You were missed, glad you weren't sick. It's always a shock to have to fork out the money for a new computer, but when it arrives and you're setting it up, suddenly you're glad you did it. Happened to me on Christmas Eve. Result: a happy new year.
My psu just blew days before Christmas. I had just purchased a new computer with bluetooth and can listen to my music while mowing or going to the mailbox. So i was thrilled at how much better the newer computers are. Now I am refurbing the old one with bluetooth too. Have a great 2020.
Thank you Jason . Happy new year & hopefully happy new computer. Even filmed on your phone the vlogs are good and if you'd not said anything I don't think I'd have noticed excepting just one frame of view but was still an excellent ramble , its shows how enthused you are in this hobby has all here present are. Your right about the people in this hobby they are a friendly bunch generally , i don't see many trolls on your channel at all. Look forward to live stream & videos i did miss you over the holidays , glad you back.
Yes, this did turn out better than expected, especially once I got the phone on a tripod. I'm glad I'm back, and I just finished a video (the top 10) with this computer, and it's going well!
As many others have said, we've missed you! Actually your little phone did a great job and that made this video all the more enjoyable. I agree entirely with your comment about the people in this hobby. Mostly we are a pretty friendly lot. I had to laugh when you mentioned Figboot. You're right! David doesn't like anything out of alignment. He is a perfectionist! I hope, by now, you have received your new computer. It should last you at least until 2027! Welcome back!
Glad to see you back in the saddle Waski. Sorry for your computer troubles; at least you are getting a fresh start for the new year as you set up files and programs. I have several bottle of Lamy ink, and never guessed that the plastic bottom came off, and never realized that the bottle was shaped specifically for a practical function. Alas, I am not so witty as my German ancestors!
Dear Waski, a happy and healthy New Year to you from the Black Forest in Germany. Thank you very much for all your interesting videos that I love watching. I hope you get your new computer soon.
You haave been missed. I'm glad you didn't plan to leave us, your fans. Best of luck with your new computer, it's a hassel setting these thing up, getting all the software installed, and teaching everything to do the same things as your old one did. But, one gets there in the end, and then the rewards of a fresh computer kicks in.
Happy New Year Jason, glad you are back. Great video, it made my Friday AM start up. Sorry you are starting the year with the “Computer Blues.” When you are up and running, remember to repeat my mantra several times a day: “My computer is my friend AND I will never forget that I am my computer’s Slave.”
Happy New Year! That was fun. Maybe your computer needs to break down a bit more often so we get more of these videos 8-). Good luck with the new laptop. I can't wait to watch the next PIU.
Happy New Year and thank you for another interesting video. It was good to focus a little attention to some aspects of the hobby that we sometimes take for granted.
Unfortunately, Nemosine is closing the shop. This is what is said on their website: "We're in the process of winding down operations and closing the company. Many of our items are available at big discounts while remaining supplies last!
Hallo - and Happy New Year :) I enjoyed your ramble through the fine and varied delicacies of fountain penthusiasm - and your Carene is beautiful, isn't it! - that broad nib, too! - looks like it gives a great line. Love your different ink bottles - none of mine are as interesting, I think ... please don't point me at THAT rabbit-hole, I might accidentally go off {BANG!] and start collecting ink bottles too (good grief)! I can already feel the thoughts building up, which charity shops can I get to in the next three days, would 'perfume' bottles work ... save me, please. Altogether lovely little visit with you, Jason, and we all share some strange tendencies, for sure. Perhaps all fountain pen people do. And for some reason I'm not sure that it is as incongruent for knowledge- and innovation-seekers to use a fountain pen as it may at first seem. Most of us start fiddling with them, and seems to me that fiddling is the first step for any explorer or innovator - and you can't fiddle much with a Bic. However, this may be just me not being logical. I think I'm petty computer literate, and I can't stop myself from fiddling with software ... there's a bit of a theme here... As for stationery - I once found myself in Staples, just staring at highlighters : I had entered a different mental state and it took me while to come back to reality. Didn't need a highlighter, didn't want a highlighter, but maybe I could use one for something? Completely hypnotised I agree, also, that the interweb makes it possible to experience a sense of community and sharing, especially for folk in remote areas, or where they are unable to entice acquaintances into the Habit. It even gives more sense of our broader personalities than you might expect. People are very generous with their knowledge and time, too, which you can't over-emphasise. Good fun to start off 2020! By the way, remember to always put the full 4 digit year - the unscrupulous could change '20 to 2006, should they want to, apparently.
I haven't bought an ink for the bottle yet, but you're right: it is tempting! That's one of my favorite things about Colorverse. And yes, it's fun to fiddle with things. That's what dragged me down the vintage pen rabbit hole! I have had that exact experience in Staples. I used to make regular stops there when I lived close to one and I could spend forever wandering the stationery and imaging in what I could do. And you are right about living in remote areas! (You know that I do.) Online gives access to communities we would just never have. Without the internet, I would think I was the only fountain pen user and, at this point, I would no longer be able to find ink for them.
Enjoyed seeing all your things. It's amazing all the different things we collect the longer we're in the hobby. I really need to go through all mine. Which MacBook Pro did you get? My friend has an elderly MacBook Air and wants to upgrade and was thinking of going pro. I wish you could get bigger SSDs in them without paying an arm and a leg to Apple.
I got the 13 inch MacBook Pro with the quad-core 2.4 GHz Quad-Core i5 and 500 Gb on the hard drive. The SSD is expensive. 500 GB seems to be a good compromise for me.
My favs. Inks-Bottles: Waterman (I use Florida Blue daily), Parker Quink, Montblanc (esp. the older, rounded ones), Diamine, Pelikan 60ml. Pens ( I owned or own today): Pilot Plumix, Diplomat Excellence Marakech (my daily writer), Waterman Graduate (daily writer for turqoise ink to correct texts I worte), Waterman Expert Deep Brown (lost it, unfortunatly), Waterman Man 100 (lost it, unfortunatly). Pencils (to write with): Tombow Mono 100 Paper / Notebooks: Oxford, Clairefontaine.
The Waterman bottles are well thought out. I haven't used the older Montblanc bottles, but the shoe is clever. Interesting selection of pens. I've only used the Plumix from that list. And Tombow Pencils are wonderful!
Thanks for the video in extremis. That's dedication indeed. My inner pedant (which is really out and proud) wants to say that if you have a B5 page and you double it, that would be B4 size. I have tried several sizes of notebooks for journal-keeping, and although I thought it would be way too big, circumstances forced me to try an A4 journal, and I love it. My vaporous musings expand to fill the space, and I don't feel confined like I did even with B5. I tend to write with full sentences and no abbreviations or acronyms, so I do tend to run on. Like now. Happy new year, and good luck with setting up your new computer. I'm looking forward to seeing the top 10 video. A word about anger in the comments. There are a couple of reviewers that I have watched occasionally who seem over-affected by relatively innocent comments and vent some of their irritation within their videos. I'm glad things like that don't seem to affect you that way.
It is B4. My memory failed me. It's called B5 to B4 paper. I found B5 quite comfortable in a lot of ways. The videos are coming soon. I should be able to start filming tomorrow as I finish installing updates.
I can't afford a present like this every year! I'm installing the last of the updates now, but I look forward to properly putting it through its paces tomorrow.
While i dont know what thst little pad with the perforated squares is REALLY for.... i would have some fum builging little squares and shapes.... like those on spatial tests that show you a flat shape with dotted fold lines... and ask what 3-D shape it would become if assembled. (OK, my weirdess is showing... :-) )
What, no Iroshizuku bottles? Another cool bottle is the new TWSBI 70ml frosted bottles that go for $15.99 at Goulet Pen Co., except the inks look rather bland.
The Iroshizuku bottles are quite nice. I did not know TWSBI now had ink as well: I haven't shopped for ink in a while. I had to look: they are attractive bottles!
Oooo, Linux and fountain pens. Love it. I switched to Linux full time back in 2011. I haven't used Windows 7 or newer. Great video Waski and cheers to you both Waski and Dominic. Happy New Year!
Show and tell is so much fun!
It is! Once I got going on this video, I really got into it!
You were missed, glad you weren't sick. It's always a shock to have to fork out the money for a new computer, but when it arrives and you're setting it up, suddenly you're glad you did it. Happened to me on Christmas Eve. Result: a happy new year.
It's looking good now. I'm installing the last of the updates. It sounds like yours went down a day or two before mine.
My psu just blew days before Christmas. I had just purchased a new computer with bluetooth and can listen to my music while mowing or going to the mailbox. So i was thrilled at how much better the newer computers are. Now I am refurbing the old one with bluetooth too. Have a great 2020.
The new ones definitely offer more and better features. I'm processing my next video right now, and I am stunned by how quickly it is rendering!
Good luck w the new computer! And Happy New Fountainpenyear too!
Thank you!
I'm late catching this vid' but glad I did because you have such enthusiasm it's so refreshing to listen to.My best to you "M8" as we say over here.
Thank you very much! I wouldn't put this much time into it if I didn't enjoy the hobby!
Thank you Jason . Happy new year & hopefully happy new computer. Even filmed on your phone the vlogs are good and if you'd not said anything I don't think I'd have noticed excepting just one frame of view but was still an excellent ramble , its shows how enthused you are in this hobby has all here present are. Your right about the people in this hobby they are a friendly bunch generally , i don't see many trolls on your channel at all. Look forward to live stream & videos i did miss you over the holidays , glad you back.
Yes, this did turn out better than expected, especially once I got the phone on a tripod. I'm glad I'm back, and I just finished a video (the top 10) with this computer, and it's going well!
@@WaskiSquirrel great i'm glad
As many others have said, we've missed you! Actually your little phone did a great job and that made this video all the more enjoyable. I agree entirely with your comment about the people in this hobby. Mostly we are a pretty friendly lot. I had to laugh when you mentioned Figboot. You're right! David doesn't like anything out of alignment. He is a perfectionist! I hope, by now, you have received your new computer. It should last you at least until 2027! Welcome back!
Thank you! I'm replying to comments as (hopefully) the last of the updates downloads. And yes, a great group of people!
Glad to see you back in the saddle Waski. Sorry for your computer troubles; at least you are getting a fresh start for the new year as you set up files and programs.
I have several bottle of Lamy ink, and never guessed that the plastic bottom came off, and never realized that the bottle was shaped specifically for a practical function. Alas, I am not so witty as my German ancestors!
I'm glad to be back. I'm currently installing (hopefully) the last updates on the new machine.
Those Lamy bottles are quite surprising!
Dear Waski, a happy and healthy New Year to you from the Black Forest in Germany. Thank you very much for all your interesting videos that I love watching. I hope you get your new computer soon.
The new computer arrived on Friday, and I'm quite happy with it. I just finished filming a video and the rendering process is going very fast!
You haave been missed. I'm glad you didn't plan to leave us, your fans. Best of luck with your new computer, it's a hassel setting these thing up, getting all the software installed, and teaching everything to do the same things as your old one did. But, one gets there in the end, and then the rewards of a fresh computer kicks in.
I'm currently waiting on the last of the updates. Hopefully going to be done soon. Then I can see how the other software works.
Happy New Year Jason, glad you are back. Great video, it made my Friday AM start up. Sorry you are starting the year with the “Computer Blues.” When you are up and running, remember to repeat my mantra several times a day: “My computer is my friend AND I will never forget that I am my computer’s Slave.”
Happy New Year to you!
Yes, my computer is installing updates now, but it's amazing how they just take over so many aspects of our lives.
Fun video!
Thank you!
Happy New Year! That was fun. Maybe your computer needs to break down a bit more often so we get more of these videos 8-). Good luck with the new laptop. I can't wait to watch the next PIU.
I hope I'm years before this happens again! But I'm now able to film PiU tonight and hopefully some other stuff as well.
Yes..... Very muchy...... I likey......
You're welcome!
Great to see you back and hope your new laptop arrives soon and you can get back to editing and releasing videos :)
It arrived last Friday (late) so I was able to do some filming this weekend after a long period of setup.
Happy New Year and thank you for another interesting video. It was good to focus a little attention to some aspects of the hobby that we sometimes take for granted.
Thank you! It was fun to make this and actually think about the aspects of this hobby that make it fun.
Oh well, new computer new decade. I also find it therapeutic in the act of writing. Best for the New Year. Tim
Thank you! Yes, it's a new start in a lot of ways.
Great collection, thanks for sharing.
Happy New Year 2020!
Happy New Year to you too! This does have me in mind of doing some other videos like this.
Unfortunately, Nemosine is closing the shop. This is what is said on their website: "We're in the process of winding down operations and closing the company.
Many of our items are available at big discounts while remaining supplies last!
That is too bad. They had some interesting products, and the unusual nib sizes were a good contribution.
Hallo - and Happy New Year :)
I enjoyed your ramble through the fine and varied delicacies of fountain penthusiasm - and your Carene is beautiful, isn't it! - that broad nib, too! - looks like it gives a great line.
Love your different ink bottles - none of mine are as interesting, I think ... please don't point me at THAT rabbit-hole, I might accidentally go off {BANG!] and start collecting ink bottles too (good grief)! I can already feel the thoughts building up, which charity shops can I get to in the next three days, would 'perfume' bottles work ... save me, please.
Altogether lovely little visit with you, Jason, and we all share some strange tendencies, for sure. Perhaps all fountain pen people do. And for some reason I'm not sure that it is as incongruent for knowledge- and innovation-seekers to use a fountain pen as it may at first seem. Most of us start fiddling with them, and seems to me that fiddling is the first step for any explorer or innovator - and you can't fiddle much with a Bic. However, this may be just me not being logical. I think I'm petty computer literate, and I can't stop myself from fiddling with software ... there's a bit of a theme here...
As for stationery - I once found myself in Staples, just staring at highlighters : I had entered a different mental state and it took me while to come back to reality. Didn't need a highlighter, didn't want a highlighter, but maybe I could use one for something? Completely hypnotised
I agree, also, that the interweb makes it possible to experience a sense of community and sharing, especially for folk in remote areas, or where they are unable to entice acquaintances into the Habit. It even gives more sense of our broader personalities than you might expect. People are very generous with their knowledge and time, too, which you can't over-emphasise.
Good fun to start off 2020! By the way, remember to always put the full 4 digit year - the unscrupulous could change '20 to 2006, should they want to, apparently.
I haven't bought an ink for the bottle yet, but you're right: it is tempting! That's one of my favorite things about Colorverse.
And yes, it's fun to fiddle with things. That's what dragged me down the vintage pen rabbit hole!
I have had that exact experience in Staples. I used to make regular stops there when I lived close to one and I could spend forever wandering the stationery and imaging in what I could do.
And you are right about living in remote areas! (You know that I do.) Online gives access to communities we would just never have. Without the internet, I would think I was the only fountain pen user and, at this point, I would no longer be able to find ink for them.
Way to ad-lib your situation. Good to see your initiative kick in to keep in touch with everyone.
Enjoyed the video.👍👍👍👍
It only took me a week to realize I could film something on the phone. I had my heart set on a very different set of videos.
@@WaskiSquirrel
You still pulled through. 👍👍👍
Enjoyed seeing all your things. It's amazing all the different things we collect the longer we're in the hobby. I really need to go through all mine. Which MacBook Pro did you get? My friend has an elderly MacBook Air and wants to upgrade and was thinking of going pro. I wish you could get bigger SSDs in them without paying an arm and a leg to Apple.
I got the 13 inch MacBook Pro with the quad-core 2.4 GHz Quad-Core i5 and 500 Gb on the hard drive.
The SSD is expensive. 500 GB seems to be a good compromise for me.
My favs.
Inks-Bottles: Waterman (I use Florida Blue daily), Parker Quink, Montblanc (esp. the older, rounded ones), Diamine, Pelikan 60ml.
Pens ( I owned or own today): Pilot Plumix, Diplomat Excellence Marakech (my daily writer), Waterman Graduate (daily writer for turqoise ink to correct texts I worte), Waterman Expert Deep Brown (lost it, unfortunatly), Waterman Man 100 (lost it, unfortunatly).
Pencils (to write with): Tombow Mono 100
Paper / Notebooks: Oxford, Clairefontaine.
The Waterman bottles are well thought out. I haven't used the older Montblanc bottles, but the shoe is clever.
Interesting selection of pens. I've only used the Plumix from that list.
And Tombow Pencils are wonderful!
Omg the Heart Herbin Bottle 🥰 i never seen that. Love it 👌👍
... And Happy New Year 🙋♀️☃️
It's a fun bottle! But it's also very narrow for a lot of pens.
Thanks for the video in extremis. That's dedication indeed. My inner pedant (which is really out and proud) wants to say that if you have a B5 page and you double it, that would be B4 size. I have tried several sizes of notebooks for journal-keeping, and although I thought it would be way too big, circumstances forced me to try an A4 journal, and I love it. My vaporous musings expand to fill the space, and I don't feel confined like I did even with B5. I tend to write with full sentences and no abbreviations or acronyms, so I do tend to run on. Like now. Happy new year, and good luck with setting up your new computer. I'm looking forward to seeing the top 10 video.
A word about anger in the comments. There are a couple of reviewers that I have watched occasionally who seem over-affected by relatively innocent comments and vent some of their irritation within their videos. I'm glad things like that don't seem to affect you that way.
It is B4. My memory failed me. It's called B5 to B4 paper. I found B5 quite comfortable in a lot of ways.
The videos are coming soon. I should be able to start filming tomorrow as I finish installing updates.
you did well buying a new macbook. you deserve it , that is a nice Christmas present:). can t wait to shoe it to us and how it performs. ty
I can't afford a present like this every year! I'm installing the last of the updates now, but I look forward to properly putting it through its paces tomorrow.
While i dont know what thst little pad with the perforated squares is REALLY for.... i would have some fum builging little squares and shapes.... like those on spatial tests that show you a flat shape with dotted fold lines... and ask what 3-D shape it would become if assembled. (OK, my weirdess is showing... :-) )
Uh-oh! I may never look at that tablet the same ever again!
Yes, it was interesting. I had been wondering about you. I appreciate the update.
Glad you liked it! I'm running updates on the new machine now.
the 'L' is large in french ,and it means broad. Just FYI :)
Thank you! That makes sense considering it was made in France.
What, no Iroshizuku bottles? Another cool bottle is the new TWSBI 70ml frosted bottles that go for $15.99 at Goulet Pen Co., except the inks look rather bland.
The Iroshizuku bottles are quite nice. I did not know TWSBI now had ink as well: I haven't shopped for ink in a while. I had to look: they are attractive bottles!
good to see you back jason with a nice mish mash of a video ! i don't know how much your camera set up cost ,but your phone does a damn good job!
The phone lacks a lot of flexibility and hated my "set" but I think it worked all right looking down. Thank you!
Go linux for a change. Been using linux mint for a year and it works fine. As long you're ready to go open source with your work flow
Linux is tempting. I've used it before. My two main concerns are sharing files with my work computer and the Linux doesn't have great video software.
@@WaskiSquirrel have you tried kdenlive
Oooo, Linux and fountain pens. Love it. I switched to Linux full time back in 2011. I haven't used Windows 7 or newer. Great video Waski and cheers to you both Waski and Dominic. Happy New Year!
@@WaskiSquirrel I love Linux Cinnamon.
@@DD-d6d3 I have not heard of that!
Happy New Year to you, sir! And may your new computer be a smooth performer.
Happy New Year! And, so far, so good. Currently installing the many updates.
Curious semi-coincidence. Thinking the Waterman Carène "M" too broad for me I bought an extra "F". These same days.
That is funny! I have several pens I like for fine writing, so I thought this one would be more fun as a broad.