There were lots of hard-to-categorize bits of wonderfulness on the pen-blogospere this week including the epic link list from the Pen Addict Podcast Gift Guide Episode (#81) which is a link list onto itself.
Fabulous Miscellany:
- Pen Addict Podcast #81: You stole my Wish List Item featuring ME! with huge link list (via 5by5)
- Cut Once Heirloom Ruler on Kickstarter (via Office Supply Geek)
- Royal Visit: C.S. Lewis’s Royal Typewriter (via La Vie Graphite)
- Is it Ms. or Mrs.: The Crane’s Blue Book of Stationery (via My Pen Needs Ink)
Letter Writing and Post:
- Harry Potter USPS postage stamps! (via USPS)
- The Art of Letter-Writing Isn’t Lost on These Scribblers (via NPR)
Paper:
- A4 in America (via Rhodia Drive)
- Rethinking the DIY Planner for 2014 (via A Penchant for Paper)
- Public Supply Noble Notebooks (via A Continuous Lean)
Ink:
- Diamine Salamander (via FPQuest)
- J. Herbin Rouge Hematite Reviews (via No Pen Intended and These Beautiful Pens)
- Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki (via A Penchant for Paper)
- Inky Fingers? ReDuRan Is A Must Have For All Fountain Pen Users (via Unroyal Warrant)
- What’s Standard Rollerball Ink Made of? (via Gizmodo)
Pens:
- Houston, We Are in the Pocket (via The Pen and the Paper)
- Pilot Prera Review and Giveaway (via From the Pen Cup)
- Ed Jelley’s Pen Inventory (via Ed Jelley)
- Kickstarter Visionnaire Review (via Dante Bertana)
- Kaweco Elite (via Pen Addict)
- TWSBI Vac 700 Oil & Lube (via FPQuest)
- Pen of the Year 2013 (via Gold Spot Pens)
Digital:
Pardon my repeated turns to digital recently. As computers, cell phones and tablet devices are as much a part of our working life as pens, paper and staplers, I feel its worthwhile to include references occasionally.
- Pencil, digital stylus (via FiftyThree)
- Photoshop + Lightroom CC package is just $9.99/mo through 12/2/13 (via Adobe)
- What Screens Want (via Frank Chimero)