2 posts tagged “moleskine”

I came home last Thursday to find a package waiting for me.  After some confusion (I didn't order anything and wasn't sure why I was getting a box from Costco.com), I opened it to find:

a brand new Garmin Nuvi 650 GPS unit that my awesome parents had bought for me as a present!  I was so excited that I set it up to use for the very next day on my way to work, and now that I've had a chance to play with it, I can't tell you how much fun it is.  Obviously, it's not really necessary for use on my drive to/from work (although it is fun to see the turns coming up ahead, or know how long I've been sitting stock-still in traffic), but it's going to be VERY handy for me.

I tell people that I have absolutely NO sense of direction.  Seriously, I could get lost in a walk-in closet.  I have managed to get lost in a 3 block drive between my grandparents' house and the local video store.  Not something to be really proud of, but I've accepted that I just can't handle the spatial relationships that make up directions until I've driven a route a few times.  This GPS looks to be a lifesaver for me for those times that I've been to a place less than 2-3 times, especially as it recalculates any time I go off route (e.g. make a wrong turn a street too early and end up spending another 20 minutes trying to find my way back to where I was).

For those of you using your Moleskine, Hipster PDA, or other notebook for any sort of productivity use, or for those who just want to have a calendar with them, check out the Thumb Calendar created by Adam Sporka.

The concept is simple: by overlapping the months, Adam has been able to display six months worth of calendar dates on a piece of paper no larger than a business card.  The .pdf template comes ready to cut out and fold so you have a 2-sided card that can slide into your wallet, or you can cut the two halves apart and paste each of them into your Moleskine for a full year calendar on a single reference page.  Each half fits inside the width of a small Moleskine notebook with a small margin on each side:

For those wondering how to read this calendar:
1. Pick the month you want to read. 
2. Use your thumbs to cover the numbers that are not directly below the month header.
3. Note the color of the month header. The last day of the month is rendered in the same color.

The header of each month is appropriately aligned to show the actual days of the week, and there are versions of the calendar that go Sunday to Saturday and Monday to Sunday.

Thanks to Joe for bringing this to my attention.  This also seems to have been featured on Lifehacker last year, but I must have missed it the first time around.