Penthusiasm is our way of sharing some of the great blog posts that we have come across that we believe may be of interest to our readers.
The World In Pens Edition Four
Catch up on the latest pen , pencil and other news from around the world that caught our interest in Edition Four of the World in Pens.
A Bic spokeswoman takes to Chicago radio station WBEZ to explain the company is on a “mission to save handwriting” and why that matters. [Read more…]
5 Green Pens We Recommend
A couple of months ago, I wrote about teachers and students using green ink as part of a feedback system that focuses on improving work, instead of just highlighting mistakes.
That made me a little curious about green pens, since I didn’t really have much experience with them. The few I’d used were pretty unimpressive, mostly because the ink was so pallid. So I decided to take a run through a bunch of green pens to find the ones that worked the best. [Read more…]
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Penthusiasm is our way of sharing some of the great blog posts that we have come across that we believe may be of interest to our readers. [Read more…]
Engineers Fascinated By How Pens Work
This was a bit surprising: A YouTube video in which an engineering professor explains how a retractable pen works became a bit of a viral hit.
The simple 4:43 video from Bill Hammack – “engineerguy” on YouTube – had been viewed more than 370K times when I last checked, about a month after it was posted.
In the video, Hammack uses a Parker Jotter and some 3D modeling graphics to describe the interplay between plunger, cam, and spring that extends and retracts the ink cartridge and produces that distinctive clicking noise. [Read more…]
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