Comments on: notebooks. http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/ white and creamy commentary from the stovetop of the internet Sun, 13 May 2012 23:59:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: phill http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 phill Thu, 22 May 2008 07:30:54 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/?p=576#comment-1500 I had a similar big-arse arty sketchbook notepad thing that I used to actually draw in, and then converted to a jot-pad once I realised I couldn't really draw to save my life. It works pretty well, but sometimes you can be overwhelmed by the space, if you know what I mean. Mine was A2 or something, so it's a pretty big blank piece of paper that you're looking at, and sometimes it can get the better of you to even start. Then again, you also have the advantage of being able to do what you're saying, make it all connected without the discontinuity of having to flip a page to discover the next little bit of how x relates to y. Advantages and disadvantages, as always. As for RSS, I use google reader now. I can show you how to set that one up next time you're online and not grabby (: I had a similar big-arse arty sketchbook notepad thing that I used to actually draw in, and then converted to a jot-pad once I realised I couldn’t really draw to save my life. It works pretty well, but sometimes you can be overwhelmed by the space, if you know what I mean. Mine was A2 or something, so it’s a pretty big blank piece of paper that you’re looking at, and sometimes it can get the better of you to even start. Then again, you also have the advantage of being able to do what you’re saying, make it all connected without the discontinuity of having to flip a page to discover the next little bit of how x relates to y. Advantages and disadvantages, as always.

As for RSS, I use google reader now. I can show you how to set that one up next time you’re online and not grabby (:

]]> By: k http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 k Thu, 22 May 2008 04:07:13 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/?p=576#comment-1498 I'm really tossing around the idea of getting one of those huge flip paper easels. That way I can outline shit and and everything. I'm a list person, so I think putting everything in front of me per story on one huge ass piece of paper that takes up almost a whole wall but is neat and organized will do the trick. Characters and their traits, plot points, whatever - everything on one page but neatly organized with cool little arrow points and all that shit that makes sense. Of course, that also leads to gridded paper and each story being interlocking, which is something I've been tossing around, which is appealing, which also leads to grandiose ideas of a novel. Flipside, if it all falls apart, it's an easel, the pages flip over, and are also easy to tear off and are disposable. It's not my fault and the evidence is easy to dispose of. Seems like a goddamn golden goose. And oh yeah, we gotta talk on gt about how to add you to my rss or whatever that shit is from blog to blog or whatever. later. Stop mixing chemicals or whatever in labs and I'll try to put down the bottle and we'll be productive for an hour at some point. I’m really tossing around the idea of getting one of those huge flip paper easels. That way I can outline shit and and everything. I’m a list person, so I think putting everything in front of me per story on one huge ass piece of paper that takes up almost a whole wall but is neat and organized will do the trick. Characters and their traits, plot points, whatever – everything on one page but neatly organized with cool little arrow points and all that shit that makes sense.

Of course, that also leads to gridded paper and each story being interlocking, which is something I’ve been tossing around, which is appealing, which also leads to grandiose ideas of a novel.

Flipside, if it all falls apart, it’s an easel, the pages flip over, and are also easy to tear off and are disposable. It’s not my fault and the evidence is easy to dispose of.

Seems like a goddamn golden goose.

And oh yeah, we gotta talk on gt about how to add you to my rss or whatever that shit is from blog to blog or whatever. later. Stop mixing chemicals or whatever in labs and I’ll try to put down the bottle and we’ll be productive for an hour at some point.

]]> By: phill http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 phill Thu, 22 May 2008 01:53:26 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/?p=576#comment-1491 Yup, just gotta push right through it and get all scrappy! Yup, just gotta push right through it and get all scrappy!

]]> By: phill http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 phill Thu, 22 May 2008 01:53:07 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/?p=576#comment-1490 Man. Those. Are. Pretty. Modding of moleskines is apparently a pretty big trade nowadays. Here's some more for you to wish for: http://steampunkworkshop.com/electroetch.shtml I have the chemicals and materials to do this sort of etching, all I need is the variable power supply which I'm ordering next pay day (: But if I do this, then the notebooks will be so pretty I won't ever be able to write in them D: Man. Those. Are. Pretty. Modding of moleskines is apparently a pretty big trade nowadays. Here’s some more for you to wish for:

http://steampunkworkshop.com/electroetch.shtml

I have the chemicals and materials to do this sort of etching, all I need is the variable power supply which I’m ordering next pay day (: But if I do this, then the notebooks will be so pretty I won’t ever be able to write in them D:

]]> By: Shane http://toothsoup.com/blog/2008/05/20/notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Shane Wed, 21 May 2008 21:00:07 +0000 http://toothsoup.com/blog/?p=576#comment-1482 I know the feeling of not writing something in a book cause the book is too good for your draft. It sucks and is so silly :P I know the feeling of not writing something in a book cause the book is too good for your draft. It sucks and is so silly :P

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