Tag: analog office

Replied to Micro.blog Analog Tools Meetup by cygnoircygnoir (cygnoir.net)
Nearly two years later, I’m reviving the idea of a Micro.blog meetup for analog tools like paper and notebooks, pens and ink, pencils, stationery, planners and journals, typewriters, index cards, etc. Thirteen intrepid fans of analog tools filled out the survey last time, and the majority thought a one-hour Zoom meeting each month would be the best way to start. Timing is everything, in so many realms, and this one is no different. I’m available to host this meetup every third Saturday of the month from 9-10 a.m. PST. That would make our first meetup on Saturday, January 20th.
Typed index card that reads: "@cygnoir: I'm all in for this! Let me know the zoom details when it's set. Thanks for taking the initiative for setting this up for the community. Bestest, @chrisaldrich" Followed by a signature . On top of the index card is a demonstrator fountain pen.
If you’re going to punch holes in 3 x 5″ index cards for your new library card catalog and want something to match your 20 gauge office furniture, you really ought to have an era-appropriate hole punch. Presenting the industrial strength Mutual Centamatic Punch No. 250 (Made in Worchester, Mass. U.S.A.), which I picked up today at the local thrift store for $0.75. 

Atomic era industrial hole punch with eleven adjustable positions and adjustable paper guides. A stack of index cards with a single hole punched into them sits in front of it.

Close up of the paper guide on a Mutual Centamatic Punch No. 250 with measurement markings for 12, 11, 9 1/2, 8 1/2, 7 3/4, 7 1/4, 6 3/4, 6, 5 1/2, and 5 inch paper sizes.