2006.11.06 01:05 PM
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Moleskine hacking
November 6, 2006 01:05 PM
One of the problems a notebook owner will face is the fact that they will not only have to lug notebook all around, all the time; but that they would need their writing materials handy as well. Moleskine owners often tend to take their writing materials just as seriously as the notebook they write on - just like me. I only want(ed) to use a [mechanical] pencil with the notebook, and that I like to have a “pen-eraser” (for lack of a better term) for mistakes I make (because mechanical pencil built-in erasers, if present at all, suck). There have been a lot of “hacks” done with Moleskines in the internet that address just that: trying to integrate your writing materials into your notebook to make it easier to transport. We have hacks such as the Moleskine pen-hack, pencil holder hack, quiver hack, duct-tape pen hack, among others - feel free to post a comment if you know of another hack, I’m trying to check all options to see what might be the most effective (and cheap) implementation. And so in this post, I present my own pen-holder hack, sort of a tutorial (actually more of a commentary) on the reasoning behind the materials used, and construction “decisions.” Goals and functionWhile the hacks mentioned above are awesome, not one of them addressed all the needs I needed personally. Namely:
Materials I decided to use
Creating the hack
The result of the exercise is the picture you see on the right. It’s extremely brain-dead simple to make. Measure and cut cardboard to the width and length you want. Then slap on your favorite “finish” on it (in my case, it was duct-tape). You end up with a very simple, thin but reinforced strip you can hug the notebook with. Notice that I made it a point not to connect the spine at the back. On my earlier attempts, I did just that - it ended up being such a pain in the ass to insert/detach easily - which went against goal #2. At this point, you may opt to put a “strip” accross the spine for your writing instrument to clip on, and you’re done. You’d also end up with a much more elegant looking pen holder. Unfortunately, my eraser didn’t have a clip so I had to have a quiver-type container. So the next step now is to take your favorite instrument container, and stick it to the spine. At this point, you now begin to appreciate the layer of duct-tape you put in the cardboard spine. From the picture you see it’s just stuck into the spine via duct-tape as well - which can be easily detached and replaced while using the same spine. Here’s the contraption in action:
Something not entirely related (but still related somewhat) are 2 other “tips” I came across which I thought would be good for people to know.
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