Misfill, Wash Your Hands Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands: Vintage Handwashing Propaganda Posters Between The 1920s And 1940s (Design You Trust)

— Social distancing, but make it artsy (The Journal)

— 片手ですぐに書ける。ノック式万年筆「CURIDAS（キュリダス）」 - 毎日、文房具。 (Mai-bun)

— Goulet Notebook with 68gsm Tomoe River Paper Review (Notebook Joy)

— Franklin-Christoph Extra-Fine Steel Flex Nib (Gourmet Pens)

— Pen Show Purchases (dapprman)

— Essential Mixes - Joy Division/New Order (Cultural Offering)

— A View From the Easel (Hyperallergic)

— Thin Slices of Anxiety (swissmiss)

— How To Get Into Playing Video Games (Kotaku)

— Disney’s Beauty and the Beast sequel book finds Belle in the French Revolution (Polygon)

— Critical Role, D&D, and Roll20 have released a free adventure you can play online (Polygon)

— Ink Review #1113: Diamine China Blue (Mountain of Ink)

— Take Care of Yourself (Penquisition)

— Hello Aaron (Field Notes)

— Retro 51 Joey Feldman CYAN (My Supply Room)

— Vintage beauty: Eagle Chemi-Sealed Verithin (Writing at Large)

— How to Pick the Right Colored Pencils (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Tips on working from home: how to stay motivated and sane (Creative Boom)

— Take Control of Working from Home Temporarily (Take Control Books)

— Working From Home (MacSparky)

— Jacques Herbin Caravelle Ebony Fountain Pen Review (SBREBrown)

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Posted on March 22, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Mark's HiBi Weekly Notebook Review

Did your schedule just become insanely complicated? Or are you, perhaps, having to rely on a deeply buried reserve of self-discipline as you begin working from a home office? Or are you suddenly planning to catch up on some long-neglected tasks around the house? Are you suddenly a teacher? You may find yourself needing a new format for your to-do list, in any case, as plans and planners fly out the window.

This Mark's HiBi Weekly Notebook works as a slim book, or can be unfolded into a tent-style standup calendar. Each page shows a weekly spread with room for memos on the bottom of the page. There are 45 sheets and both sides of each page are usable, for a whopping 90 weeks of tasks in this small book. The twin spiral binding makes it easy to flip pages and use both sides--though the paper is not very friendly to wet inks. Pencil, ballpoint, and gel pens work well, but rollerball, fountain pens, and markers all had some bleed-through.

I like the simple format and layout of this. There's just enough room for a reasonable list of tasks, and the empty date boxes mean you can start it on any day. Its small size, about 4.5 by 8.25 inches, makes it great for placing somewhere where the whole family can reference it, or it can perch on a small corner of your desk to help you stay productive.

If your abrupt change of plans leads to an abrupt change of planners, no one will blame you. While this wee book isn't enough to replace a planner altogether, I think it's a great week-at-a-glance to help get an overview of the tasks we're all tackling together, but separately.

(This notebook was purchased at Goods for the Study at full price.)

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Posted on March 19, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Mark's, Notebook Reviews.