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Probably a Good Pen?

January 11, 2010

Arun Prabhudesai has written an amusing post at Trak.in, his business blog, about a gel and ballpoint pen advertisement that appeared on the front page of the Times of India.

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A Whole New Meaning to "Exploding Pen"

January 8, 2010

You’d think the worst that could happen if an ink pen exploded would be a giant blue stain on your favourite white shirt.
But take a look at this video that shows how easily a simple ballpoint pen can be converted into a dangerous bomb using a binary explosive. Don’t worry, it doesn’t reveal exactly what [...]

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Say "Thank You" With a Note

January 7, 2010

Back home from the holidays and trying to decide whether to send out a round of handwritten thank-you notes?
Of course, we highly recommend it. Thank-you notes only take a few minutes and are all but guaranteed to make your friends and loved ones feel a little extra post-holiday warmth. Plus, they give you yet another [...]

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The 24K Gold Pencil a Great Gift or a Designers Folly

January 7, 2010

Daisung Kim a Korean designer has introduced to the world his 24K gold pencils. The pencils are a standard graphite core wooden pencil covered in 99% pure gold and stamped with the lettering 24K Gold Pencil. 
With gold prices currently at an all time high is this inspiration from Daisung Kim bringing out the pen at this time? City bankers [...]

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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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Why Not Give a Pen for Christmas?

December 15, 2009

We’re not going to lie to you. If you’ve waited this long to think about shopping for Christmas, you’re leaning more toward naughty than nice.
But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to find a nifty gift for someone you love. Pens are a classy, simple choice and don’t necessarily need to be all that expensive, [...]

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Letter Writing Shouldn't Vanish – It’s Good for Relationships (and Profit)

November 18, 2009

How long has it been since you actually sat down and wrote a letter by hand? Months? Probably years? That’s how it is for most people, which is why letter writing seems to be in its last days.
We have so many other ways to communicate now: cell phones, email, IMs, text messages, Facebook, webcams, and [...]

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What is Your Favourite Pen?

October 9, 2009

What makes for a favourite pen, one of those that you’ll guard jealously and use often for years and years? Is it a comfortable grip, a smooth writing experience, brilliant colours, a sexy shape? Maybe all of the above?
Whatever it is, we each have that one pen that is just right for us, that fits [...]

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Good Handwriting Rewarded at Kentucky School

October 9, 2009

Here’s an interesting follow-up to yesterday’s post about the demise of handwriting: A Kentucky newspaper has a story about a teacher at Lafayette High School who, dismayed at the lack of cursive handwriting skills in his students, put them up to a penmanship contest – and rewarded the winners with fountain pens.
Teacher Roger Guffey told [...]

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Is Handwriting Really Obsolete?

October 7, 2009

There has been much written in the media over the last several months about the supposed death of handwriting, with some writers gladly bidding goodbye to cursive.
Which is all very funny, given the results of a new study coming out of the University of Washington. Perhaps you’ve heard. Researchers found that children wrote faster and [...]

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