I can see the handwriting on the... hand

There are several Flickr groups dedicated to writing on one's body(and wrists!) temporarily or permanently. I'm always interested in notes, scribblings, lists, and temporary texts, though I've never been one to write on my hands. Here's an interesting product for those so inclined...



[via BoingBoing]

Coordinating Reading

Dr. B recently blogged about nifty print-your own bookmarks. What I like best about them is the inclusion of a Note feature. I frequently just use small pieces of blank paper so I can jot down notes while I read (provided I don't own the book in which case I write all over the thing). For fiction, I sometimes need reminders of character names (especially when I've only got time to pick up the book twice a week and have forgotten everyone). For non fiction, well, I jot down things to blog or look up or just think about. I don't know if I'll use these things (the note space is a little cramped), but they sure are better looking than my usual scrap-paper bookmarks.


[Image from Fabiosirna.com]

Put the information where you need it (?) 1.4

Two new gadgets limn the outer limits of putting information wherever you maybe, might *possibly* need it.

First, the rsstroom reader -- a gadget that prints rss feeds onto your toilet paper. [via everyone and their mom]

Next, the weather toaster -- a gadget that prints the days weather on your toast. Well, actually, it toasts the bread and singes a graphic of the day's forecast. [via information aesthetics]


[image from The Register]

Put the info where you need it 1.3

I snapped this picture at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at the MLA conference back in December. This Braille sign includes a raised blueprint of the restroom -- but for the sighted, it takes a moment to figure out why you're being given a map. I thought perhaps I was to memorize it in case of fire, use it to guess the location of surprise attackers, or use it to plan my trip to the restroom more carefully.

Preview of the inside of a men's room

Put the info where you'll need it 1.2

NCSU Library's done it again. They put a map of the building right where I needed it, for right when I needed it.


What a useful place for portable maps!

Oh, and I employed a clever bit of my own information management for my trip. I showed up with a list of each book I needed organized by floor, starting with Z40 .H325 on Floor 9 and ending with B398 .T4 R66 on Floor 3. Got it down to an art by now, my friends.

Put the information where you'll need it

Another L.O.C. image, a "Powderhorn Map -- Powder horn inscribed with map of Hudson and Mohawk river valleys."

Put the information where you'll need it.