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New Leather Composition Notebook from Rustic River Leather

Author Thomas | 19.06.2009 | Category Accessories

I find myself taking notes on just about everything.  I’ll grab receipts, scraps of paper, etc. to write down very important things…and then…I lose the paper.  Who’d-a-thunk?

A while back, I started using portfolio pads, and they were great except for the paper flipped vertically and it was hard to look up notes when you used both sides.

Now I’m exploring a whole new frontier in notetaking…an actual notebook!  And if you’re going to get a notebook, get one with style!

We got the Leather Composition Notebook by Rustic River Leather, and it’s great.

The notebook is actually a leather cover that is refillable.  The refills can be picked up for a couple bucks or less and are standard-sized.

Below is a picture of the composition notebook refill.  You can pick them up at Wal-mart, Amazon, or just about any office/stationary supply store:

What’s great about this is that it can be used over and over again (won’t fill up).

Video demo:

The leather is very thick and rustic. Hope to get a lot of use out of this one and hopefully save all those scraps of paper from suffering untimely loses!

Who’d have thunk a  Leather Notebook could be so cool!

Laptop Cooling Pad for your Lap

Author Thomas | 12.05.2008 | Category Accessories, Electronics, Home & Garden

Remember when the term “laptop” changed to “notebook”? It was probably around the time when people figured out that laptops get really hot and not comfortable to hold on your lap.

There have been many gadgets out there to help return the “notebook” to “laptop” status. Some a big and bulky, while others are so small, they won’t accommodate the larger laptops.

The Lap Mat provides a great solution to the problem. The Lap Mat has a leatherette (i.e., fake leather) top with a nice stitching detail around the edges. The support surface is strong yet slightly flexible. Under the laptop support surface a pillow filled with soft beads helps to diffuse the laptop heat even more and provides a comfortable cushion to the lap mat.

The cushion can be removed from the laptop support (it’s attached by Velcro). I suppose you would do so if your laptop bag was large enough to put the lap map inside and you wanted to use the cushion as a pillow when flying.

The Lap Mat easily accommodates large, 17″ wide screen laptops.

Because your lap tends to slope downward, you might try combining the Lap Mat with the Cool Lift Portable Notebook Cooling Pad (from the same manufacturer).

The Lap Mat is available on Amazon.com (Direct Product Link).