09.21.07

Good notebook source

Posted in Daily life, Notebooks & pencils at 9:10 am by LeisureGuy

Take a look at the variety of notebooks here!

09.19.07

Writer’s rooms

Posted in Daily life, Notebooks & pencils, Writing at 9:48 am by LeisureGuy

Via Notebookism, this story on Writer’s Rooms (with photos). (Also note the video on using Taiwanese math notebooks for storyboarding.)

09.18.07

Better Moleskine?

Posted in Notebooks & pencils at 3:19 pm by LeisureGuy

The Kompagnon Notebook was made when Moleskine was no longer manufactured. Moleskine manufacturing has resumed, but the Kompagnon is still here, and some like it better.

New pencil sharpener

Posted in Daily life, Notebooks & pencils at 11:11 am by LeisureGuy

KUM two-step

That didn’t take long. Pictured is my new KUM pencil sharpener. The transparent lid lifts up to empty shavings. It’s a two-cylinder sharpener: one on the left and one on the right. The left one sharpens the wood and leaves the lead alone—the pencil stops and sharpening ends when the wood is sharp. The right one sharpens the lead—again, the pencil stops and sharpening ends when the lead is sharp. No oversharpening.

It results in a needle point, very nice indeed. A nice pause for one to collect one’s thoughts before resuming…

You can readily buy replacement blades when the original blades become dull.

09.17.07

Notebooks and pencils

Posted in Notebooks & pencils at 4:24 pm by LeisureGuy

Watch out! New interest!

Notebooks and pencils. I’m suddenly fascinated. Some links to explore: