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The Commonplace Book: Part II
Continued from Part I.The Commonplace Books (or just commonplaces) of old were series of books, stuffed with scraps, inspirations, snippets of information, sketches, clippings, photographs, poems,...
View ArticleISO 838 filing holes ;-) for A4
For more than you'll ever want to know about A4 and other ISO paper sizes, including the ISO standard (!?!) for filing holes, look here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
View Article3 ring vs 2 ring vs 4 ring
It was quite a while after I started following the evolution of D*I*Y Planner before I sussed that 3 hole punches must be more the standard on your side of the pond. They sound like a good idea, but...
View ArticleSplendid!
Fascinating, artistic, and quite helpful.Does anyone have any photos of their commonplace? I'm curious how folks are actually using it and if they have any especially spiffy templates.
View ArticleNumbering Pages in Looseleaf Format?
So, how do you manage page numbering in a loose leaf binder when you add and move pages? Seems like it can get messed up fairly easily . . . anyone have any thoughts on this?Scott
View ArticleI Learn Something New Every Day
I came across your site and was casually browsing when I found this article and was rather astonished to find that I've been keeping commonplace books for over a decade! (Of course I created an account...
View Article4-hole binder
4-hole binders are quite common in the Netherlands. They have the holes at 80mm each, that's referred to as an "8-8-8 hole punch".
View ArticleThanks
thanks so much for this!!! This article was actually the way I found the site!! My commonplace book is a 300 page spiral notebook. Not too fancy, but I like it that way. I only write things in it...
View ArticleEmerson's commonplace book
Happy New Year, everyone, and what a fabulous website! In preparation for an organized and productive 2007, I've been kitting out my yummy new Levenger circa junior planner (w/zipper, in limited...
View ArticleDistant Voices...
Happy New Year to you too Susan and welcome to D*I*Y. I love your quote and I hope it will not be too long before you post an essay of your own on D*I*Y. :)PS For further information on guest posts,...
View Articlethank you...
for your warm welcome, Sardonios, and here's to a suitably Emersonian year for us all!
View ArticleA sort of modified commonplace book
I don't know if anyone has heard of this Firefox extension before, but I've been using ScrapBook for some time now, and what I have acomplished with it (which I have just realized) is, actually, a...
View Articleindexing method
By accident I found this method on indexing, in a short work by Locke. I thought it might be helpful to someone, it sounds good. LINK It is based on an index in Latin, with examples also in Latin (I...
View ArticlePaulien - your wish is my command...
I don't know how to make a link (I would like to know)...[a href="URL you wish to link to"]whatever you wish to name your link[/a]Note replace all [ and ] with < and >
View ArticleMy version of a commonplace book
I just wanted to thank you for these great articles about commonplace books. I have kept a diary since I was 10 years old, but my diaries have reached new heights, inspired by these articles!After I...
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