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Still awesome, still works: Request library books from Amazon pages
Merlin Mann | Jul 10 2007
Jon Udell: The LibraryLookup Bookmarklet Generator I covered this one back in the bronze age of 43 Folders, but I wanted to highlight the awesomeness again today for those who might not have seen it the first time around. As described in September, 2004:
At some point over the years, Jon's bookmarklet fell out of my favorites bar (J'accuse, Amazon Prime). But today I was able to recreate my bookmarklet in about ten seconds, and now Bobos in Paradise is en route to the Parkside Library. To modernize the tip just a bit, I'll mention that this (and many other browser tasks involving entering passwords) gets so much easier with the amazing 1Passwd. In this case, you can tell the app to remember your library card number and PIN and autofill the library login page automagically. 12 Comments
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 @Bob Smith How well...Submitted by Merlin on July 10, 2007 - 6:11am.
@Bob Smith How well does 1passwd work? It’s worked great for me so far, Bob. Even for bank sites, Google, etc. — site sthat try to defeat autofill with javascript and whatnot. The irony is that 1passwd is more secure (at least in my opinion) since I can generate an otherwise impossible-to-remember 20- or 50-character password full of weird characters that 1P remembers for me and keeps locked in a keychain that’s also password-protected (and locks automatically). No more 5 or 6 mnemonic “hamburger helper” passwords for me. (Need to do a full post on this some time.) » POSTED IN:
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