I’m not a very organized person in day to day tasks. However, I love organizing media. I once went over to a friend’s house just to alphabetize his record collection. It’s a fun pastime for me, akin to playing baseball and hiking for more athletically capable people.
When I first got my PowerBook laptop, I started creating my own database for my films in FileMakerPro. Yes, I own FileMakerPro for personal reasons, don’t laugh. But inputing all of that data was taking a stupid long time. Then I read about Delicious Library and I realized there was a much easier way. Instead of typing in all of the information (title, director, actors, dvd extras), you just drag the movie icon from Amazon to your delicious library and info magically appears.
My favorite features:
*You can scan the barcode with a dv camera for quick input
*There’s a section where you can note who you’ve loaned movies to and a customizable due date for their return
*If you purchase a dvd through Delicious Library, they donate 100% of their Amazon revenue sharing to charities around the world
Unfortunately, when my laptop got repaired by Apple (it’s a long story), they totally wiped my hard drive and I forgot to back up my database. So now I have to input the info for all of the movies again. Does anyone want to be my intern?
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