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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2011-11-25

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Take Note of the Star Wars Moleskine Notebooks (GeekDad)

Moleskine recently sent me one of their Star Wars themed notebooks, of various sizes, and it’s perfect for the job. You can choose between the logo with a hyperspace star effect or the title crawl from A New Hope. As a bonus, in the rear pocket, you get a mini version of the original Brother Hildebrandt Star Wars poster.

I carry a sketch book with me everywhere I go. I’ve had dozens of sketch books over the years, filled with notes, sketches, book outlines, doodles, and anything else I couldn’t keep penned up in my brain. I’ve had large sketch books and small. I’ve had soft back, hard back, and even one with covers made from old circuit boards. I’ve kept them all, and flip back through them from time to time for inspiration.

For the last ten years, I’ve almost exclusively carried Moleskine notebooks to sketch in. I remember stumbling across a selection of them at an art supply store and fell in love.

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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2011-11-04

This Devilish Bag Can Carry Your Candy and More (GeekDad)

Have Bag, will travel!

Have Bag, will travel!

I do a lot of traveling to conferences and for business, and often need to carry multiple laptops, iPads, and books. A strong, rugged bag is a necessity for me when I travel, and if I can find one that is both professional looking and stylish, that’s all the better. But most of the bags I find are glorified messenger bags: rugged, but making me look like I just stepped off the sidewalk from a ten mile bike ride rather than going to a meeting with top executives. I’ve been seeking something more businesslike, but not too corporate. I want to look professionally geeky.

I think I found the answer.

A few weeks ago, Kolobags sent me their Zeyner Bullfight laptop briefcase to test out, and it is, without doubt, the nicest bag I’ve ever had. It is at once a professional looking laptop bag but with a remarkable devilish style. This is a true road warrior’s bag. In fact there is a tire tread motif imprinted in the rubber guards at the corners and flame stitching on the side pocket. The handle is wrapped in leather with red stitching and curved chrome spike on either end, looking like something Conan (and I’m not talking about O’Brien) might use to disembowel an attacking army. The handle along with the red flame stitching on the side will leave no doubt as to your attitude.

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