Last year, I recommitted to keeping a personal journal and have managed to stick with it so far – which is actually something of an accomplishment, considering how many I’ve started and abandoned over the years. If you are thinking of starting a journal yourself then check out our guide The Top 4 Tips on How to Start Writing a Journal.
General Interest
UK Man Spent 10 Years Writing And Illustrating Bible By Hand
An Italian septagenarian living in the UK has completed a 10-year project to write and hand-illustrate the Bible and is now selling it on iTunes for charity.
Dino Mazzoli, 78, told the Daily Mail that he became housebound back in 2001 and came up with the idea to create a hand-written illustrated Bible.
An Alternative to Ink? WINKpen May Be The Answer
The revelation of the WINKpen could put a whole new slant on the phrase written in blood. Invented by Oregan based designer Jessica Chan this pen can guzzle up a variety of liquids & was made possible by crowd funding on Kickstarter.
Uniball Signo UM-151 Hits The Big-Time
If you have a minute, you definitely should check out the recent ode to the Uniball Signo UM-151 in the New York Times magazine.
Tom Vanderbilt’s piece “Letter of Recommendation” describes how he was fairly indifferent to pens until a friend talked him into trying inexpensive Japanese gel pens.
Pentel Stylo Plastic Fountain Pen JM11
Pentel’s mission is to develop pens offering a satisfying writing experience & value for money, this plastic fountain pen does seem to have both.
From flexible to firm depending on how you hold the pen & the amount of pressure used, the delta shaped double sided nib on the Pentel Stylo Plastic Fountain Pen will produce variable line widths.