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In reply to <a href="https://penfount.social/@FPLover/113930874263021737">Parker51</a>. I kept most of my pens inked too until recently, but I'm trying something new by rotating them. Some of it is practical: I have just enough pens that the ones with less well sealed caps might dry out between uses and this helps me avoid that by making sure everything with ink in it gets used every few days. But it's also a fun creative challenge to choose palettes and stuff and encourage me to use what I've got on hand, so I can enjoy that part too.
2.2.2025 00:26Comment on February Ink Palette + Pens + Stickers by Dr. Terri<p><a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> Wonderful to read. I love the idea, but probably because I’m too impatient, I’m more a have-all-my-pens-inked-person.</p>
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1.2.2025 20:17Comment on February Ink Palette + Pens + Stickers by Penfount • Pen CommunityPeople actually responded to my January ink palette so I’m encouraged enough to post one for February! I’m starting with just 4 inks this month. My current plan is to also rotate in some of the other pens I have inked if I want a few more colours (I have a few on my desk … Continue reading
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8.1.2025 15:00Comment on January Ink Palette / Spinning by Penfount • Pen CommunityHappy new year! I haven't decided if I'm going to record my ink selections on the blog all year, since they're already recorded in my journal itself, but I like seeing other people's choices so here's January's inks! Continue reading
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1.1.2025 22:09Comment on Fiber Goals 2025 by Karen Strickholm<a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> What a magnificent oveeview! And so inspirational, all you accomplished and learned.
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1.1.2025 15:00Comment on Fiber Goals 2025 by Penfount • Pen CommunityThis is my 10th year setting “fiber goals” as a fun way to direct my crafting for the year. I’ve come to feel like setting goals around creativity and joy and focusing on accomplishing things I want to do is important. Especially in contrast to a lot of traditional new year’s goals that are kind … Continue reading
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31.12.2024 15:02Comment on Fiber Goals 2024: How did I do? by Penfount • Pen CommunityMy 2024 fiber goals were as follows: I already did a mid-year 2024 writeup so I’m just going to talk about the second half of the year here. Gift yarn I finished the lighthouse shawl: And I started in on a pair of socks with a funny colourway called “Introverts Unite” that apparently I haven’t … Continue reading
31.12.2024 15:00Fiber Goals 2024: How did I do?This year is the 10th year I'll be doing fiber goals, and I wanted to revisit some previous year's goals, so I'm starting by making myself a mega post with all of them to contemplate. Continue reading
18.12.2024 15:00Fiber Goals from years pastI still spend more time knitting than using fountain pens but you wouldn’t know it from the blog posts I write! So let’s do a bit of an update. In September / October a group of fediverse folk do “Finish or Frog Along” (formerly Fall Finish Along, but now with a better name for people … Continue reading
2.12.2024 15:00Finish or Frog Along Wrap-upI'm already 2/3 of the way through my current journal! I blame fountain pens and have some thoughts about what's working and what needs adjustment. Continue reading
22.11.2024 15:00How is my new journal setup working for me?<a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/@penfount" rel="nofollow ugc">@penfount</a> Sharks are perfectly fine, inexpensive pens. IIRC, they come with converters, which many inexpensive pens do not! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FountainPens" rel="nofollow ugc">#FountainPens</a>
14.11.2024 19:39Comment on Shark Pen! by Janice in GA<a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> Sharks are great pens, one of the best values around. They write smoothly and have a really good seal, too. I had some inked for ~8 months and probably could have left some of them even longer.
14.11.2024 15:35Comment on Shark Pen! by Jim P.<a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> <a href="https://slowblog.eu/search?tag=JinhaoShark" rel="nofollow ugc">#JinhaoShark</a> <a href="https://slowblog.eu/search?tag=fountainpen" rel="nofollow ugc">#fountainpen</a> <a href="https://slowblog.eu/search?tag=jinhao" rel="nofollow ugc">#jinhao</a> (<<< to get your post found by 'us fountainpen friends' )
It’s a fountain pen shaped like a shark! It’s made by Jinhao, who are known for making cheap but often decent fountain pens. It sounds like not all of their pens are winners because quality control isn’t great but if you’re willing to roll the dice and don’t mind that the design may be a … Continue reading
14.11.2024 15:00Shark Pen!I had a little bit of solo time on my way home from BSidesPDX in October, so I stopped by Oblation Papers. I couldn’t remember if I’d ever visited before — maybe once when I was visiting before we moved to the area? Anyhow, it’s very pretty: I mostly went to look around, but I … Continue reading
12.11.2024 15:00A trip to Oblation PapersIf you just want the answer to "where do I find a reliable global mirror of NVD vulnerability data?" the answer is https://cveb.in/ . It is being mirrored on the same servers used for major open source projects so you're probably already trusting them. If you want to hear the story of how we got there, read on... Continue reading
1.11.2024 14:00Mirroring known vulnerability data globally, for free.Continuing in my “best practices in practice series” : an API for finding the list of available software versions and an API for finding out if those versions are still actively supported (and for how long). Continue reading
30.10.2024 14:00Best practices in practice: Software release tracking and end of lifeContinuing in my "best practices in practice series" : today's tool is `pre-commit`. Using pre-commit takes a bunch of failure points out of our code quality and security process, and I highly recommend it. Continue reading
18.10.2024 14:00Best practices in practice: pre-commitIt was likely inevitable that I’d start thinking seriously about having some travel-specific fountain pens. I’m no longer the world traveller I was in my 20s when writing papers and going to conferences to present them was a key part of my job, but I have a certain amount of travel-specific stuff in my life. … Continue reading
17.10.2024 14:00Unconventional travel fountain pens: Pilot Kakuno & Platinum Preppy WaI bought a glowing pen to replace my finicky first pen. Plus some musing on how the glowing definitely makes the pen work better for me; science agrees! Continue reading
15.10.2024 14:00Glow Pen! TWSBI Eco (Medium)As expected, I finished my bullet journal, just barely managing to fit an entry for Sept 30th, 2024 on the last page. It was started on January 1, 2023, so it lasted just under 2 years. The corgi design is from Kela Designs, and I bought it for myself on the condition that I actually … Continue reading
2.10.2024 14:00Goodbye gold corgi journal!In reply to <a href="https://curiousity.ca/2024/pilot-metropolitan-fountain-pen/#comment-1968">PDXKnitterati/Michele</a>. When you get around to trying out the pens, I found the how to guides from JetPens pretty good. Here's the one on cleaning a fountain pen: https://www.jetpens.com/blog/How-to-Clean-a-Fountain-Pen/pt/259 I've also been enjoying finding out that the fountain pen community is not entirely dissimilar to the knitting one!
1.10.2024 21:07Comment on Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen by Dr. TerriIn reply to <a href="https://curiousity.ca/2024/best-practices-black/#comment-1967">Dustin</a>. Thanks for the tip! I might have to give that a try on my next project. Right now black is so fast on the code bases where I use it that I'm not too worried about it, but I can see where it might be a big issue on larger projects than mine.
1.10.2024 21:01Comment on Best practices in practice: Black, the Python code formatter by Dr. TerriI inherited a bunch of my father-in-law’s fountain pens. I need to learn how to clean and fill them! Just haven’t gotten around to it yet…
28.9.2024 20:31Comment on Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen by PDXKnitterati/MicheleYou may want to consider Astral's `ruff format` instead of black. It's got a huge amount of momentum behind it, it's black-compatible, and its like 30x faster and it's similar in its low-configurability. https://astral.sh/blog/the-ruff-formatter The faster speed makes a notable difference in our teams developer experience.
28.9.2024 19:47Comment on Best practices in practice: Black, the Python code formatter by DustinI picked this pen up at the same time as my TWSBI pens (Making this pen 5 in my collection), with a similar vision in mind: trying the big stub nibs. This one sports a CM / Italic / 1.0mm stub. My first impression upon getting the pen was overwhelmingly positive: this is a solidly … Continue reading
28.9.2024 14:00Pilot Metropolitan fountain penI’m starting a little mini-series about some of the “best practices” I’ve tried out in my real-life open source software development. These can be specific tools, checklists, workflows, whatever. Some of these have been great, some of them have been not so great, but I’ve learned a lot. I wanted to talk a bit about … Continue reading
27.9.2024 18:00Best practices in practice: Black, the Python code formatterAfter a few months of using my mystery wood pen and the Pilot Varsity that I picked up when I bought ink for the first pen, I decided I was clearly having enough fun that I should add a few more pens to my collection. So pen number 3 and 4 were a pair of … Continue reading
26.9.2024 14:00TWSBI ECO-T and TWSBI Swipe Fountain PensOne of the ideas from the “bullet journal” method that never really worked for me is the “future log” one. The idea seems solid: you need a space for writing stuff that’s coming up but maybe not in the current month or week or however you divide your journal. It’s a solid idea and it … Continue reading
21.9.2024 14:00I hate the “future log” of my bullet journal.I’ve been getting back into fountain pens for the first time since I was a teenager, and it’s a lot more fun this time. I’ve enjoyed reading other people’s musings, so I’m going to try to record some personal notes on the pens I have in my collection thus far. I picked up the Pilot … Continue reading
18.9.2024 14:00Pilot Precise Varsity (Disposable) Fountain PenIn reply to <a href="https://curiousity.ca/2024/picking-up-a-fountain-pen-after-3-decades/#comment-1957">Dr. Terri</a>. <a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> Bock nibs are available in most parts of the world, I just took a guess based on your server name (:
17.9.2024 23:31Comment on Picking up a fountain pen after 3 decades by paradoxmoIn reply to <a href="https://penfount.social/@paradoxmo/113133263357568748">paradoxmo</a>. I'm not in Canada right now, but I'm there frequently enough (and the pen itself was definitely made in Canada). Thank you, that's amazing!
17.9.2024 19:40Comment on Picking up a fountain pen after 3 decades by Dr. TerriIn reply to <a href="https://curiousity.ca/2024/picking-up-a-fountain-pen-after-3-decades/#comment-1949">Dr. Terri</a>. <a href="https://curiousity.ca/author/terri/" rel="ugc">@terri</a> if you’re in Canada it looks like these should work: <a href="https://www.penblanks.ca/pen-accessories/accessories/nibs-cartridges-refills/nibs-accessories-fountain/nibs" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.penblanks.ca/pen-accessories/accessories/nibs-cartridges-refills/nibs-accessories-fountain/nibs</a>
14.9.2024 01:16Comment on Picking up a fountain pen after 3 decades by paradoxmoA few months ago, I found a fountain pen in a drawer. It was a gift from someone who knew me as a teenager, when I had tendinitis and used a fountain pen as a way to reduce strain during writing. I didn’t have ink when I got it and I likely forgot all about … Continue reading
13.9.2024 14:00Picking up a fountain pen after 3 decadesA few weeks ago, I wrote a review of the Flo Mask and mentioned that I wasn’t sure how well it would work for singing. Well, Wednesday Sept 11 was my first choir rehearsal for the fall season and I brought it and… it actually worked out pretty well! I had brought a spare disposable … Continue reading
12.9.2024 14:00Review: Singing while wearing a Flo MaskAs I mentioned in my post about my cane, I use a Synik 22 Guide's Edition for travel because of the cane mount point. But it's far from the only thing from Tom Bihn that I use, so here's a ridiculously long and photo-filled exploration of what I carry in my various pouches and bags. Continue reading
5.9.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: Tom Bihn gearIt feels late in the pandemic to be buying a really fancy mask, but with the prospect of sitting for hours on planes while the US had increasingly significant waves of infection, I decided it was worth trying out a different style of mask to see if I liked it. And I did! What is … Continue reading
28.8.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: Flo MaskI picked up this ruler to go with my travel notebook. I didn’t use it the way I thought I would, but it found a niche that made it fit perfectly into my travel stationery setup. What is it? A metal ruler that also acts as a clip bookmark and a stencil. Link: https://www.jetpens.com/Midori-Clip-Ruler-Copper-Daily-Life/pd/29899 What … Continue reading
21.8.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: Midori Clip RulerI’m loosely auditioning new notebooks to replace my bullet journal. So I pulled out my fountain pens and inked up a few contenders that I hadn’t tried yet and here they are with the ones I’d already sampled: My current bullet journal (the one in the upper right) is a lovely book from Kela Designs. … Continue reading
17.8.2024 14:00Auditioning my next bullet journalI’ve been using a cane consistently for about a decade now and I love this particular telescoping model. It takes some weight off my injury and greatly improves my travel and conference experiences, but also having a cane that I feel is a delight to use rather than a chore has really changed the way … Continue reading
15.8.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: REI Collapsible CaneIt’s occasionally useful to know how long a knitting project will take me: When do I need to start a gift for it to be ready in time? How much yarn should I bring on a trip? So I decided to make a personal estimate I could refer to when I wanted to make a … Continue reading
2.8.2024 14:00Estimating my knitting speedMy kid is in that awkward age where he’s too big for a stroller but walking across some of the larger airports can be a lot. I’d originally wanted to get scooter luggage, but after some research I decided we’d get a lot more use out of a folding scooter that would be useful for … Continue reading
1.8.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: Micro Maxi Foldable LED ScooterI’m a bit overdue for a look at this year’s fiber goals. They were as follows: Gift yarn I thought gift yarn would be an easy one, but I’ve hardly used any! When I started this goal I wrote down 5 skeins/sets in hopes of inspiring myself to make plans, but so far I’ve only … Continue reading
31.7.2024 14:00Fiber goals 2024: mid year check-inHow I travel has changed a lot in the past few years especially since I started using a cane and my growing kid means it’s different every time now. So I’m trying to note a few things that worked (or could be better) from my last couple of trips. I have resisted the urge to … Continue reading
30.7.2024 14:00Travel Gear Review: CALPAK Luka Soft-Sided Mini Carry-On Luggage