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December 2009

Merry Christmas, Tiger Pens Readers!

by TonyB on December 25, 2009

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Christmas wishes

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Problems with Pulse SmartPen App Store

by TonyB on December 24, 2009

CNET is reporting that the launch of Livescribe’s app store for the Pulse SmartPen has not been going well. Read More –>

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Detroit Schools Teaching Less Handwriting

December 24, 2009

Public schools around Detroit, Mich. are teaching a “simplified” version of handwriting or are considering cutting back on handwriting instruction altogether as kids spend less time writing and more time typing, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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Pen Thief Strikes in Parker's (Old) Hometown

December 24, 2009

Well, actually, we don’t know that it was a thief. But blogger Steve Knox wrote in the Janesville (Wisc.) Gazette this week that he is mourning the loss of his favourite Parker Frontier after it disappeared from his desk.

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Montblanc Emerald Fountain Pen – Yawn

December 23, 2009

Nothing like the holiday season for another example of materialistic excess from Montblanc. This time, it’s an emerald-covered fountain pen reportedly selling for about £940,000.

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Handwritten Twittering for the Elderly

December 23, 2009

Anyone with a grandparent knows how difficult it can be to get older people to use email, never mind something like Facebook or Twitter. That, apparently, is what inspired a company in New York to offer a service called Celery that allows US and Canadian subscribers to hand-write their messages for Internet delivery.

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Another OfficeSupplyGeek Experiment: Removing the Air Bubble from a Pen

December 23, 2009

Ever had a pen you couldn’t use because an air bubble was blocking the ink? The ever-inquisitive OfficeSupplyGeek successfully tested a unique, but exhausting, method for removing the bubble. By the way, if you don’t read @OSG, you should. His pen reviews are fun because they’re always one part review, one part kitchen science experiment.

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Conversations About Letter Writing

December 17, 2009

Lois Bouton, a 90-year-old retired schoolteacher in Arkansas, is known as the “Coast Guard Lady” because she’s been writing letters to Coast Guardsmen around the world since the ’70s, according to a local TV station.

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Finding a New Home for Old Pens

December 16, 2009

The end of the year seems as good a time as any to clean out all those old ink pens that you aren’t using and find a constructive use for them.  The Inkophile suggests donating your surplus pens to schoolkids in Africa.

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Pens Your Friends WON'T Steal

December 16, 2009

Last week, we linked to some brilliant posts about the two types of pen people: those who carry pens and those who steal them. Now, we’ve found the perfect solution for those troublesome pen thieves. Check out Borrow My Pen? from Fred & Friends. It’s a pack of ballpoint pens with the kind of slogans [...]

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