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March 31, 2008
March 28, 2008
Review: Field Notes Brand Notebooks
Our friend Chris Meisenzahl has posted a quick review of Field Notes:
"...I also like the sense of humor these guys have, the inside front and back covers are worth a chuckle or two.
The inside front cover states: "Hence, there is/isn't a handsome reward waiting." With appropriate check boxes.
The inside back cover lists many ways in which the Field Notes notebooks can be used, including:
* Inspired Ramblings
* Shoddy Sketches
* Half-Ass Calculations (maybe should be 'Half-Assed'?)
* Hate Mail
* Escape Routes
* Illegible Autographs
* Shady Transactions
* Treasure Maps
And several more good ones. ;-)
The Field Notes blog and Vintage Memo Book Archive are worth checking out too.
In short, grab a few of these, they're affordable, solid (3 staples), take fountain pen ink well, and can easily slip into a shirt, jacket, or jeans back pocket..."
More at Chris' blog
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The Uncalendar
A tip from Sophie:
There's a product called the UNCALENDAR--it's not really a regular notebook but some people would like it. The different sizes are $19 and $15 (I think, that's close enough). What's cool is that as a calendar it's totally blank. You put in all your own dates even, and it's more or less a monster notekeeping, to-do system, for everything, except your writing. I used to have one of these and was very happy with it, it seems to have gone through some changes during that time. The point is if you find yourself organizing things in your Moleskine when you woud rather not, this might be a good calendar/organizing place for you. There's something about having everything BLANK in these calendars, your own creative space, that I think would appeal to a lot of notebookers, me included. I suspect this would go over very well with the "Getting things done" types as well.
Check out their website.
March 27, 2008
Writing 'eases stress of cancer'
A recent BBC article discussed the benefits of writing for cancer patients.
Nancy Morgan, a "writing clinician", approached patients waiting in a clinic at a cancer centre in Washington DC.
Half those who took part said the exercise changed the way they thought about the illness, according to the journal The Oncologist.
Younger people, and those recently diagnosed, were most likely to benefit....
...Ms Morgan developed her role as part of the Arts and Humanities Program at the Lombardi Center.
Her "expressive writing" exercise, lasting just 20 minutes, posed questions to leukaemia or lymphoma patients about how the cancer had changed them and how they felt about those changes.
When those taking part were contacted again a few weeks later, 49% said that the writing had changed their thoughts about their illness, while 38% said their feelings towards their situation had changed.
[via Chris]
March 26, 2008
Blank Page # 86
Every Wednesday at Notebookism we open a "Blank Page" - your chance to ask, answer and discuss anything notebook-related. Keep it nice, keep it relevant.
Blank Page, an Open Thread.
Rhodia at Art Brown & Co.
B. Warren Brown of Arthur Brown & Bro. Inc. wrote to inform us that they now stock Rhodia notebooks in their NYC store and online shop.
March 25, 2008
Impressions of the Circa Notebook
24 hours after discovering the Circa notebook system online, I bought the junior-sized sample kit. When I opened the package and assembled the notebook, my first thought was how boring it looked. But then I reminded myself of the wonders that I had planned to work on this blank canvas. I quickly brought out my scrapbooking supplies and created a personalized cover which completely changed everything. I’ve been in love with my Circa ever since. After recklessly taking the plunge and buying the Circa desk punch for $58 (yikes!), I’ve made folders, and a back cover. I love the endless options for personalizing this little book, and that I can change its look and feel whenever I want. I even disassembled and Circa-punched a small devotional book I was working on, so now it’s right in my planner! All in all, I’m very happy with this new notebook and I plan using it as long as my punch lasts, which, from the look of it, should be a very long time!
Jennifer
March 24, 2008
The Stifflexible…Resurrected!
Nick over at Black Cover wrote to inform us that her got the new versions of the Stifflexibles from Mazzuoli and had just posted a review at his blog.
"They're still searching for a distributor in the US, but I believe they're working on a way that people can order them overseas."
Sighting: The House on 92nd Street
Our friend, Michael Leddy has spotted another good one - a notebook in the classic "The House on 92nd Street."
"Pens, pencils, file folders, and so on: in my house we call them "supplies." The House on 92nd Street (1945, directed by Henry Hathaway) may be the most supplies-centric movie ever made. As the tools of spies and G-Men alike, office supplies are a given, appearing in scene after scene after scene. But the way in which the camera lingers on these objects suggests an devotion verging on fanaticism. The pocket notebook in this scene, found among the effects of an accident victim, turns out to be crucial in uncovering a Nazi spy ring..."
Read the full post at his blog, Orange Crate Art
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