Thanks to the great folks on App.net (you can find me @Ana), I found a great assortment of wallpapers for iPhone and iPad (and any other mobile device I’m sure) by an artist named Simon C Page. Go download them now and make your day. If you download a few, click the donate button on…
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Link Love: Brown, Instagram and Feedbin… to name a few
Pens: Sailor 1911 Clear Demonstrator Review with Noodlers Van Gogh Starry Night (via JustDaveyB) Pentel Stylo Sketch Pen Review (via Ink of Me Fondly) Paper: Whitelines product development video (via Notebook Stories) Miquelrius notebooks are perfect for fountain pens (so says Inkophile) Printable papers (via Notebookism) Free office printables from Poppin (via Design Work Life)…
X-Table
This simple if slightly ironing-board-looking desk is designed to allow you to adjust the height of the table from a sitting to standing desk just by cranking the handle. There has been lots of press about the advantages of changing your position throughout the day, this would be a good option to make that easy…
Poll: What topics would you like covered more on The Desk?
I’ve been doing a lot more tool reviews lately including vintage fountain pens and ink but wanted to make sure I wasn’t ignoring topics you are missing now. Please leave comments if you’d like to go into more detail. Thanks!
Vintage Parker 21 Review
Prior to acquiring the reproduction style pens known as the HERO from China, I purchased a Parker 21 from Ebay. It turned out to have a crack in the plastic that caused ink to leak out of the pen which made me very sad. Sad because just writing a few lines with it had left…
Review: Pilot G-2 0.5mm Black Gel Pen
I recently discovered that of all the pen reviews I’ve written over the years, I never actually used or reviewed the office supply closet staple, the Pilot G-2 gel pen. Partly I think it was because I had never found one in an office supply shop that was narrower than the 0.7mm width. I just…
Esterbrook Pastel Pink Purse Pen
If I wasn’t such a fan of the vintage Esterbook pens, I don’t think I ever would have imagined myself as someone who would buy a pink fountain pen. But… I have a secret desire to own an Esterbrook in every color they were ever sold in (maybe not every variation… that would get complicated).…