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Tag: pens

  • While cleaning up/assessing damage following our house flood, I finally found a lost digital stylus I've been looking for for a couple of months.

    Full image of An 'XP-Pen' digital stylus on a wooden floor alongside a water-stained wall.
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    An 'XP-Pen' digital stylus on a wooden floor alongside a water-stained wall.

    Unfortunately it's been sat under the water line so I don't know yet if it survived. But it's FOUND, at least!

    (Look at me, finding ways to stay positive!)

    • Note
    • posted 17 February, 2026
  • De Klerk, by Philip van Djik.

    Pen testing

    When testing a pen, some people write their name, some people scribble, and some write something. Dan looks at the history of testing pens, and shares his thoughts on what we can learn from the way that people go about testing a pen.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1235 words)

    • Article
    • 10 comments
    • posted 13 November, 2013

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