Readit Newsstefanu commented on I use cheap notebooks tiramisu.bearblog.dev/che... · Posted by u/HermanMartinus
The best notebooks I have found that meet both constraints of being cheap but good quality so as to not become frustrating are Muji's notebooks. They have several options in size and also styles between blank, lined, and graph lined and looseleaf or notebooks. They even have these tiny passport sized notebooks that I am trying to get into the habit of keeping with me to write down whatever I need in the moment. The paper quality is actually excellent, and their pens are all I use now as well.
Can confirm, MUJI notebooks are of a decent quality and they can handle fountain pens as well.
In addition to that, I gradually switched to their 0.38 pens of different colors. With fountain pen it was more stylish but impractical for multiple semantic(*) colours. With cheap, light, yet nice quality pens of different colours I can not only carry multiple ones, but have the same set at multiple places.
(Dark blue is body text/drawing, light blue is comment/secondary annotation, orange is action/process/message passing, green is data/metadata flow, …)
stefanu commented on Can You See the Republic of Ireland from England? anglezarke.net/can-you-se... · Posted by u/qwertyuiop_
If you want to walk, as opposed to just get somewhere in a car, I have yet to find anything better than an OS map. Google Maps is hopeless for footpaths; OpenStreetMaps is a bit better but it depends a lot on whether somebody enthusiastic has put in the data for the area you're in. The OS map is always reliably comprehensive. Plus these days if you buy a paper map it includes a code so you can also download the digital version to a mobile app (or you can get an annual subscription to get access to the whole lot, but for me I find that uneconomical.)
In Czechia and Slovakia we have mapy.cz which gives you more detailed map for walking/hiking, including contour lines. See [^1] for example.
The coloured trails you can see at more detailed zoom levels, are part of the hiking trail system. The outdoor signage even has a national technical norm [^2] (in Slovak, but has some terminology translated int to English and German).
[1] https://en.mapy.cz/turisticka?x=19.8702765&y=48.7675046&z=14 [2] http://www.jazdecka-turistika.sk/images/stories/dokumenty/KT...
I will be very interested what the guys at This week in virology say about the outbreak. They briefly talked about it on the 12th of January and it will probably be what they talk about this week with all the new developments. http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/
They have a recent blog post “A lesson from SARS-CoV for 2019-nCoV”: http://www.virology.ws/2020/01/23/a-lesson-from-sars-cov-for...
stefanu commented on Czech Trail Marking System (2006) blog.myczechrepublic.com/... · Posted by u/PopeDotNinja
Formal specification (PDF, in Slovak) that contains drawings with dimensions, rules for stacking of multiple markers, shapes, etc.:
http://www.jazdecka-turistika.sk/images/stories/dokumenty/KT...
EDIT: Typo
Advantages so far: high quality per that works with fountain pen. No fear of ruining whole notebook with an ugly note or a drawing. I can carry only sheets that are relevant to the problem I am solving right now. I can lay out the sheets in front of me to get a bigger picture. I can throw away the bad ones. It is easier to scan (using iPhone scan to PDF function).
https://md.midori-japan.co.jp/en/products/mdpaper-pad/