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Here's an oddity: I was having a tidy up in my office, and opened an old briefcase, which had been gathering dust in the corner, meaning to throw away the rubbish, and perhaps re-use the case. I couldn't remember for the life of me what was inside. As I rummaged, this came to hand.
It must date back to my early to mid teens, as the contents are in my rather cramped hand-writing of the time: mainly comprising a list of records which I had heard on the wireless, and which I wanted to find. There are two distinct sections: one of (as one would expect of me) 1950s rock and roll; the other of mainly British dance bands of the 1930s, an enthusiasm that bit me quite hard at the time, courtesy of the late Alan Dell, who presented a programme of dance band and swing music on Monday evenings on Radio 2.
Further on in the book are several pages, probably from around 1977, noting the fuel consumption of my Morris 1000, with petrol prices over the period recorded rising from 79.5 pence to 95.6 pence per gallon. (Bear in mind, however, that the wage for an unskilled chap at the time, doing, say, warehouse work, was around a pound an hour.) Much of the hand-writing is the War Department's.
There is also an anatomical drawing naming the various parts of a horse's rear leg, and noting the equivalent parts of a human leg. This is clearly also hers, as I barely knew one end of a horse from the other.
The design on the cover may be recognisable as having originated from a flow chart stencil, which we were encouraged to have for our school maths classes. Computers, we were told, would be important, and we would have to know how to lay out flow charts, so that a programmer could write the code to make it all happen. (I did actually have to do this once - just once - in the mid-1980s, when my employer at the time had a System 38 mainframe computer system, and we wanted to get it to calculate air cylinder sizes for failsafe operation of pneumatically-powered valves. The formula required an exponential term, which ''wasn't possible'', or so I was told by the computer department. I suggested using infinite series to approximate an answer, and was met with blank stares. It took a while to figure it out, but a couple of days later I gave them a flow chart, they programmed it, and amazingly, it worked first time. I'm not sure who was most surprised: them or me.)
I think I shall put the book up on my office shelf, pending a decision on what to do with it. I doubt that I shall throw it away.
Handmade notebook.
Cover screenprinted on wood. Back and spine is one piece letterpress printed in 1 color.
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Libreta de notas con cubierta de madera estampada en serigrafÃa. La trasera y lomo es de una pieza estampada en letterpress a 1 tinta.
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Large note cards and envelopes.
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Fungus Workshop Leather Craft
I learned leather craft from a few books but I felt kind of lonely just doing things I like all by myself. Thanks to Bubi Au Yeung, a figurine artist, who told me about Fungus Workshop, so I signed up for a beginner's class, two lessons passed and I got to know stuffs I didn't learn from books, plus knowing these passionate people who enjoy life and craft genuinely, which is kind of rare in a city like Hong Kong.
Each classmate choose what he/she would like to do from a bunch of samples. I chose to do something in the line of stationery (later I will do a camera/laptop messenger bag). Their template was a notebook cover, but I decided to make it a GTD index card holder. After finishing it, I decided to add a notebook for note taking and an antique key to nostalgize the whole thing.
For all leather projects I did, improvisation in the last minute seems to add beautiful touches to a plain project. As you can see, the enclosure here doesn't wrap the back of the cover to the front, instead it leaves the back wide open so I can dangle the whole notebook or even hook it up to my messenger bag.
Instead of a Moleskine notebook, I put a Rhodia notebook inside just because of its bright orange color, to lighten up a bit. However, I hate the fact that the PU cover of Rhodia discolored after just 6 months from my acquisition of it. In addition, it just doesn't lie flat like a Moleskine does when opened. Anyhow, the discoloration did added the raw and battered look I like.
For those of you who are in Hong Kong and hunger for leather craft, I highly recommend Fungus Workshop. Hoiming and Baldwin, Grace and Philip, all four are friendly souls you can chat with and learn from. I am so happy Hong Kong is catching up with Japan and Taiwan in leather crafting. Keep it up Fungus!
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Most of the notebooks I used early on, when I decorated them, I tended to just apply some stickers. I like this one, though, and not just for the Mallrats trading card featuring Claire Forlani in the corner. The arrangement is pleasing to me.
Aniki Geographica is designed precisely for the travellers. Its an association of a soft thick but strong genuine leather with our Book Huger product for protecting and the transportation of two pcs. Aniki Elegant notebooks. 2 pcs. of Book Huger in different colors and 2 pcs. of Aniki Elegant Notebook are included in the standard package. You can use all cahier kind notebooks up to 11 x 15 cm. with Aniki Geographica. Avalaible colors are Black, Dark Brown and Tan.
Please note: Each ANIKI Geographica leather journal has its own unique distressed look due to the characteristic and nature of genuine leather.
ANIKI Notebook papers are specially selected and tested for FOUNTAIN PENs. Aniki Notebooks are hand made.
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Aniki Geographica Deri Defter taşıyıcıları özellikle Aniki Elegant serisi defterler ya da 11 x 15 cm'e kadar olan cep tipi defterler ile kullanmak için hazırlanmıştır. Aniki Geographica'nın standart paketinin içinde 2 adet Aniki Elegant Defter de bulunmaktadır. İster tek defter ister çift defter bir arada kullanabilirsiniz. Beraberinde verilen 2 farklı renkte Book Huger-Defter Kucaklayıcısı ile defterlerinizi onlarca farklı şekilde bağlayabilirsiniz. Aniki Geographica piyasadan toplanan kırpık derilerle değil, 1. sınıf özel seçki derilerin içinden en iyi bölümler seçilerek dokunduğunuzda hissedeceğiniz özel yumuşaklıkta deriler kullanılarak elde imal edilir. Tüm Aniki Defterleri elde imal edilir. Aniki Defterlerde kullanılan tüm kağıtlar Dolmakalem ile yazmaya uygundur.
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From December 1991 to December 2004 I filled 27 notebooks. 7 screenplays, 3 seasons of a sitcom, short stories, ideas, daily bullshit, all scattered. Only things of real value that I own.
Traveler's Notebooks and inserts by Morgan Le Fae's Trinkets (www.etsy.com/shop/MorganLeFaesTrinkets)
Painted Traveler's Notebook, A4. A5 and Reguslar size ...
flying in the face of stormy weathers, coming through heavy waters and emerging as a figure of beauty on the other side
Painted Traveler's Notebook, A4. A5 and Reguslar size ...
flying in the face of stormy weathers, coming through heavy waters and emerging as a figure of beauty on the other side
Some air-traffic control enterprise has given me these four notebooks as a present. Unfortunately they are *very* old: Pentium I, about 100mhz and 32MB RAM, 3GB HDD. They can boot Knoppix, but are not even capable of installing Windows 95.
Present: Moleskine, Rhodia, Miquelrius, Paper Blanks, RiteInTheRain. Missing: Field Notes.
I wrote a blog post about pocket notebooks awhile back.
Another selection of aircraft sightings, this time in early 1977.
Very unusually for me, I do not have an exact date for a visit to Heathrow or Gatwick in February of that year. But it seems I subsequently discovered that two aircraft noted at Heathrow were there on 19th February. And just the other day I discovered that there was an England - France rugby match at Twickenham on the 19th too which could well explain why two Europe Aero Service Vanguards were present at Gatwick.
My theory is that I met up with my brother Martin at Heathrow as he would have known about these, and also I've a feeling that unusual Convair 880 had been parked there for a few days. So we made a trip to Gatwick in the afternoon?
Of note is that the Vanguards would have been in a basic Air Canada livery with EAS titles and logo, but I never got a photo of either of them. The Convair, which did meet my lens, showed a vague similarity to the Cathay Pacific livery.
I should add at this point that it seems I 'officially' stopped 'collecting civil' on 31st December 1976 so for airliners it was photos only. That must have influenced my notes as on 5th March 1977 they are quite brief. Of note is the Iran Air 707 with a U.S. registration - that would certainly not happen today!
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Brain Pocket, a new leather notebook from Japan. Its a hand-made product from Japan.
Check it out at Brain Pocket.
I will upload nicer photos later as i only have my iphone with me. Therefore the picture isnt clear.