You know how I absolutely love the classic, plastic letter opener? How happy do you think I was when I found the DDC Brand “Envelope Eviserator”? Yep, that happy. At just $4.49, add it to your next order or just buy a dozen of these darlings and share the envelope opening joy with friends and…
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Ladies’ EDC: The Gold Edition
I know you boys out there talk about your EDC all the time. Well, I’m here to give the girls their five minutes. I mentioned a few months ago my desperate search for an easy EDC for the necessities of a modern girl’s life: phone, a couple credit cards, ID, some cash, pen, notebook and…
Flexible Workspaces
As working becomes more mobile, more wireless and more collaborative, do we still need a desk, a cubicle or an office? The Public Landscape Office suite by Yves Behar from fuseproject for Herman Miller addresses just this question. Do you prefer a flexible, open workspace or a more traditional desk, office or cubicle? I’ve posted…
Video: Nib Tuning from FPGeeks
The cast of FPGeeks video podcast got together with Brian from the Edison Pen Company to discuss and demonstrate methods for tuning pen nibs. After watching this, I am feeling brave enough to tackle a few troublesome pens in my collection. Its a pretty long video but worth watching. Brian is super knowledgeable and gives…
Argh! Programming FAIL!
Attention, Readers! I am had a major code fail. If you have sent me comments or questions via the ASK THE DESK comment form, they fell into the Internet abyss due to a stray letter in my form code. It has be fixed! Please resubmit your comments and questions and I humbly apologize if you…
Link Love: I HAVE ALL THE LINKS!
Hot News: Penmanship Workshop (on Thursday in Chicago!) (via Behind The Curtain) Nock Co. Reviews and Previews: The Nock Co. Hightower 3+1 (via The Clicky Post) The Nock Co. Sassafras (via From The Pen Cup) The Nock Co. Lookout Pen Case (via Ed Jelley) Postal Enthusiasm: William H. Gross Stamp Gallery Opening (via Smithsonian Postal…
Lifehacker Gets Me
This morning, Lifehacker featured a great post asking readers to contribute their favorite pencils in the comments and, boy howdy, are there some great pencils featured. Is your favorite pencil listed? But, lo and behold, they had a related link for their Five Best Notebooks. While I don’t agree on all accounts, its a great…