This week we have a lot of posts about technology — the kind of tech that analog people might be interested in like a university professor making students type papers on typewriters so they can’t use AI, a flip phone from Commodore (as in 64) and 40 rage-inducing problems in tech which made me laugh so hard I had tears rolling down my face and had to reach for my inhaler (asthmatics know… laughing can be life-threatening!)
Pens:
- Pilot Frixion Revisited: Do I Have a Use for An Erasable Gel Pen? (viaThe Gentleman Stationer)
- New Pen Day! Setting Up the Tom’s Studio Ori Refillable Highlighter (And Cleaning Out the Lumos) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- 5 Things to Know Before Getting into Fountain Pens! (via Yoseka Stationery)
- The Best Machined Pens (via JetPens Blog)
- Meet Your Maker: James White, Bonecrusher 7 Studios (via The Pen Addict)
- Pilot Custom 74 – Ranking the Nibs (via The Pen Addict)
- I Don’t Understand (via Line Variation)
- Just buy a Pilot Parallel already – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
Ink:
- Ink of the Week: Diamine Arctic Blast (via Dime Novel Raven)
Pencils:
- Pencil Sharpener Revolution: Introducing Henry (via Apple-Pine)
- Caran d’Ache + Paul Smith Bicolors Special Edition (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- The Best Erasers (via JetPens)
Notebooks & Paper:
- What is a Shared Journal? And How to Set One Up! (via Archer and Olive Blog)
- Personal, A6, Pocket, A7 and Mini size confusion. (via Philofaxy)
- Three Ways to Use a Traveler’s Notebook (via Archer and Olive Blog)
- Smythson Beatrix Potter Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- 4 Tips for How Build a Creative Practice When You’re Not a Creative Person (via My Modern Met)
- Bad Sketches (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Chatting with Mike Rohdes on the Sketchnote Podcast
- Everything’s Coming Up Crochet! (via LoopKnitlounge)
Tech:
- The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech. (via Kottke.org)
- Commodore (you know, the 64 folks) is releasing a flip phone… (via Kottke.org)
- ‘Big Walk’ Is a New Video Game about … Walking and Talking (via Colossal)
Typewriters:
- College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work | AP News (via The Cramped)
- Recovering the platen on a Fox 23 (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
Other Interesting Things:
- Deadmau5 Donates $30K To Cover Costs for 27 Rescued Cats in Canada (via My Modern Met)
- ‘Women in Trees’ Celebrates a Quirky Collection of Anonymous Snapshots (via Colossal)
- Don’t Toss It! Mail It! (via From the Pen Cup)
- Review: Luddite Random Denim Zipper Case (via Inky Imaginings)
- The Chennai Pen Show 2026 – Rahul Gupta & Pen Galaxy (via INKED HAPPINESS)
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