nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2009-07-07 01:11 am

on keeping a notebook

So, I like to keep a notebook, you know, in addition to a lab notebook. A smaller notebook for doodles and people's addresses and my shoppings lists and recipes and maps and receipts and to-do lists and airplane itineraries and to serve as a generalized permanent scratch paper and whatever else catches my fancy.

You would think that finding a substrate for such scribblings would be easy, but it turns out that I am very picky. The default size of a 'Composition Book' is 9 ¾" × 7 ½". This is too small. I much prefer the 10 ¼ × 7 ⅞" format. And then there are the matters of: college ruled, quadrille, or unmarked? Pencil or pen?

Roaring Spring catalog #77479 looks good - but where to buy?

Re: DIY project

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
wow, that looks great!

Seeing them use a drill to make the holes to sew together the binding was kind of an "aha!" moment.

Re: DIY project

[identity profile] shamster.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I've made a couple now. The drill was kinda screwy to use by hand, but it worked in the end. Having an awl handy for the lock-stitching came in really handy. Also, duct tape works really well in place of gaffer's tape for the spine binding.

Be sure to take a photo of it when you're done!

Re: DIY project

[identity profile] nibot.livejournal.com 2009-07-22 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Be sure to take a photo of it when you're done!

you first!

Re: DIY project

[identity profile] shamster.livejournal.com 2009-07-26 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
hah, I just got back from a week-long trip to Montana... and I lost my home-made journal somewhere over there!! I'll try to make another and photo it soon.