Hi all! Bought myself an 8bitdo zero as I wanted to have a remote page turner for Koreader and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it work.
I’ve already updated the firmware, connected as a keyboard, tried remapping in “key mapper” and am having no joy ☹️
Can anybody who’s successfully managed it help me out? I’d be very grateful!
My new (old) Parker Vacumatic arrived today!! Couldn’t wait to play so inked her up and took her out on my travels 😊 no idea yet which Vacumatic she is (I “won” her on eBay) but will do some research later on. For now, I’m a very happy lady!
One of my favourite poets, and I’ve always loved the use of language in the first part of this poem (I’ve copied and pasted below in case my handwriting is hard to read).
Supplies:
• Nolty Log-Type A5 notebook
• Pilot Kakuno, EF inked with Herbin “Perle Noire” (date and marginalia)
• Kaweco Sport, EF inked with Diamine “Grotto” (main body) - forgot that this ink is a crazy smudger, unfortunately, but the golden sheen is soooo pretty… 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
• title I basically hate and went over with two different pens and inks so it’s a mish-mash of Diamine “Ancient Copper” and “Wax Seal”
II. A Game of Chess
The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes,
Unguent, powdered, or liquid—troubled, confused
And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air
That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone,
In which sad light a carvéd dolphin swam.
I wasn’t meant to buy more ink. I wasn’t. But I’ve been lusting after Momiji for ages, and then it was on sale… and then there was a discount code… and then you might as well add more for free shipping…
Anyway, there’s a 15% off code for The Journal Shop this weekend and it seems to work for all pens and inks, even ones already reduced. I’m sorry / you’re welcome (delete as appropriate).
https://www.thejournalshop.com/
Code: WEEKEND15
You were all so kind yesterday I thought you might like to see the next two finished pages! Thanks so much for the support on my last post, it’s really inspired me to keep going and I’m having an absolute blast!
Supplies list is in my last post (linked below), and the only difference is that for the “Dark Academia” title I used an Osmiroid 75 music nib (three tine) inked with Diamine Oxblood - it just felt right for dark academia!
I’m so excited, I think I’ve finally cracked it! I’ve had a few attempts at commonplacing before but haven’t ever quite found the right fit for me, and I’m really, really hoping that this is the magic formula that works for me.
I was really inspired by “wordlayout” on Instagram and YouTube (linktree below) and have adopted some of her ideas and supplies. Her commonplace book and journals are beautiful, I really recommend having a look at them!
For my own commonplace book, I’m using:
• Nolty A5 Log Type Notebook with a 3.5mm grid
• Pilot Kakuno EF, inked with Herbin Perle Noire, for dates, descriptions and marginalia
• Pilot Custom 74, F, inked with Diamine Writer’s Blood, for main body text
• any pen and ink I feel like for the page subject - here I used a TWSBI Eco B, inked with Diamine Lady Grey
• plain printable matte sticker paper (I’ve used one by Evergreen Goods)
• my home printer (a fairly basic HP Envy 6400)
wordlayout’s linktree: