Chris AldrichDec 12

Breaking News: Brodart No Longer Manufactures or Sells Library Card Catalogs

With no advance notice or apparent fanfare, Brodart, one of the major library supplies and furnishing companies in the United States, has quit manufacturing, distributing, and selling library card catalogs and library charging trays. This seems sad news for analog library enthusiasts coming just two days after Melvil Dewey's 174th birthday on December 10th.  I've got word in for specific details about end dates for manufacturing and the last sales on some of these products. Apparently the […]

https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/12/breaking-news-brodart-no-longer-manufactures-or-sells-library-card-catalogs/

🪑Dr Rockstar ♫Jan 4, 2025

Conventions:
What would a #Zettelkasten #ZettelkastenBoxes theorist suggest?
Maybe not the correct theory to apply...

What if I read from Right to Left ( #RTL ), like many of your acquaintances at least have considered.

Perhaps is more efficient in this circumstance to use an #RTL approach to an #LTR problem?
#PSR #autoload #PSR4

Chris AldrichSep 5, 2024

Acquisition: Early 1900s 3 x 5 Inch No. 15 Card Index Filing Cabinet with No. 1535 C. I. Inserts from The Macey Company

The Macey Company Card Index Filing Cabinet

On July 15, 2024 I acquired an oak filing cabinet with 16 drawers for 3 x 5 inch index card storage. It's a warm and lovely piece of antique furniture as well as an excellent example of an early 20th century card index cabinet designed for business use and a paper-based pre-cursor of our more modern computer databases.

From the exterior, there were none of the typical metal badging or decals printed on the filing cabinet to give an idea of the [...]

https://boffosocko.com/2024/09/05/acquisition-early-1900s-3-x-5-inch-no-15-card-index-filing-cabinet-with-no-1535-c-i-inserts-from-the-macey-company/

Acquisition: Early 1900s 3 x 5 Inch No. 15 Card Index Filing Cabinet with No. 1535 C. I. Inserts from The Macey Company

A warm and lovely piece of antique furniture as well as an excellent example of an early 20th century card index cabinet designed for business use and a paper-based pre-cursor of our more modern computer databases.

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Chris AldrichFeb 23, 2024

On a quick front-of-the-index card calculation, I realize that with the recent Steelcase cabinet acquisition, I now have 8 boxes comprising 61 drawers and 103.25 feet of storage space for approximately 172,296 index cards. Having spent a total of $786.52 on them over the past year this comes out at about $12.89 per drawer, which is fantastically under the $14-25 ubiquitous 11″ cardboard boxes for such a massive step up in quality and longevity. 

#cardIndexFilingCabinets #Zettelkasten #zettelkastenBoxes

https://boffosocko.com/2024/02/23/55821678/

Steelcase 8 Drawer Steel Card Index Filing Cabinet for 4 x 6 inch cards

I really couldn't resist this analog office bit of hotness...

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Chris AldrichFeb 22, 2024
https://boffosocko.com/2024/02/21/steelcase-8-drawer-steel-card-index-filing-cabinet-for-4-x-6-inch-cards/
Steelcase 8 Drawer Steel Card Index Filing Cabinet for 4 x 6 inch cards

I really couldn't resist this analog office bit of hotness...

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Chris AldrichJan 4, 2024
https://boffosocko.com/2024/01/04/55820667/
FireKing Index Card Filing Cabinet: Rock Solid Zettelkasten Storage for Under 10¢ per card

Fire protection for about 64,800 index cards at under10¢ per card

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Chris AldrichNov 30, 2023
https://boffosocko.com/2023/11/29/library-charging-trays-for-vertically-oriented-3-x-5%e2%80%b3-index-cards/
Library charging trays for vertically oriented 3 x 5″ index cards | Chris Aldrich

Amidst my seemingly ever-growing collection of index card boxes and trays, I've been contemplating getting something that would store cards in a vertical orientation rather than the traditional horizontal. As I've been watching the market over the past couple of years, nothing had really come up that suited the bill until this past summer. That's

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Chris AldrichSep 14, 2023
https://boffosocko.com/2023/09/14/shaw-walker-two-drawer-quarter-sawn-wooden-card-index-file-for-4-x-6-cards/
Shaw-Walker Two Drawer Quarter Sawn Wooden Card Index File for 4 x 6″ Cards | Chris Aldrich

Many may recall that I've been refinishing vintage mid-century furniture for over a decade now. I've also been more cognizant of converting my commonplace book practice into a more Luhmann-artig zettelkasten one. While doing this, I've had a hard target search for available card index files for the better part of two years. I've purchased

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Chris AldrichApr 25, 2023
https://boffosocko.com/2023/04/24/vintage-desktop-remington-rand-10-5-8-inch-card-index-for-3-x-5%e2%80%b3-cards/
Chris AldrichMar 16, 2023

Finally a physical zettelkasten box for your sharpest and most dangerous ideas!

#biohazardous-waste #sharps #zettelkasten-boxes

https://boffosocko.com/2023/03/16/zettelkasten-for-your-sharpest-ideas/