A note here. I was just thinking about the way they can do random FACE RECOGNITION via computers these days. Now, wouldn't it be just wonderful if they could adapt this to HOSTA LEAF RECOGNITION? Don't laugh too quickly, it could happen if someone decided to work on it. It is after all a matter of PATTERN RECOGNITION? And another little tidbit of information related to nothing in particular, except it stuck in my mind the first time I heard about it 40 years ago.....Did you know that during WWII the USA hired or assigned mostly WOMEN to analyzing camouflaged fortifications and such as that, because IN GENERAL women were better (significantly so, as I was told) at PATTERN RECOGNITION than men? It could be put to a test related to hosta. For instance, do you think that men or women would win a contest of recognizing hosta from their patterns? :) Give me some app that could do like the OCR scanner on my phone with hosta leaves, and I'd love for it to identify all my NOIDS.

oh, but sometimes the ideabooks are the best part. Not necessarily people's random books, but the ones that are like curated collections, highlighting a specific problem/house/piece of furniture, etc. Similar to Pinterest's "boards" although usually much smaller. I was looking for ideabooks on DIY headboards. "Ideabooks" are still being named in my email. Among this one's ideabooks: Why Fall is the Best Time for Planting Room of the Day: A San Francisco Living Room Enjoys the View (no one said they were gramatically correct) 7 Quick and Easy Halloween Decorating Ideas Insulation Basics: Natural and Recycled Materials This post was edited by Violet.West on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 20:57

I just checked to see if springpad was available for all platforms and it is! I use it all the time I have it on my phone, tablets and pc all synced together. It is so easy to save something I might want to look at later or make a note about something. Check it out I bet you can find a use for it too. Super easy to use. Springpad I have used Imageshack for years and years for storing my pics online and using the codes to post them to forums etc. they make apps for apple and android which are great you can send your pics right from your phone or tablet etc to your imageshack account and lots more. I use it all the time. these are some of them check there may be more. Of course you would need an imageshack account which is free, I have had mine for years and have never had problems with it like I have with photobucket! SkyPath by Imageshack Corp that is for apple ImageshackDroid android version Skypath For Android another android option with skypath I have been using the imageshackdroid one but I will try the skypath one now to see which I like better.

question - if you do use Houzz and you save pictures in your idea book - how do you share them with people that are not on Houzz? I can't save them and it takes forever to load on my phone. I want to go to the tile store tonight and share the photos with the person there. :( now I am annoyed I started with an idea book here. Of course I have one on pinterest too, but I cant get the Houzz pictures there. Can I?