Links For Handwriting, Calligraphy, And Pen Junkies

This is a rarity. All nine links are pen and handwriting related. How totally on topic!

• JBBPensPaper (calligraphy items on Etsy)
• NYT: Kate Gladstone on Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t
• Gentian adds an ink reservoir to a dip nib
• Italic handwriting and calligraphy lesson (h/t Kate Gladstone)
• Yikes! Look at the price tag on the Sailor Kai!
• Mommy Kat and Kids has a pen giveaway but hurry to enter. It’s ending in two days.
• PerthNow: Tech-savvy kids can’t push a pencil
• Mattias: Platinum Carbon Desk Fountain Pen (He’s the artist who introduced me to the Namiki Falcon.)
• Leigh Reyes on taking better pen photos

Sunday Links From Films To Pens To Teleportation

More pen links than usual but some off-topic things, too.

• VentureBeat.com – World first: Chinese scientists teleport data
• Fine Art Tips with Lori McNee
• The Edison Beaumont is Goldspot’s 2012 Pen of the Year!
• Jet Pens – Roll Pen Cases with Traditional Japanese Fabric
• Manila Standard Today – Ink-stained and loving it (Yea Mona, Jenny and Leigh!)
• PenHero.com – Mabie Todd Swan Visofil Filling System
• The Guardian – Best hot water bottle covers – in pictures (Love the owl and puppy.)
• Ten Best Film Cops (Read the comments for some good ones that missed the list.)

JetPics Artist Highlight – Gentian Osman

Gentian is one of my favorite artists and links to her work have been featured on my links posts many times. Check out the interview of her at the Jet Pens Blog and enter to win a $10 gift certificate by leaving a comment. Such a deal!

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.