Links For A Lazy Sunday

It’s summer but I am ready for the sparkle of Christmas lights and chilly temps. An icy drink and random links will have to do.

• Nancy Olson, Ink. will introduce you to the latest in pens.
• Finally, there’s a sarcasm font style: sartalics.
• Scott Berkun: Why you get ideas in the shower
• Fountain Pen Addict T-Shirt (Can’t recall who posted it first on Twitter.)
• Are you a Sam Neill fan? Videos are here.
• Recipe: Easy Chicken Curry
• IndianExpress.com: Penultimate People
• The Australian: The pen is mightier than the computer

End of Spring Links

Last bunch of links for Spring, 2011…

• Kindle vs. books: The dead trees society
• Pete Scully: Easy Sits the Crown
• The new kid on the block: World Pen Auctions
• The Independent: Sales boom for pens and paper points to ‘snail mail’ revival via Papernation
• Bishwanath Ghosh: Life in a Metro – Workout for the Brain via The Hindu
• Ayobami Adedeji: I get Fascinated by wrist-watches – Deji Doherty via Tribune.com
• George Mills: Character Building via The Sydney Morning Herald
• Robin Delaney: 104 years of Sheaffer Pen history on display via Fort Madison Daily Democrat

Inkophile Gets Reviewed

Whoohoo! An Inkophile’s Blog has hit the big time with a favorable review at Tiger Pens Blog. Thank  you TonyB!

While Inkophile has been mentioned a few times elsewhere, this is the first full-on review and interview. Yeah, they asked me to blab and I obliged.

Note that you can say whatever you like in the Tiger Pens comments and I won’t be able to edit you. Not that I would edit your comments here. Just sayin’…

Another Bunch of Links

A varied assortment for a quiet moment…

• Narrative Disorder: An Interview with Pear Tree Pen’s Ryan Roossinck
• List of problems solved by MacGyver.
• Jet Pens: How to Do an Eye Dropper Pen Conversion With a Kaweco Sport
• Scriblets: Nature of a Dune
• Today I Am A Fountain Pen, Again
• Diamond Encrusted Fountain Pen Costs More Than An Aston Martin
• …a good-quality fountain pen would last indefinitely
• Write: Don’t write it off
• At least one television mogul values the fountain pen
• Antique inkwells

An Inkophile request: Should you pass on a link you first learned of here, please credit Inkophile with a “hat tip” or “via” or whatever suits you. It isn’t so much about getting credit for digging up lots of good stuff as it is about bringing in new people who might enjoy the full list of links. Thanks! I knew you’d understand.

A Few Links For A Sunday Evening

From around the web…

• Most Americans Are Still Buying Books at the Store
• The Los Angeles Pen Show
• Has handwriting become a lost art?
• Writing Blog Comments Worth Reading by QuinnCreative
• The pen maker
• “Nettie’s Fountain Pen — Homespun Philosophy”
• John Walsh: The keyboard can never match the pen
• Made in St. Louis: Barbara Winnerman

New Links To Start The New Year

A few links to start the New Year right…

• Reacquaint yourself with the pleasures of a hand-sharpened pencil
• Chocolate Vodka Recipe from Withoutink
• A better Post-It
• My Year in Journaling from d’blogala
• Being A Good Writer
• Paper Art by Hunter Stabler
• Do you love turquoise?
• UK science journal publishes study by 8-year-olds
• Thrifty Flair: New Year’s resolutions for the home
• Pels and Lamys invade the Philippines (h/t HisNibs.com)
• Beginner Fountain Pens from Office Supply Geek
• Jack the Cat

A Dozen Links to Start the Week

Mixing them up on a Monday morning…

• Gentian offers some calligraphy details. (File under “How’d She Do That???”)
• HDoug makes me want to retool my handwriting to match his.
• JetPens has the best shredder ever, the Sun-Star 7-Blade Shredder Scissors
• Scrumptious calligraphy via Leigh Reyes
• Like your Moleskine but not the paper? Here’s a DIY solution via Molecover.
• How to fashion a quill and write like Leonardo da Vinci
• November Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper from The Pen Addict
• Lifehacker asks readers about their favorite pens
• The Third & The Seventh starts off right with a little pen action
• The Pear Tree Pen Company has a brand new pen for you, the Perdice Bradford LE
• Leigh Reyes advises you to Do You Own Thing. If you don’t, who will?
• Guitarist Justin Houchin performs and brother Ryan shows his parkour/freerunnig flair

Pens, Dogs, Crayons, and Moleskine Links

• Oregon collector amasses the largest Crayola collection in the country via ShopWritersBlock
• Urban Sketchers: Some more San Antonio in the Moleskine
• No experience with it but looks promising: Paperback Swap
• Correspondence  deserving of a wider audience from Letters of Note
• Full-flavored Sharpies
• Top 13 Most Expensive Pens in The World via Amateur Economist
• The job: Nib Grinder and Tester via HisNibs.com
• Way off-topic but terribly cute: It Takes Two and Crazy Sheltie

Emma Inspires Me

Have you met Emma? Jeri Ryan brought her to my attention via Twitter and I am passing along my good fortune to you.

Emma’s story isn’t pen related but it is one of hope and perseverance. Last night I sent the link to my daughter who responded

“I’ll have you know that I am now reading all of Emma’s blogs. It’s not helping my sleep schedule at all, but it is rather inspiring. One, she’s awesome, and two, I like anything that makes me think in different ways. That’s writing, after all.”

Penpeople Daily – An Experiment

Have you heard of paper.li? HDoug mentioned it recently on Twitter and today I decided  to experiment with the alpha release. Just click the link in the sidebar to see the resulting newspaper, penpeople Daily, created automatically from my Twitter feed. Do leave a comment below to let me know what you think of it.