scanned, but what about photos, videos, reviews or cheat codes? That could be useful. Maybe just provide all sorts of information about the media. What do you think?

I suppse it would be helpful if your house burnt down…I wouldn’t know because it’s never happened to me, but from my current standing point, I would think the things that are worth more (e.g. TV, computer, washing machine, etc.) would be the priority over the small stuff like books and CD’s. Personally, I probably wouldn’t use it, because if I don’t have that much things to keep track of. Even if I did, it would take way too long (the putting and taking things off and back into shelf), and I’m too lazy =P

0.o Believe it or not I just had problems with a certain insurance agency not too long ago about a bunch of stolen….frivolous stuff, including nearly 1,000 dvds/vhs’.

As soon as I dump my Windows machine I will be cataloging EVERYTHING! But right now my Windows machine is at risk of frying so…in good time.

This would be perfect for keeping track of your items durring a long move. A great way to database your belongings. Reminds me of the Radio Shack device that came out about 10 years ago. Glad to see someone has expanded the product.

man that is cool and helps keep it ordanized

Know what’s really funny? You have to buy the software for the Mac, but the PC software is free! w00t!

Whoa, Chris! Thanks for reminding me about Delicious Library!

I had previously used the first version when it came out but had lost all my data when my hard drive fell as a victim to another life form… or, well, death.

Delicious Library is, without a doubt, a tool that most of us geeks need. If you’re like me, you’re not very organized (I know, bad me, bad, bad me!) but this application helps you at least maintain a list of the things you have, separated by what they are! And, best of all, I can sell my stuff! Sure, i won’t be getting much by selling my lightly used copy of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, but I can get money from it. Delicious Library tells me how much it costs used and even helps me sell it!

You see the beauty of this? Highly recommended product. I suggest you go out, try it; you’ll love it and buy it, guaranteed!

That sounds very very useful. I’m the most forgetful person of the century <_<
But the only problem is the thing about a Webcam. I don’t have one. Too bad it has no OCR abilities, that’d be much more useful.

i have been using the windows program and it has been working grate so far a few things i try and scan in dont come up but then i just do a serch for the item and then i alway find it so far.

OoOoOoO. This looks amazing! I always worry that there will be a fire in my house and i’ll lose my like 453 million games and music CD’s (Ok..I’m exagerating a LITTLE.) Or when I lend a friend something…Well this helps A LOT! I’m going to be using this quite a bit. :) Thanks a bunch Chris!

I just tried Libra, and all I can say is WOW. I mean, a webcam as a barcode scanner????? That is amazing. Although… A lot of times it won’t work for some strange reason… It works, but only after a few tries with the webcam. Oh well. Anyways, Thanks Chris!!! This is SO useful!!!

finally!! something i could use against my friends who don’t return things they loaned from me… only thing left to do is :GET A MAC.. lol

cool, something i could use against my friends who don’t return things i loaned to the… only thing left to do is: GET A MAC.. lol

cool, something i could use against my friends who don’t return things i loaned to them… only thing left to do is: GET A MAC.. lol

i dont have too many things, one of the hard parts of being a stundent, i really dont have time to buy things and mark them to do this things. Maybe one day ill give it a try its really important to be organized. First step i need a webcam….. lol

As a windows user with a web cam equiped laptop, libra sounds like it might be useful. I am going to give it a try.

:O That program is really sweet, I hate it when I share my stuff and don’t get it back because I don’t remember who has it, most of the times I do rememeber, scince I got a decent memory lol xD. But yeah, really nice, wouldn’t buy it tough xD, I never really buy software.

Well that is a fine piece of software! Shame i cant find those drivers for my webcam. Can you search for your items using spotlight? or some kind of built in spotlight function, that would be cool.
I will look forward to using it sometime.

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This is absolutely wonderful. I swear I have over 50 games and I forget which ones I own or if they are even there. I never knew that you could turn a webcam into a barcode scanner. Thats super cool right there. On a sidenote, I wish I would have known about this a few years ago, when I couldnt remember which versions of Halo were mine or my friends.

Libra sounds like a very useful program, I’ll try to check it out. Thanks for the tip!

I have several lists, but I have never thought of making an inventory list of all my stuff! I use excel to write like lists if we’re going on a trip or something. Great idea!

I have something like this in my nokia N95. But it never works!

Libra is a very good idea I hadn’t heard of if an object has a bar code, and some books do. With a video cam, or web cam though, you should be able to get all your things inventoried.

Wow… With a web cam and computer or mac? Aren’t macs computers?

Also, If you are into inventorying, check this out!

This media carousel stores tons of CDs and DVDs and it’s stackable!

http://www.x-tremegeek.com/Templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=10670

Also, there is a barcode scanner and software that you can get to go with this carousel. This is AWESOME!!

thx chris now i dont have to use excel for my invitory
that took me forever

I never ever thought I needed a home inventory of anything I had. And I’ve been living in the same apartment for years but last summer it was broken into and I had some DVD’s stolen like a Bowie DVD from MTV’s show. And alsa a Billy Idol DVD was stolen. So, after that happened I had to tell my insurance company what I was missing… and at that point I realized an inventory would have been a good thing to have

Too bad I don’t have a webcam. :( I don’t get to do anything you say is fun. But that’s interesting, you’re saying a catalogue of your own things? That would be incredible.

is that only for mac or is it able to use in Pc too?

That does sound like a nice alternative, but here’s what i suggest. First, put all your software, dvds, ect… on their own index card. Then use a library like system of having people you rent it to sign it off. That way, when your only working computer crashes, you will still know where your fix-it programs are and ect…

I think Delicious Library is great, but I’m not anal enough to track ALL my books/DVDs.

This is a pretty cool idea. I’ll have to check it out.

By the way, I want a new PC!

That would be pretty sweet for garage sales :)

Clutsy interface. Spent half an hour trying to figure out how to read a barcode with a hand scaner. Not sure it’s worth going thought the read-me on this.

that would be sweet for a garage sale :)

Every day I am surprised more technology, it’s great to have one thing well, but for me that I am re disorderly .. the truth that I would like to take this into my pc. It’s perfect for people who do not have scheduled the quantity of things they have and there one will forget or lose it. Excellent chris thanks for the information I served for someone like me so messy! greetings

I think that it is a great idea however, if you are in a fire or what not and your belongings are missing, if your computer is missing also i guess that it would in the end be deemed useless. It is pretty smart and original howevere!

I probably should since i just built a new computer, but i too lazy. Still for a regular household with 3 or 4 people you really should. i live in a small studio so i dont have much.

i wonder if it can load it.

This looks kewl too bad I don’t have a mac :(

I think that this is a really good website and I am only 10 yrs. old but I love your show! I watch it every day! My chat room username is buck10 if you see me

Hehe, this is cool now i dont have to take pictures for my insurance company

HEHE, No i dont have to take indivudual pictures for the insurance company

i wish i believed that a piece of cool software could somehow cause me to become organized and know where everything is, but i fear it’s too big a jump from where i am now.

if we could start with a search utility that would tell me where my car keys are, that would be great.

I keep getting kicked off this site tonight, does anyone know why, or is anyone else having that problem?
It has been great learning from lockergnome all these years Chris, thanks and thanks to everyone behind the scenes here.

so this would be pretty cool if it worked on a PC…which really limits the audience. Writing code that is platform independent is pretty smart these days…

Wow, i Tried this, but it did not work out.. I tried the windows version, it was irritating, I guess you have to have to have a decent webcam? i dont think that the camera was picking it up. I don’t have a big enough inventory to use this software, and buy it, just dvds and a few books, It might be decent to some schools, but not all private schools have Macs, so they would have to use the free software for windows, which I would think would not be as decent as the Mac software. I hope i can figure it out, but thanks for bringing this to the audience..

~Kyle_vdk

I had the first delicious library and now im in love with it again! It is just such a pretty application. The only complaint about it is I cant catogorize everything such as toothbrushes and wierd items.

does this work on the older mac cuz im still running a G4 powerbook =(

Haha, I might actually need this. I have so much junk in my storage room. I wonder how it gets all the information… is it stored on the bar code, or in a database on their servers?

Heh, either way one more reason for me to pick up a mac. It’d be great to keep track of what text books I have for school…

It would be pretty sweet and just confirm my OCD diagnosis. I could see it being a useful way to keep track of my dvd and book collection.

Well… I wouldn’t call it delicious, but its pretty awesome. The libra software, although it seems to good to be true! I will probably only get if it goes on sale. My current setup is not big enough to need an inventory list. Everything is where I put it, and is ready for quick access when I need it.

This looks really cool, too bad i don’t have a webcam or a mac or I would try this out

no its mac only

unfortunately not.

Comic book scanning time HOOOOOO!
but who in their right mind, would make that for just for MAC need some win/LINUX LOVE please.

when I hold the a book in front of the camera it shows in a window the barcode but nothing happens and this on Libra for windows XP
please help
thank you

libra looks better than delicious library….

MAC: I Just got a new program; delicious library :D

PC: W/E Biznatch I can do cool stuff too :P

MAC: Like what?

PC: GAMESSS!!!! XD xP

Okay, now that’s tight… The next best thing since touch screens… :-)

Thanks for showing me this Chris. I am probably going to buy this ASAP, and it gave me thoughts of what it would be like to own a library. This is some of the coolest software I have seen in a while, and it would really help me. (Getting tired of having to remember who owes me money.)

Hey Chris, i found a knockoff of delicious Library for Windows..I must warn you, even its name is cheesy: Mediaman…i suppose thats media manager??anyways, just thought u would wanna know…im getting the one from getlibra.com…hopefully it talks like the mac version…cya later..

theres some program called DVD PROFILER 3 that you can scan all your DVDs into and organize them and what not.

I need this, badly. Every time I lend something to a friend, they just take it forever, and I have to get my mom to get the principle.

Anyway, I recommend this too, because a lot of my friends use it also.

Chris tell me what you think about the bluetooth scanner, im thinking about buying one.

maybe its me but this sounds useless and unnecessarily time consuming.

As soon as I can get a Mac I will definitely be using this. I always wanted a place for all my media, and a bookshelf never would suffice! Thanks for the post Chris!