The Desk is spending this week cavorting with nature, staring at the crab apple blossoms and skipping through fields of clover (… as soon as the snow stops. Stupid weather!). Hope you are enjoying a little spring break and communing with nature yourself. I’ll be back next Monday with lots of reviews, products and stories.…
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This Just In: Papermate to Buy Kaweco
Papermate, a division of Sanford and Rubbermaid, has announced that they are planning to purchase the German brand Kaweco in an effort to introduce the American market to upscale, fountain pens, mechanical pencils and refillable pens. While not being described as a hostile takeover, the purchase is not without its controversy. Kaweco’s current owners, Herlitz,…
Cursive: Is it really that important?
NPR recently did a report about the value of cursive in child’s brain development. By their best calculations, all fine motor skill activities are valuable to brain development, be it printing, cursive or keyboarding. But the best option is for kids to be doing all sorts of fine motor activities. This story, however, does not…
If all else fails…
If your goal today is to avoid being pinched, make sure you carry a green pen or pencil. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Wired’s “Pro Tip”: Alvin Brass Bullet Sharpener
In this month’s issue of Wired magazine, there is a brief little article about the Alvin Brass Bullet pencil sharpener ($6.17 from our local art supply store, Creative Coldsnow). This dandy little brass, knurled sharpener features the all-important KUM blade. Simple, classic and 100% effective. Glad to see even the tech geeks see the value…
Typewriters on the Oscars
I’ve been scouring the internet trying to get some information about the typewriters used as a backdrop in last night’s Oscars broadcast during the Best Writing categories. Did you see them? I haven’t been able to find any information about the typewriters, who owns them or where they came from (the Museum The Academy of…
Don’t Go Away, I’ll be back on Tuesday!
I’m going to be traveling for the next couple days, attending Ex Postal Facto in San Francisco, finding all sorts of pens, office supplies and postal wonder to share with you when I return. If you live in SF, come by any of the Ex Postal Facto events and say hello. I’d love to meet…