Cleared Out the pBooks!

[Patricia]

I occasionally have this fantasy where I scan all the cookery books, organise a database for the recipes, then just keep an old laptop in a corner of the kitchen for reading them.

This is not likely to happen, because life is too short.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I occasionally have this fantasy where I scan all the cookery books, organise a database for the recipes, then just keep an old laptop in a corner of the kitchen for reading them.

This is not likely to happen, because life is too short.

heehee. that's how i feel too.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I occasionally have this fantasy where I scan all the cookery books, organise a database for the recipes, then just keep an old laptop in a corner of the kitchen for reading them.

This is not likely to happen, because life is too short.

There was once this house building program on tv here. And they were showing the kitchen. With a computer built in (including screen) for the recipes...

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Why can't we have an exchange program - the publishers take back the paper version and replace with an electronic versions (FOC of course ).

I would even pay for this... $.25 per book maybe?

BOb

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I would even pay for this... $.25 per book maybe?

BOb

i would pay too, if it were that cheap...

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I occasionally have this fantasy where I scan all the cookery books, organise a database for the recipes, then just keep an old laptop in a corner of the kitchen for reading them.

This is not likely to happen, because life is too short.

There is already a lot or recipe software out there and millions of recipes for them. This software will even let you input a list of some ingredients that you have and show you recipes that would work for them. They also allow you to create meal plans and the a shopping list for the week.

There is also the MiBook which has video recipes on it.

So, there you go..l you don't need to do any scanning of any cookbooks. You can have what you want for the price of a Kitchen PC. Since this software isn't very CPU intensive and old cheap PC will work just fine.

BOb

[yvanleterrible]

There is a fridge with a screen on its door and a scanner that monitors what and when you put in produce. Press on a button and a list of recipes come to the screen of what you can prepare with the contents. If a produce is about to go stale, it can tell you.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by RWood

...If we created Marcus Marc I, do we therefore hold the copyright? Is there DRM to prevent others from copying Marcus Marc I? Can we clone Marcus Marc I? Do we wnat to? Are we afraid to clone Marcus Marc I?

If a "Marcus Marc I" was created, I would be forced to destroy it and perform some revisionist history "with extreme prejudice", to erase all reality of it from the timeline. Come to think, if it was even a "Marc Marc I" I would probably do that too. My brainpan...boiling...snakes. All copies will be met and vanquished on a battlefield of my choosing, with conclusion pre-drawn inside the spheres of the heavens by my own machines. The first rule of Ape Club: I win. The second rule of Ape Club: I WIN!...

There is a small room off the entry hall of the house that is identified in the original builder's brochure for the house as "library" and it has a 6' (H) by 8' (W) built in shelving that we use for cookbooks. It is full and spilling onto the floor. This is one type of pbook that we are not likely to replace.

I am waiting on the new Mac Mini to get a computer into a kitchen cupboard that I can hook up to a monitor/TV on the wall, so that The Loved One can lookup new recipes, or ones I will scan from his books, or have found on the web already and saved. Currently he's always wandering over to my iMac to look things up, and I think he'd like this kind of access (and also the ability to watch his stories while slaving over a hot stove for my comfort).

One estimate gives pbooks an R value of 10 for insulation. Thus removing pbooks from exterior walls may make the home colder in winter and warmer in summer. All this will increase your electric/gas/oil bill.

Just stuff your bookcases full of pink batts (that is, insulation, though if you want to use Battus Pinkus instead, the flying kind, I suggest a staple-gun, chainmail gloves, and a relaxed attitude towards contraction of the lyssavirus).

...
I think I need another scanner.

I've only the one (an Epson Perfection 4990), and it's booked solid for old negative and slide scanning for about the next two years.

Cheers,
Marc

[Gaurnim]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I have a book dated from 1755. I opened it once. I will probably not read it because I'm afraid of bruising it. I'd probably have more fun building it a shrine anyway.

I have bought some time ago the Decameron from 18xx (don't remember exactly). I've never read it, I'm afraid of damaging it too

Originally Posted by Justy

I use to have an office/library room. We had 3 big bookshelves that went almost to the ceiling filled with books. Friends would come over and browse the shelves and borrow books just like a library. Then one day the shelves collapsed under the weight of all the books and we boxed them up.

Ouch !
I hope it doesn't happen for our library.
The shelves look sturdy, but we should rearrange things a bit so the books don't overflow too much.

About that time we discovered that Son was on the way and I lost the room to him.

We've already planned the room for the hypothetical kid that might arrive some day.
We'll merge the library and guest room.

[Sweetpea]

I saw the perfect scanner today for this job...


http://www.i2s-digibook.com

They had some old books on the scanners today... And they looked good!

(I only think you need a big purse...)

[Justy]

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

I hope it doesn't happen for our library.
The shelves look sturdy, but we should rearrange things a bit so the books don't overflow too much.

Do make sure your shelves are well supported, and attach the bookshelves to the walls as well. This way you don't have to worry about them, and all your books, falling on you if the ground gets shaky or if the hypothetical kid decides to climb them.[/QUOTE]

[Gaurnim]

Originally Posted by Justy

Do make sure your shelves are well supported, and attach the bookshelves to the walls as well. This way you don't have to worry about them, and all your books, falling on you if the ground gets shaky or if the hypothetical kid decides to climb them.

The shelves are already attached to the walls, this is the first thing we did before loading them with books.
We are going to move some of the shelves soon, so we'll check them thoroughly at the same occasion.

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Cheers,
Marc

Friends? or relations? (my little misleading monkey)

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

I have bought some time ago the Decameron from 18xx (don't remember exactly). I've never read it, I'm afraid of damaging it too

.

The Decameron is medieval, about 11th century more or less, not 1800's. Boring as you can ever imagine. Canterbury Tales is a much more interesting read, a bit younger than Decameron, but along the same lines with the travelers telling tales, but more lively.

[Gaurnim]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

The Decameron is medieval, about 11th century more or less, not 1800's. Boring as you can ever imagine. Canterbury Tales is a much more interesting read, a bit younger than Decameron, but along the same lines with the travelers telling tales, but more lively.

When I was saying 18xx, I meant the actual date the book was produced, not the date the story was written.