The major difference that I’ve noticed so far from my converted file is that the official version has some nice navigation links. That’s really a great feature to help for quick navigation.

See screenshots below as viewed in Laputa application on Nexus One.

Ever since I’ve written a post about my conversion of the English version of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures to epub, I’ve received a lot of request for it. Not only the English language but Spanish, Polish and other languages as well.

It took a while before I was able to work on it again but now, I present to you multi-language NWT in .epub and .mobi formats. Currently, these languages are available:

• English
• Spanish
• Polish
• French
• German
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• Dutch
• Italian

I will continue working on other languages upon request. To get the file, just comment on this post and I will email it to you.

All source files are mirrored from http://www.watchtower.org and I did my very best to avoid any errors in the conversion process but if you find any problems, please let me know and I will correct it.

I’ve removed the chapters from the table of contents to show only the name of the book to reduce vertical scrolling on small devices.

Many people also reported that these files are working well on their Ipad, Iphone, Kindle and Android phones.

Endomondo

Web App – Sharing

Endomondo has a great commenting system due to it’s simple social networking capabilities similar to facebook. You workout, and all your friends in Endomondo can comment on it. The workouts can also be shared on public using links or embed as IFrame on any web page. The workouts can also be shared in facebook and twitter and can be set to do this automatically every time you workout.

Web App – Import/Export

Another great feature of Endomondo is its friendly importing and exporting features. It accepts files from Garmin and other file types such as .gpx files.

Web App – Statistics

Workouts are laid out in a calendar form with other tabs for lists and statistics which has a selectable criteria for better analysis. The shareable workout has a map and stats as well which is perfectly designed.

Web App – Other Features

Other web features includes creating challenges, teams, drawing routes and live map where you can see your friends route overlaid on top of another.

Mobile App

The mobile app is available to various phones on their download page. Currently, I’m using the android app for my HTC Magic and the interface is very clean and simple.  Upon starting the app, you can immediately start your workout in one press. There is also an audio coach and goal setting. But the disadvantage are its lack of settings flexibility.

CardioTrainer

Web App

The web interface is very simple and secure. It requires a special access key from the mobile app in order to view the workouts uploaded. Sharing can only be done via email so no facebook/twitter integration here. The stats are very plain and there’s no way to put comments. The only thing I love about the web app is that the workouts can be exported to various format either as batch or individually.

Mobile App

This is where the CardioTrainer really beats Endomondo. Here is the feature list:

1. Supports add-on modules like Weight Loss Program and Race Against Yourself (both are donate version)
2. Excellent Music Integration – You can select to automatically play all your music randomly or select a specific playlist. How cool is that! I really like how pressing the start workout button plays my music. It really kicks an andrenaline rush immediately.
3. Voice Output - Great voice and sounds very clear. The app will play alternating voice feedback about the distance, pace and time. It can also be change to activate either by distance or time and change the value of its parameters. Selecting time is very advantageous because you can use it as an alternative to lap timer. For example, setting it to 1 min interval will give a feedback when to run and when to rest. Really handy feature.
   One neat feature I want to see here is having a nagging comments to help push the person to keep going. Like “Is that all you got?” or “You seem to be slowing down, are we done already?”

Best of Both Worlds

The good thing about these two apps is that you can still used them hand in hand. CardioTrainer on mobile app, upload and export to gpx then import to Endomondo web site for sharing and analysis.

So there’s no need to choose which one to use. Use them both!

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Using Sigil, a WYSIWYG ebook editor, I learned that the epub format is just a formatted HTML. So my first plan is to convert the text format bible I got from somewhere into an HTML. But there are 66 books in the bible containing thousands of chapters! Yeah I’m willing to go through this little by little. If I can work on 1 book a day, I could finish it in 2 months! Wow! Such determination LOL!

And so I started working, and the lazy (in a nice way) guy I am, I learned a few tricks that could speed up the process. But I was really lazy haha. I thought if only I could find a html format of this bible, then my life would be easier. And so I found it. On the http://www.watchtower.org website. I could view the source, copy the parts I need and strip off the excess HTML tags from the source. But still, this method is very time consuming. I can’t even got through the 20th chapter of the book of Genesis in 4 hours!

This is where my ultimate laziness (programmers are very lazy, LOL) really kicks in. I summoned httrack to mirror the bible from the web. I now got the .htm files in my PC. I just need to combine them into a huge .htm file altogether. I used my old friend Ultra Edit for this tasks. I stripped off the unneeded tags, comments, etc using Regular Expressions find and replace (really sweet!) and combined the files into a single clean .htm file and loaded it up to Sigil (which takes 5 minutes to load, 10 minutes to save as epub). Finally, I got my very own epub format of the New World Translation Bible loaded in Aldiko. What an achievement in one day (originally could have been taken in 2 months!). Just wow! I even learned some regex tricks on the process. So here it is, loaded in my HTC Magic.

Sometimes, it’s good to be lazy. Provided that you let your PC work for you automatically.

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Around 3 years ago, I discovered that there is an alternative. I’ve used XYplorer where in that time, still is a freeware and was stunned by its features but soon, I found the Directory Opus File Manager. I am so amazed with it that I immediately make it my windows explorer replacement. And I have yet to regret it. I can say that Directory Opus was carefully crafted and developed by its creator. It’s very easy to use, flexible and got lots of options for users to choose from depending on their preference.

Just like before, I may not be able to tackle the complete features of this application. I will just show you what I know and think was very useful. Just to give you a hint to why this is my favorite file manager.

The below screenshots are barely just the default settings of Directory Opus. I just enlarge the toolbar icons and integrated TeraCopy with it. You can experiment with the settings and options to suit your needs with Dopus. Just visit their resources page.

Here, I’m using a two-pane lister style. Each of them are independent of each other and can also display the directory tree separately.

In the next screenshot, I’m using a filmstrip lister style. The preview pane loads really fast and can also view several images as slideshow. It also allows users to make basic image adjustments like image rotate and gamma correction.

Here, I’m showing the Dopus capability to convert and resize images easily. You don’t need an external program to do this. All of this is built onto Dopus.

There are still many other useful features of Dopus worth mentioning like:

• Synchronization
• Duplicate File Finder
• FTP connection
• Print folder contents to file or clipboard
• Vista style navigation on address bar
• Theme support
• Internal viewers
• File Collections
• Split/Join Files
• Powerful multiple File Renamer that supports Regular Expressions
• Flickr and ImageShack integration
• Flexible keyboard shortcut assignment
• and many others

There are still lots of features but I may need a longer space to put them here. Just find it out yourself. Dopus allows a longer 60-day trial so you can experiment with it longer.

When you purchased Dopus, a USB license is included which means you can export your configuration and run Dopus anywhere you have the exported Dopus program.

Of course, there are many other alternatives out there like Total Commander and XYplorer but for me, Dopus is really easy to use and doesn’t require sharp learning curve to use. Just try it out for you to see. I am not an affiliate of Dopus whatsover. I’m just sharing my knowledge to let those who didn’t know of its power and efficiency.

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