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End of the year diary buzz
I posted some halfway point images of notebooks and diaries earlier is year but this end-of-year image on the Moleskine myMoleskine gallery is a delight to see. This is a well-loved and fully-utilized planner. Do you keep a daily paper record, be it notebook or planner or do you plan to do so in 2013?…
Ask The Desk: Adjustable Pencil Sharpener
Today’s question comes from Victoria at Paper & Type: Most sharpeners I’ve come across sharpen to a depth/length of about 3/4″ to 1″. I’m looking for one that sharpens closer to just 1/2″. Am I making sense, & might you happen to know of one? I’d appreciate if you could point me in the right…
Practice the fine art of LetterFu
Feel like dropping a quick note to a friend or loved one using a lovely stamp and those friendly folks at the post office? Then check out the downloadable templates at LetterFu that let you print out a foldable paper letter/envelope. Learn how to fold a standard letter-sized or A4 sheet into an envelope and…
They sure don’t make ’em like they used to…
This video shows the intricate workings of an 18th century mechanical desk from France. Its really quite a feat. (via the Getty Museum and a shoutout to mjh for the tip!)
Gift Guide? No, Let’s call it my Wish List
I know everyone wants to see a holiday gift guide but there are so many out there right now… its just a sea of them. There are so many great gift ideas at Discover Paper and so many other places that I feel like I’d be redundant. So I thought I’d mix it up and…
Music to my ears
(Link to file on SoundCloud) This is the musical sound of “16 typewriters, 18 calculator machines, 8 accounting machines, 12 office perforators, 10 caisses enregistreuses, 8 humidificateurs-colleurs, 8 tele-scripteurs, 2 metronomes, 4 bells of signalisation, 2 entrance door gongs, 10 claxons, 16 telephones, 40 experimental signal receptors, 1 fork lift, a duplicator and a monte-charge”…