Ma.gnolia: Ben Brophy's Bookmarks

Single Malt Scotch Selection

2008-02-28T08:14:48-08:00

Charles Street Liquor is the place to go for single malts in Boston

So… Does the iPhone live up to its hype?

2008-02-27T08:57:33-08:00

results from usability tests on the Iphone.

librarian.net » today’s DDC art link

2007-09-24T18:15:05-07:00

I don't really get the art, but supposedly Dewey Decimal Classification is involved some how.

TestDisk - CGSecurity

2007-09-22T13:32:33-07:00

Might help recover data frm my cprrupted external drive.

How to Brew Hard Cider

2007-09-18T08:01:24-07:00

Delaware's Library lovin' govenment - Library Journal

2007-09-15T05:19:17-07:00

Apparently the Secretary of State in Delaware is "a librarian wannabe who's even cataloged her own books using the Dewey Decimal System." I know how that is.

Kids and Money

2007-09-12T10:33:41-07:00

Most Useful Mac Software | Tech Magazine

2007-09-07T06:49:58-07:00

One of the millions of lists of mac apps out there, but this one had some nice ones I hadn't known about.

FX Series Drawer fridge

2007-09-04T12:34:57-07:00

This is thew refrigerator/freezer I want for the kitchen one day. I have no idea how much it costs.

Got land? Get farmer

2007-09-04T10:21:14-07:00

Article about a program in Maine that helps new farmers find land. A friend of mine, Justin Deri, is the example of a new farmer who has just leased 3 acres.

JetBlue - Non-Stop Flights From Boston

2007-09-04T10:04:29-07:00

A list of places JetBlue flies direct from Boston.

tinyliving. love your small space.

2007-09-04T07:22:44-07:00

Interesting store for products that work well for people who live in small homes. I love smallness.

Creating the 21st Century Library -- In These Times

2007-08-31T08:04:15-07:00

Great interview with Megan Prelinger or the Prelinger Library in San Francisco - an unincorporated privately run 1700 sq. ft. library. They don't use Dewey or LC, but their own personal classification.

Dewey Browser

2007-08-30T10:28:24-07:00

Handy way to discover Dewey numbers.

OptimalSort - online card sorting

2007-08-30T07:02:22-07:00

OptimalSort is card sorting done online

Mr. Library Man wants you to speak up and ask questions

2007-08-29T06:42:47-07:00

Fun new column where a librarian gives flip answers to silly questions. I'm not sure he should have revealed that librarians have secret DDC numbers that we don't let others know about. What would Rupert Giles say?

CSS-only Lightbox

2007-08-27T10:14:35-07:00

"Create a Lightbox effect only with CSS - no javascript needed." Not totally true, of course you need a *little* JavaScript. Still, pretty cool trick.

Digging into a 529 Plan - Morningstar Special Report

2007-08-23T11:26:28-07:00

A report on Massachusetts' uFund 529 plan. Fairs pretty well, but not as nice as Utah's pan.

WHO | Weight-for-age

2007-08-19T18:52:29-07:00

All of the height and wieght percentile charts for kids you could ever want.

jQuery for JavaScript programmers

2007-08-17T17:32:31-07:00

I should read this someday.

Dot Comment | Search bliss from Egypt to Dewey to Google to... | Straight.com Vancouver

2007-08-17T10:19:23-07:00

The commentator runs through Jeet Heer's time line of information retreval part or which suggests that the 'modern age' of information retreval starts with DDC. Has a few details wrong (the library o congress didn't invent card catalogs) but and interesting, if light, read.

Tough Love: Norcool Fridge in a Drawer (TreeHugger)

2007-08-16T12:23:15-07:00

I keep thinking about under the counter refridgerators. This drawer model is like. (man who ever owns that fridge drinks a lot of juice!)

Tiny House: A Work in Progress

2007-08-15T17:32:44-07:00

I love tiny houses.

How to Green Your Office and Stay in the Black

2007-08-15T06:52:06-07:00

Tips on greening a graphic design company that apply to just about any office.

Sanctuaries and Nature Connection | Mass Audubon

2007-08-12T11:05:41-07:00

Possible weekend trips

Combine PDFs 2.1

2007-08-10T06:32:28-07:00

Does just what it says it will. Sometimes it's handy to turn a few PDFs into one PDF.

Hex Color Picker

2007-08-09T08:25:06-07:00

I love this plug-in. I take it for granted, but I realize I use it nearly every day, especially when doing wireframes in OmniGraffle.

Library Books | Harold's Software

2007-08-08T13:34:15-07:00

Cool looking software for keeping track of the books you have out from your library in your toolbar.

PDF Prototypes: Mistakenly Disregarded and Underutilized

2007-08-08T11:21:44-07:00

I've found them hard to work with, but I may need to use PDF protoypes as an alternative to paper prototyping so I can do distance esting and screen capture.

Biweekly mortgage payments

2007-08-08T06:45:11-07:00

it's by the automatic millionaire guy. He's in the pro-early-payoff camp. I'm not sure which camp I'm in. My index funds outperform my low mortgage rate pretty handily. He suggests biweekly payments (which is part of his book, too). I wonder if our mortgage company does it. It would be handy b/c it lines up with my paycheck schedule.