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madamjujujive — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:38:09 -0800

Kathrin2305's Moleskine slideshow The non-flash version. (via robot wisdom) -more-

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:40:52 -0800

Other flickr moleskine art of note: - magic fly Paula's star diary (previously posted by vacapinta - rbean's moleskin - Nathaneal Archer's moleskine - anongrrl's collaborative journals

By: Hildegarde

Hildegarde — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:00:55 -0800

My moleskine is just as well loved by not nearly as interesting looking. I guess that's what happens when you really can't draw to save your life.

By: matteo

matteo — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:14:17 -0800

I love the pirate seagull! thanks mjjj

By: GrammarMoses

GrammarMoses — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:42:52 -0800

Wow, that's neat. I like the non-branded drawings the best. Kind of odd to think of someone drawing an ad for Asics or Camper in their personal moleskine. Once again, MadamJJJ, I tip my hat to you.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:57:04 -0800

Great post, again. thanks!

By: 27

27 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:57:33 -0800

Oh, to be that creative... .

By: amro

amro — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:06:31 -0800

Wow, this inspires me, thanks.

By: saladin

saladin — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:12:33 -0800

Reminds me a little of this site.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:16:32 -0800

I love these things, and I love filling books with nonsense, but tell me; these moleskines, are they really that good? Worth spending 3-4 times what my normal (cheap) notebooks cost? Also reminds me of the voynich manuscript, surely the king of all moleskine-like-things.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:23:31 -0800

I love these things, and I love filling books with nonsense, but tell me; these moleskines, are they really that good? Worth spending 3-4 times what my normal (cheap) notebooks cost? I used to think so but I carry mine with me every day and they seem to fall apart far easier than they used to and according to some, the paper quality has diminished. I'm not sure if I'm going to get a new one when my current one runs out.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:25:49 -0800

MetaMonkey, here is a Moleskine-ing prior thread with people talking about why they like Moleskines and why they find them so neat. But heh, I think it is more about the recording than the instrument, so if you have your own preferred tools, more power to you.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:07:49 -0800

Thanks for the link. My Moleskine's are much more boring (just words in poor penmanship). There's also Moleskinerie, which is neat. MetaMonkey, I think they're worth it. I carry mine everywhere and none have ever fallen apart. (I buy them iin bulk, I use them so much.)

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:31:29 -0800

Lovely artwork. Thank you.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:58:32 -0800

Thanks for the tips, drezdn, madamjujujive & dobbs, I think I shall take a gamble and see what all the fuss is about. I still remember the day I found the perfect pen; I dare not dream my quest for the perfect notebook could soon be at an end.

By: iffley

iffley — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:10:17 -0800

MetaMonkey: So what's the perfect pen?

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:05:00 -0800

So what's the perfect pen? The Niceday TC50 (Medium or Fine), in black. It's a simple disposable biro, nothing special at all, pretty cheap. But it suits my purposes quite exactly. Perfect fluidity, rarely clogs or smudges, and the action is just real smooth, though demanding a firm, steady hand; resulting in a simple, elegant and flawless writing/doodling/mad scribbling experience, hitherto unequalled in all the writing utensils I have yet encountered. If I use another pen I feel the grating, scratching, friction of nib on paper in my stomach, or worse the inexactitude of a slippery, lazy, unconsumated contact. I don't know if that explanation really matches the intensity of passion I feel for this pen, or conveys the full gravity of it's utility, but it is surprisingly hard to write about a biro. I tried to link to the pen, but Niceday's website turns out to be an unfortunate, unlinkable flash monstrosity.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:27:04 -0800

iffley, in addition to the prior moleskine thread, we also had a lively post by Miguel about fountain pen mania, a lively 96-comment thread that is rather a fun jaunt down memory lane.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:43:57 -0800

Really good find, Madam. Here is the moleskine of Yuki, an artistic college student and one of the Japan bloggers.

By: mrbill

mrbill — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:23:29 -0800

I love my Moleskines. Even bought a pack of the softcover Cahier notebooks to use at work. I just wish I could buy the small Cahiers with the same page count/thickness as the hardcover versions, instead of a 3-pack of skinny ones.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:00:04 -0800

Nice post, as always. But these kinds of posts make me feel inadequate and kind of sad, because they show how far from postworthy anything I do in my spare time is. Shit, time to get to work.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:31:27 -0800

I take back anything I said that was bad about Moleskines. Yesterday I found out that they put the 3 packs out again, and REPORTER'S NOTEBOOKS!!!!!!!

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:01:55 -0800

Well, I got me some moleskine action... looks good so far, but hasn't really been put to the test yet. Thanks again all for the info.