From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Conversations About Handwriting

by TonyB on January 29, 2010

It’s gratifying to see how often people still talk about handwriting, even as the doomsayers are predicting the end of pen-and-ink communications (nope, isn’t going to happen). These are some items that have caught our attention over the last few days: Read More –>

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A Parker Pen Museum in Newhaven?

by TonyB on January 27, 2010

Yeah, it’s probably a long, long shot, but a website run by a Parker Pen collector is putting together a petition in hopes of convincing the company to create an archives/museum when it closes its British factory later this year. Read More –>

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Pen Porn

January 27, 2010

Need a laugh? Check out “Sex Explained by Pens” at BuzzFeed. You’ll never look at ballpoint sticks quite the same way again.

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Pens in the News

January 27, 2010

•A story in BusinessWeek explains that Close the Loop, the company that recycles inkjet printer cartridges for Lexmark, has figured out a way to turn used printer cartridges into ink pens. The company expects to start selling them later this year. Wonder if their pens will just snap into place.

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How to remove Trojan.js.Agent.bay

January 25, 2010

Due to a recent attack on our blogs here from a virus that seems to be affecting a lot of people, we worked hard for a few days cleaning our machines and re-writing data on our server, but what if you are infected too? How should you get rid of it, well this is a [...]

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Antibacterial Pens vs. Flu Bugs

January 25, 2010

A promotional pen company has just launched a new product for people who fear their writing instruments might be out to get them. The Antibac antibacterial pen is a “certified superbug killer” that supposedly wipes out the nasty germs that are crawling around on your pen, trying to infect you.

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Pen News: Bits and Pieces

January 22, 2010

•The Independent has published its list of the 50 Best Stationery items. Making the cut: the Waterman Expert, the Uni Kuru Toga and Uni Posca marking pens, Stabilo highlighters, the Yard-o-Led Diplomat, and, inexplicably, Bic Cristals.

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National Handwriting Day 2010

January 22, 2010

Those of you in the States might want to take a little extra pride in your scribbles tomorrow. It’s the birthday of one of the most famous signers of the U.S. Constitution – John Hancock – and is, in his honor, National Handwriting Day.

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We’ve Been Out Sick…

January 22, 2010

…with a bit of a computer virus, but we’re back and all better now!

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Pilot B2P – The Official Pen of Climate Change

January 13, 2010

A familiar brand of recycled rollerballs got a little recognition last month when they were designated as the official pen of the international climate change conference in Copenhagen.

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