Maaike

https://sw-development-is.social/@maaikees

Software Tester. Dev. Strength training & Nutrition coach. Writer. Fountain Pen enthusiast. Idk wtf I’m doing in life, I’m just making it up as I go along.

Blog: HTTPS://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl
Healthy Living for Desk Dwellers: HTTPS://deskdwellers.town

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2026-04-09 08:26:50 UTC

Had my gym photoshoot yesterday! It was hard work 😅
It was a good choice to close off the 3 month cutting phase with this shoot. It’s gonna be a cool thing to look back on later, “wow I did that”
The photographer was awesome! Super clear instructions. Also a metal head so we listened to melodic death metal the entire time.
What an experience!
#gym #photography
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2026-03-22 19:00:35 UTC

Penabled someone this week! He is now the proud owner of a TWSBI Eco (M nib) with Konpeki ink
#fountainpen

2026-03-22 13:11:56 UTC

This week I walked an alpaca. What did YOU accomplish??!!
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2026-03-16 15:26:34 UTC

Got an upcoming trip and the only real stress I'm feeling is about which fountain pens to take with me.
Think I'll settle on the Lamy 2k and TWSBI 580
#fountainpen

2026-03-14 17:07:40 UTC

Happy little inkcident.
The bottle of tsuki-yo slightly malfunctioned 😅
#fountainpen
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2026-03-09 09:57:38 UTC

Current ink obsession: take-sumi.
How can a black ink be this good??!! It’s just a black color, who cares. Idk, it just looks so niiiiiiice!!!
Inked pen: Sailor Tuzu Adjust F nib
#fountainpen
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2026-02-13 20:37:55 UTC

Developer struggling with Python, circa 200BC
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2026-02-09 11:33:24 UTC

> when I look at the software I'm using every day, I'm left wondering where the hell these so-called productivity and quality benefits are?
Software is getting worse, not better. Where exactly is the quality at speed?
I'll tell you where it is: nowhere, because it's a lie.
#blog #tech #IT #testing
https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/quality-at-speed/

2026-01-14 09:57:38 UTC

Just a girl and her emotional support notebooks.
Pictured:
#Hobonichi Cousin current day page: in use as running commentary of the day (fun experiment). Pen in use: Lamy Safari with Diamine Myrrh the Merrier (final Inkvent ink it’s my current fav!!)
Clairefontaine notebook for work. It’s almost full!
Hobonichi A6, work planner. Open on the current day. I plan all my work in here (IT, coaching, orchestra board)
#notebook #fountainpen
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2026-01-03 17:45:15 UTC

A few months ago I asked which ink I should use in my 5-year journal. The winner was Pilot Yama-budo, which I will use all year in this journal!
#fountainpen #Hobonichi
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2025-12-31 16:34:11 UTC

Wahhhhh the paper in the 2026 #Hobonichi Cousin is so much better compared to the 2025 edition!!
I'm so sad that Diamine #inkvent Day 25 doesn't photograph easily because it looks absolutely insane on this paper!
Blue base colour, red sheen and some blue glitters. IN LOVE.
#fountainpen

2025-12-31 16:17:04 UTC

Thankful for my #hobonichi Cousin 2025 planner.
This was the last page! This book has been loved, and I will cherish it forever.
#fountainpen
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2025-12-28 15:23:29 UTC

This ink is almost impossible to photograph. Blue, red and glitter all at once. Truly crazy.
The dad joke name can go.
#inkvent #fountainpen
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2025-12-28 11:44:55 UTC

Technology sucks. And it started BEFORE the rise of LLM’s. I was just willfully blind to it, as were many other tech workers.

2025-12-10 12:49:04 UTC

Another ink that looks better on TRP compared to the Rhodia paper.
Day 10 is brown with pink/purple
It’s alright!
#fountainpen #inkvent
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2025-12-08 07:53:35 UTC

Ohhhhh yeahhhh inject this into my veinssss.
Diamine - Dream Catcher
#fountainpen #inkvent
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2025-12-07 11:43:12 UTC

Ranking the inks Day 1 - Day 7:
1: Celestial Skies
2: Fir & Fog
3: Carousel
4: Marie Rose
5: Blush
6: Energy
-1000000: the scented Tabacco one.
#fountainpen #inkvent
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2025-12-07 07:26:54 UTC

Blush, a pale red color.
Don’t mind it, but also not blown away by it. 7/10
#fountainpen #inkvent #inkvent2025
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2025-12-06 09:27:02 UTC

#inkvent Day 6 is amazing!!
Looks very cool on TRP, it really brings out the glitter. Did not get that same effect on Rhodia paper.
#fountainpen #inkvent2025
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2025-12-04 07:13:01 UTC

I hope this is the worst bottle in the calendar. Ink behaves very weird too. Will toss this one.
1/10
#inkvent #inkvent2025 #fountainpen
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2025-12-03 09:45:52 UTC

I knew this would happen, but already on Day 3. I guess this is the best color for it to happen, blood bath vibes.
On the downside I love this color and now half of the tiny bottle is gone.
Golden sheen on this one 9/10 rating from me!
#inkvent #inkvent2025 #fountainpen
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2025-12-02 10:39:20 UTC

Hmmm Inkvent Day 2 aint' it, for me.
#fountainpen #Ink

2025-12-02 07:26:50 UTC

#hobonichi TRP 2025 is really all over the place. This is an example of why people disliked this years paper quality.
#fountainpen
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2025-12-01 14:14:35 UTC

I love the day 1 ink for diamine ink vent. Blue with golden sparkles is exactly my jam.
I give it a 9 out of 10!
#fountainpen
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2025-12-01 08:00:56 UTC

Inkvent calendar time!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!
#fountainpen

2025-11-30 14:33:48 UTC

Felt down.
Went to gym.
Feel better.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

2025-11-28 10:44:25 UTC

It’s funny how awkward my handwriting looks when I try to write the way it was taught to me when I was 6.
I abandoned this way of writing as soon as I left elementary school, developed my own style. And now I half forgot how it “had to be done”
#fountainpen
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2025-11-14 18:19:28 UTC

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the hole that’s I guess especially there to leak. I am not joking! It needs that to prevent over pressure??

2025-11-14 15:38:39 UTC

Betrayed by my Lamy 2000 🥲
Leakingggg
#fountainpen
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2025-11-14 10:33:22 UTC

Fighting demons at night again 🥲
#fountainpen #journaling
Edit for alt text incoming, 1 sec
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2025-11-07 18:02:42 UTC

Happy #fountainpen day!!
Enjoy the pens you have and what they can do for you. In my case: slow reflection 😍
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2025-11-05 19:24:41 UTC

*satisfied stationery noises*
#fountainpen #stationery
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2025-11-03 16:45:54 UTC

Oh oops the Inkvent calendar was still in my shopping basket when I ordered the Hobonichi Weekly supplement 😇
#fountainpen

2025-11-03 16:42:53 UTC

The Weekly pages in the #hobonichi Cousin work so well for me that I ordered the Weekly supplement for my 2026 A6 Hon planner. The A6 Hon will be my work planner and I really need this week overview to help my brain keep track of the bigger picture.
Also for the #fountainpen lovers, I really enjoy using the Sailor Tuzu Adjust pen! And my trusty TWSBI diamond 580 <3
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2025-11-03 16:16:27 UTC

bruhhhhh I'm so tempted by the Diamine Inkvent calendar!!
#fountainpen
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2025-10-31 11:03:58 UTC

All my new stamps:
Owl
Wreath
Feathery plant
Small borb
Stars (this one is hardest to get right on paper)
#fountainpen #journaling #journal #stationery
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2025-10-29 18:24:17 UTC

New stamp day?
I love the expression of this owl!
#stationery #fountainpen
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2025-10-26 14:11:03 UTC

This was my handwriting when I was about 9 years old 😳
#fountainpen
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2025-10-20 14:21:03 UTC

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I think I climbed at least 1 meter!!

2025-10-20 13:52:48 UTC

#running, Dutch edition:
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2025-10-13 05:51:23 UTC

Help me decide.
For my 5-year Hobonichi, I want to write each year in a different colour. That means committing to one colour in the same fountain pen for the whole year, as I really want a consistent look!
Which colour should I write in for 2026?
#fountainpen

2025-10-11 09:07:41 UTC

Shall I post this on LinkedIn?
#fountainpen
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2025-10-01 06:56:35 UTC

Starting the day and the month by thinking about my major events and tasks this month!
I don’t only use #fountainpen
I love these Pentel Energel pens as well they’re very comfy
#planning #hobonichi
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2025-09-29 15:10:31 UTC

Left a reminder for myself in my #hobonichi Cousin Weekly overview pages 🥰
Take the time you need.
I often rush tasks, but they’re more enjoyable when you let them take the time they take.
#fountainpen TWSBI Eco 1.1 stub
#ink Pelikan Golden Lapis.
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2025-09-29 12:47:33 UTC

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hmm wonder if I fucked it up myself.
I put on hand cream 2 hours ago. I washed my hands a few times with soap between now and 2 hours ago, but perhaps residue of the fatty cream made its way onto the paper, causing this?

2025-09-29 12:38:58 UTC

To my surprise, Diamine ink is behaving oddly on Midori MD paper. It randomly is not putting enough ink on the paper. I have not seen this behavior with this pen and ink combo on any other of the papers that I use (Rhodia, Clairefontaine, Field Notes, TRP)
Pen is my trust Lamy 2k.
#fountainpen
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2025-09-25 11:52:58 UTC

Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think ChatGPT would have replaced browsing websites for useful info for so many people, if it wasn’t for most websites being SEO farms instead of being useful for human beings.
Want to know an answer to a simple question? Have fun browsing through an essay full of SEO keywords first!
The internet was already ruined in the name of capitalism this is just the next step.

2025-09-24 06:33:58 UTC

I feel sorry for the people who outsource their writing to “AI”. They will never discover the true value of what writing has to offer: debugging yourself, structuring your thinking, letting your messy thoughts emerge from the depths of your brain, to name a few things.
Even sadder is when people say “I am bad at writing so I use the AI”.
Practice is where the value is! No one is suddenly good at anything! Please, allow yourself to mess up, make mistakes and discover things!

2025-09-21 17:12:29 UTC

Yay! I got a TWSBI Eco with 1.1 stub nib as a gift for my birthday!!
#fountainpen
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2025-09-17 08:05:42 UTC

Yesterday was a totally unremarkable pleasant day.
Lamy Studio (B) with Pilot kon-Peki ink.
#journaling #hobonichi #fountainpen
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2025-09-09 17:15:55 UTC

Nothing fancy but it was cathartic to write this down after today.
Really fighting feelings of overwhelm this week. I have so much to do. 😩
The solution is there. I will not work my IT job on Thursday so I can focus on the tasks that are now piling up.
Knowing myself I’ll still be bothered by the tasks existing tomorrow, but this is the only reasonable solution I see. Not gonna burn myself out working every evening.
#fountainpen used: Lamy 2000 (M) with Diamine Aurora Borealis
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2025-09-09 11:21:45 UTC

Little sketch at work while I was listening to a discussion
#fountainpen
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2025-09-08 17:22:10 UTC

People who say the Lamy Safari has a scratchy nib have clearly never used my Sailor Pro Gear, lmao!
#fountainpen

2025-09-08 17:15:18 UTC

Got lots of fun responses in the Lamy Safari vs TWSBI Eco "pick one" challenge, should write a blog or make a video on that for funzies!
#fountainpen

2025-09-08 17:14:09 UTC

For the #notebook #hobonichi and #fountainpen lovers: My Hobonichi order and the intended use for each item <3
https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/my-hobonichi-2026-order/

2025-09-08 11:44:36 UTC

You can only pick one:
Lamy Safari
Or
TWSBI Eco
Which one would you pick and why? #fountainpen

2025-08-31 15:51:37 UTC

I will go to Scotland for a couple of days and I am only bringing this Field Notes and a ballpoint pen 😱
This feels….naked to me 😂
#fountainpen #notebook
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2025-08-31 07:05:58 UTC

Filling a pen from a Diamine bottle without spilling it all over your hands, difficulty level: impossible
#fountainpen
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2025-08-29 20:07:40 UTC

Late night diary writing 🥰
#fountainpen #Hobonichi
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2025-08-29 10:56:38 UTC

Small haul from the local office supply store (Lorjé Utrecht, lovely shop with kind owner)
Lamy Safari EF nib + converter
Pilot take-sumi
Diamine writer’s blood & aurora borealis
#fountainpen
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2025-08-29 09:41:40 UTC

I am absolutely sickened by the increasing number of these horrible fucking trucks on Dutch streets. This one is parked on a place prohibited for cars, and blocking the road in one go.
HATE this shit.
#urbanism #biketooter
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2025-08-28 08:54:54 UTC

I'm trying to find the right words for this, but I have an uneasy feeling about people who have been working in tech for a longer time, but are against AI (this group includes your truly).
Many tech workers have automated other jobs away for years, hurting people's livelihood in the process.
But now that LLM's are here, suddenly we draw a line? It feels a bit....disingenuous in a way? Now that WE are hurt, we care? You get my drift?

2025-08-27 11:36:45 UTC

Normally I just write.
Trying a little bit of this “creativity” thing. I’m quite design blind (self-diagnosed bullshit term I came up with) but this looks cute to my eyes! And more importantly: it was fun!!
#journaling #notebook #hobonichi #fountainpen
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2025-08-25 05:49:04 UTC

The amount of notebooks and pens I’m taking to work is slowly increasing.
How it started: 1 notebook, 1 fountain pen
How it’s going: 4 notebooks, 7 fountain pens
Whoops!
#fountainpen

2025-08-23 12:11:40 UTC

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Ugh thanks to HDR in my phone the ink looks darker in the photo compared to real life 🫠

2025-08-23 12:10:34 UTC

First ink I own that might be a dud?
Can’t get Forgotten Iced Coffee to look good.
It’s too light and inconsistent
#fountainpen
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2025-08-12 17:25:50 UTC

Testing a Field Notes for #fountainpen friendliness
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2025-08-10 14:31:08 UTC

Journaling outside from my comfy chair. Relaxation intensifies 🥰
#fountainpen
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2025-08-10 11:49:37 UTC

New ink in my Lamy Safari for my workout journal. Lamy Green cartridge, I kinda like the shading!
#fountainpen
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2025-07-26 13:19:46 UTC

Small things that make me unreasonably happy:
Seeing #fountainpen ink stains on my hand. Especially love it when it's a bright color, like Lamy Turqoise!

2025-07-15 10:54:49 UTC

I'm a bit tired of all my fountain pens at times, except the Lamy 2000. It's the only pen in my collection that reliably gives joy.
The nib has the best feel, writing is comfortable, and it's so convenient that the cap doesn't need screwing on, but clicks back into place.
I also enjoy the basic look of it.
#fountainpen

2025-07-02 11:07:41 UTC

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no where to go this time, other than an entirely different profession?
Idk either.
As a tester, I have weathered the “all testing can be automated”-storm as well. I’m hoping to do the same here, no idea if it’ll work.

2025-07-02 09:43:29 UTC

My Lamy2000 is almost empty! After 3 months of writing almost daily with it, so it must have a large capacity.
It’s currently inked with ink from a friend (Caran D’ache cobalt blue), I think I will use a similar color: tsuki-yo
#fountainpen
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2025-07-01 20:03:01 UTC

Wow, I made a video! About fountain pens and Japanese paper!
Grab a cup of tea and join me in this relaxing video. I'm testing out 5 Japanese papers.
#fountainpen #paper #notebook
https://youtu.be/o4E1yH_9Fd4?si=Mgv-QmjxMRAy3zLD

2025-07-01 19:46:00 UTC

Upload complete, now it's up to YouTube to do their magic *processing*

2025-07-01 13:49:43 UTC

Expanded the note-taking idea into a blog post, with lots more goodies.
It's rant-y (it seems to be my default mode), including some mundane updates about my life, yearning for the mountains and sharing the latest Ed Zitron article with my commentary.
https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/pen-and-paper-are-superior-to-your-ai-bullshit/

2025-06-28 09:25:59 UTC

Cycle with me underneath Utrecht Central Station, the biggest cycle parking garage in the world.
There were 5k parking spaces free at this moment.
The parking shortage from a few months ago has been solved by fixing the leak in the other cycle parking garage (other end of the station).
#biketooter
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2025-06-23 09:57:58 UTC

The non-Dutch mind cannot comprehend: the “car is the guest”-street.
Cars are tolerated in these streets, but should drive slowly and patiently behind cyclists.
It’s great.
#biketooter
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2025-06-20 09:37:27 UTC

Can’t wait to test all these papers!
I did a feel test already, and the last paper *feels* like it’s going to be a disaster with fountain pens so that makes me extra curious.
I want to make a video when I’m testing these (relaxing / calm style).
What should I do in my tests?
#fountainpen
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2025-06-20 09:17:10 UTC

Friday morning writing session to debug my mental health.
#fountainpen #notebook
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2025-06-20 07:58:27 UTC

I don’t know how I did it but I stained my brand new Galen Leather journal 😫😫
#notebook #fountainpen
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2025-06-05 16:37:44 UTC

Ink storage device from the 18th century.
Photo taken at the Mozart museum in Salzburg
#fountainpen #ink
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2025-06-01 15:59:09 UTC

All pens I will bring on my 2 week travel.
TWSBI Diamond 580 iris filled with Yama Budo.
TWSBI Eco with Chiku Rin
Kaweco Sport with the unnamed blue ink.
Jinhao 82 with Sailor Manyo Ume.
Lamy Studio with Kon Peki.
This should tie me over for 2 weeks, never mind that the 2 TWSBI’s alone are months of writing to empty for me 😂
#fountainpen
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2025-06-01 14:26:40 UTC

Aightttt Dutch Pen Show purchases spam incoming!! #fountainpen
Will reply them all to this thread.

2025-06-01 13:52:53 UTC

Went to the Dutch Pen Show! Vowed to myself to not buy a pen and I kept my vow. Bought other things instead 😅
#fountainpen #notebook #stationery

2025-06-01 09:33:57 UTC

One walk:
- 2 chats with people I know in the area
- most people I don’t even know say “hi”
Focus on local goodness and life feels better.

2025-05-29 18:43:14 UTC

Finally emptied my TWSBI’s ink reservoir. That took months lol! I will fill it back up again with Kon Peki because I cannot get enough of that ink.
#fountainpen
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2025-05-19 11:20:01 UTC

The Lamy 2000 I bought last month has quickly become my most used pen!
I love how it looks, I love its writing comfort, it’s just a winner for me!
#fountainpen
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2025-05-16 17:25:12 UTC

Did all my daily writing. 🥰
#hobonichi
#fountainpen
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2025-05-08 13:39:31 UTC

You may not like it, but this is what peak working from home performance looks like 😂
Just a girl on a comfy couch, laptop on her lap, 4 notebooks and #fountainpen nearby. In the background a POV train journey in Wales. Yassssss
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2025-05-08 01:27:33 UTC

Piss off a tech bro, speedrun any%:
Coding is not the hard part of making software. People are the hard part of making software.
Therefore, computer science is a humanities study.

2025-05-05 16:47:49 UTC

Chiku-rin writing sample
#fountainpen
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2025-05-05 16:01:25 UTC

Reassembled the TWSBI Eco (with some difficulty) and put Pilot chiku-run 竹林 in it!
Getting the piston mechanism back in was hard.
And the nib wasn’t entirely positioned well on the section when I put it back, resulting in leakage.
Oliver to the rescue 😂
#fountainpen
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2025-05-05 15:04:33 UTC

Cleaning out all the golden glitters from Golden Lapis before I put something new in this TWSBI Eco
#fountainpen
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2025-05-03 19:58:52 UTC

Was at Lorjé fountain pen store in Utrecht, and had a nice chat with the owner. He’s very friendly.
There were some new inks from Shanghai Stationery, a Dutch brand. Looked very nice, I will come back for those.
He also informed me that he will get the small Pilot Iroshizuku bottles in all colors, which made me very happy.
An affordable Pilot pen is coming in September, looks a bit like the TWSBI Eco.
Cool visit, bought nothing (shockingly)
#fountainpen

2025-05-02 19:22:23 UTC

How bad does an 8+ year old Moleskine journal I had laying around handle fountain pens?
Pretty badly!
Maybe I’m posh but to me this is unusable.
The writing experience was also shit.
Maaike from the past only used ball pens.
#fountainpen
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2025-04-29 07:32:00 UTC

My work notebook. Trying out a Clairefontaine for the first time, blank pages for this one. I also use my mechanical pencil in it for sketches etc so blank pages are handy.
For fountain pens I have mixed results with this paper so far. Sometimes the Lamy 2000 refuses to drop ink on the page, it seems to happen randomly idk.
The ink in the Lamy is from Caran D’Ache
#fountainpen #notebook
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2025-04-28 08:14:05 UTC

I’m always so disappointed that no one at work comments on my pens. #fountainpen lovers are quite rare in the wild 😜

2025-04-26 10:34:29 UTC

Getting a pocket notebook + case that also holds pens was a good choice. The case is now my wallet as well, so I always have a notebook with me.
Just wrote a bit while sitting on the couch.
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2025-04-25 19:48:29 UTC

All my fountain pens, sorted by price.
(Edit incoming)
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