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The 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways

Welcome to the 2007 Holiday Giveaways. To thank you for yet another successful year, Moleskinerie and  Moleskine prepared a number of prizes -  comprised of course of Moleskine notebooks and diaries. We will have a number of weekly raffle draws – good luck!

Here's how to join:
1.) Starting today through December 30, 2007, post a comment to this thread with a number only. Choose a number between 0 and 5,000. Do not post anything else.
Enter only once. This thread is moderated and your comment/entry may not show up immediately but its there. Double posts/entries from the same person/email address will be deleted.

2.) We will select four (4) winners each week. The winners will be picked by a random number generator. The winning entry is the post/number/s closest to the picked number without going over. Each person may win only once. Non-winners automatically qualify for the next draw. Make sure you provide a valid email address. We will pick an alternate winner if we cannot contact you within 24 hours from posting of the winners.

3.) There will be five (5) weekly drawings one on each of the following dates: December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2007 for the following weekly prizes:

One (1) "GOLD" Prize (each week) - A goodie pack consisting:
• (3) Assorted Large Moleskine notebooks (plain, ruled and squared)
• (3) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook, info book and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

One (1) "SILVER" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (2) Large Moleskine notebooks (plain and squared)
• (2) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

One (1) "BRONZE" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (1) Large Moleskine notebook (squared)
• (1) Pocket Moleskine sketchbook
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

Five (5) SPECIAL DRAWINGS for :
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

We will send you the prize via USPS, or UPS.

[Banner photo courtesy of Johnny G]

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Welcome to the 2007 Holiday Giveaways. To thank you for yet another successful year, Moleskinerie and  Moleskine prepared a number of prizes -  comprised of course of Moleskine notebooks and diaries. We will have a number of weekly raffle draws – good luck!

Here's how to join:
1.) Starting today through December 30, 2007, post a comment to this thread with a number only. Choose a number between 0 and 5,000. Do not post anything else.
Enter only once. This thread is moderated and your comment/entry may not show up immediately but its there. Double posts/entries from the same person/email address will be deleted.

2.) We will select four (4) winners each week. The winners will be picked by a random number generator. The winning entry is the post/number/s closest to the picked number without going over. Each person may win only once. Non-winners automatically qualify for the next draw. Make sure you provide a valid email address. We will pick an alternate winner if we cannot contact you within 24 hours from posting of the winners.

3.) There will be five (5) weekly drawings one on each of the following dates: December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2007 for the following weekly prizes:

One (1) "GOLD" Prize (each week) - A goodie pack consisting:
• (3) Assorted Large Moleskine notebooks (plain, ruled and squared)
• (3) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook, info book and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

One (1) "SILVER" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (2) Large Moleskine notebooks (plain and squared)
• (2) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

One (1) "BRONZE" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (1) Large Moleskine notebook (squared)
• (1) Pocket Moleskine sketchbook
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

Five (5) SPECIAL DRAWINGS for :
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

We will send you the prize via USPS, or UPS.

[Banner photo courtesy of Johnny G]

ENTER ONLY ONCE. THIS THREAD IS MODERATED AND YOUR COMMENT/ENTRY MAY NOT SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY.

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Moleskinestories is online

Moleskine stories collects and presents limited print runs and customized editions of Moleskine products produced in collaboration with companies, institutions, and various cultural, entrepreneurial, and social initiatives.

Visit.

Lightbox Compositions

"Since I wanted to create an abstract image of the Moleskine notebook, I set the focus very close to the notebook (pocket, squared pages) so that the image would turn into a blur, locked the exposure on its black surface in order to open up the lens despite the bright fluorescent light of the lightbox underneath it, then recomposed the image so the curved corner would come up front while showing the elastic band on the right."

"I was intrigued with the contrast showing on the Rotring Core rollerball pen on the bottom left side so I composed the whole image around it..."

Photos by songlines @ Moleskinerie/FLICKR
© All rights reserved

Image links 1  2

Originally posted 11.16.05
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Join the 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways!

"Since I wanted to create an abstract image of the Moleskine notebook, I set the focus very close to the notebook (pocket, squared pages) so that the image would turn into a blur, locked the exposure on its black surface in order to open up the lens despite the bright fluorescent light of the lightbox underneath it, then recomposed the image so the curved corner would come up front while showing the elastic band on the right."

"I was intrigued with the contrast showing on the Rotring Core rollerball pen on the bottom left side so I composed the whole image around it..."

Photos by songlines @ Moleskinerie/FLICKR
© All rights reserved

Image links 1  2

Originally posted 11.16.05
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Discover and join our Moleskine communities on LiveJournal, MySpace,  Moleskinerie FLICKR, FACEBOOK and Meal Moles. Get out - have a life and write about it. See you on Monday.

Join the 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways!

Featured Artist: Lauren Doran

Lauren Doran

View her works on FLICKR
Visit her blog and website

© All rights reserved

Lost

Thom Allen lost his notebook. Now the question is whether to buy another one or go back to digital list-keeping:

"Have you ever discovered something so horrific that you nearly threw up on the spot? That happened to me today. Every once in a while I take public transit to my office away from home. Today was one of those days. I hastily put everything in my backpack and ran out the door to catch the bus. Somewhere between my office door and the bus, all of the Moleskine’s I was using were gone. I must have forgotten to zip up the pocket they were in. All of my notes. All of my design drawings. Some personal information. Receipts. Names. Numbers. All gone.

This is the risk of a paper based lifestream. I have a PDA, a T-Mobile MDA, but I only use it to make phone calls, store documents, email, Twitter, and keep my lists. I never kept lists in my Moleskine. Typically I scan the notebooks for relevant tasks, notes and list additions, and type them into a note file I keep on my PDA. I felt good about it. I had a digital copy of some notes and lists and everything else just stayed in the book."

Read his full post

Image: Whodunit? by ABF
© 2005 All rights reserved

Lit mention: Moleskine in "A Century Is Nothing"

An experiment in perspective, an epic with multiple players, A Century Is Nothing takes the reader on a pilgrimage to the subconscious.

Join Omar, an exiled Tuareg Berber and blind prescient writer from the Moroccan Sahara, on his travels as he and Mr. Point, a Vietnam veteran he meets after 9/11, share dreams, myths, and cogitations. Within the harmonious triad of language, countries, and friends, Omar's journey begins in Morocco; takes him through Ireland, Kuwait, Israel, Bhutan, Japan, Vietnam, the Taos Pueblo, Bali, China, and Tibet; and eventually to 26,000-year-old Paleolithic caves in Spain.

Experiencing joy with a playful childlike sense of delight, the wayfarers explore cultural communities with great passion through healing and meditation. Their stories establish a circle of friendship where authenticity, compassion, kindness, and awareness are highly valued.

A Century Is Nothing explores the journey of life to discover the very essence of the human soul.

About the Author:

Timothy M. Leonard is a Vietnam veteran and a graduate of the University of Oregon. He has published Two Hearts on a Grand Precious Adventure, an e-book. A world traveler, Mr. Leonard currently teaches English as a Second Language in Asia Minor. He is also photographer and ESL teacher in Asia Minor. Having used them for years, Moleskine is heavily referenced in his recently published novel, A Century Is Nothing

His web site, “Journeys”
Book link

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Moleskine Spine Fix

Sean Gerety has a Moleskine Spine fix that uses Friction tape:

"I've got an ailing Moleskine that is suffering from the fraying of the spine...I was looking around for a fix for the spine that would work.  Something the same color that would blend and flex as needed.  I was looking for a black cloth tape like a medical tape, however the closest I could find was 3M Brand friction tape.  It's a good strong fabric, not plastic, tape that flexes and bends..."

Read the full post at Sean's Idea Kitchen

Wrappers Gift Edition Moleskine with sleeve

Pretty cool looking M-accessories from across the pond:

Black waterproof sleeve designed to be the toughest, lightest, neatest cover available for Moleskine notebooks. Add your name or initials with up to 12 embroidered letters. Choice of tear resistant, waterproof ripstop lining or orange lumo microfibre that's bright enough to show up in the dark.

Mymoleskine Pillow case style sleeve features a low profile internal pocket to tuck your Moleskine safely inside the cover.

Wrappers My Moleskine Sleeve includes up to twelve letters embroidered.

Check it out at wrappers.

MONU : magazine on urbanism #8

One of the most grotesque effects of globalisation is that a process which is supposed to unify the world and bind people and the biosphere more tightly together into one global system, ended up increasing the amount of individual countries worldwide. When in 1983 the term "globalisation" was popularised, only 159 countries were members of the United Nations. Today, we recognize 191 states. It has been speculated that there are still more than 200 unrecognised regions around the world which strive for seperation. Such a global particularisation process is going to produce large numbers of new political entities and new jurisdictions with thousands of kilometres of new borders, which will reshape entire regions and cities.

When cities are located close to borders, they often foster very specific economic features and urban anomalies, which can not be found in cities located in the very centre of a country. Wherever two jurisdictions come into contact, special economic opportunities arise. Cities in border regions may flourish because of the provision of excise or of import - export services - legal or quasi-legal, corrupt or corruption-free. Different regulations on either side of a border encourage services to position themselves in cities close to borders. The infamous prostitution clusters at the German - Czech border provides such a case. Human economic traffic across borders may involve also mass commuting between cities. Very extreme urban border cases can be witnessed specifically in cities along borders which separate First World from Third World countries. The conflicts at the US-Mexico border, for example, have transformed the city of San Diego into the world's largest gated community.

Cities located close to borders obviously display an urbanism which differs ultimately from the urbanism of cities that are located more centrally. In our MONU #8 winter issue we aim to explore, reveal and illuminate the condition of such Border Urbanism and invite essays, manifestoes, photography, speculations, sophisticated analysis or simple meditations. MONU #8 will be published in the winter of 2007. Submissions or questions should be sent to monu@b-o-a-r-d.nl by the end of December 2007. www.b-o-a-r-d.nl/monu

The 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways

Welcome to the 2007 Holiday Giveaways. To thank you for yet another successful year, Moleskinerie and  Moleskine prepared a number of prizes -  comprised of course of Moleskine notebooks and diaries. We will have a number of weekly raffle draws – good luck!

Here's how to join:
1.) Starting today through December 30, 2007, post a comment to this thread with a number only. Choose a number between 0 and 5,000. Do not post anything else.
Enter only once. This thread is moderated and your comment/entry may not show up immediately but its there. Double posts/entries from the same person/email address will be deleted.

2.) We will select four (4) winners each week. The winners will be picked by a random number generator. The winning entry is the post/number/s closest to the picked number without going over. Each person may win only once. Non-winners automatically qualify for the next draw. Make sure you provide a valid email address. We will pick an alternate winner if we cannot contact you within 5 days from posting of the winners.

3.) There will be five (5) weekly drawings one on each of the following dates: December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2007 for the following weekly prizes:

One (1) "GOLD" Prize (each week) - A goodie pack consisting:
• (3) Assorted Large Moleskine notebooks (plain, ruled and squared)
• (3) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook, info book and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

One (1) "SILVER" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (2) Large Moleskine notebooks (plain and squared)
• (2) Assorted Pocket Moleskine notebooks (sketchbook and Japanese album)
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

One (1) "BRONZE" Prize (each week) – A goodie pack with:
• (1) Large Moleskine notebook (squared)
• (1) Pocket Moleskine sketchbook
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Pocket Weekly Diary

Five (5) SPECIAL DRAWINGS for :
• (1) Moleskine 2008 Twin Set/ Red Weekly Diary + Notebook

We will send you the prize via USPS, or UPS.

[Banner photo courtesy of Johnny G]

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WINNERS' LIST

RAFFLE DRAW # 1 DECEMBER 2, 2007

GOLD
Number drawn: 115
Nearest number/ below: 114
Posted by: Carlos | November 30, 2007 at 03:53 AM

SILVER:
Number drawn: 4087
Nearest number/ below: 4086
Posted by: Rebecca Moorhouse | November 26, 2007 at 10:51 AM

BRONZE
Number drawn:  2461
Nearest number/below:  2460
Posted by: Jared | November 29, 2007 at 11:54 AM

Special Drawing
Number Drawn:      7
Nearest number/below 7: (tie/broken):  Posted by: Alastair J | November 26, 2007 at 06:00 AM

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WEEK 2 DEC 9

GOLD
Number Drawn: 724
Nearest number/below: 722 - Posted by: Greg | November 26, 2007 at 09:04 AM

SILVER
Number drawn:4481
Nearest number/below: 4,478 - Posted by: audrey | November 27, 2007 at 01:20 PM

BRONZE

Number Drawn: 15

Nearest number/below: 15 Posted by: Dave Caolo | November 26, 2007 at 12:11 PM -

SPECIAL DRAWING
Number Drawn: 2730
Closest No: 2727 - Posted by: Ryan White | November 30, 2007 at 09:22 AM

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WEEK 3 DECEMBER 16, 2007

GOLD
Number drawn: 703
Posted by: Andrea C | December 10, 2007 at 01:01 PM

SILVER:
Number drawn: 314
Posted by: Erik Persson | November 26, 2007 at 12:28 PM

BRONZE
Number drawn:  49
Posted by: Alice de Sturler | November 26, 2007 at 07:49 AM

Special Drawing
Number drawn: 3184
Posted by: erskinededios | November 26, 2007 at 10:10 PM

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WEEK 4 DECEMBER 23, 2007

GOLD
Number drawn: 1356
Posted by: Posted by: mh | December 05, 2007 at 11:54 AM

SILVER:
Number drawn: 278
Posted by: Posted by: Adam W | November 29, 2007 at 01:29 PM

BRONZE
Number drawn: 8 
Posted by: Fleur | November 26, 2007 at 03:18 AM

Special Drawing
Number drawn:
Posted by: Eileen Flanagan | November 26, 2007 at 06:59 AM

WEEK # 5 DECEMBER 29, 2007

GOLD

Number drawn: 4301
Closest Number/below: 4301
Posted by: Angela | December 06, 2007 at 12:56 PM

SILVER

Number drawn: 719
Closest Number/below: 717
Posted by: Sharon | November 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM

BRONZE

Number drawn: 3197
Closest Number/below: 3197
Posted by: Daniel Torrance | November 26, 2007 at 11:49 AM

SPECIAL DRAWING

Number drawn: 190
Closest Number/below: 187
Posted by: Rebecca | November 26, 2007 at 09:19 AM

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Notice:

We have received many wonderful contributions, comments, and e-mails. Unfortunately, some of you did not include your e-mail address and we have no means of getting in touch with you. We were forced to delete your comments from the list of the entries, but you are free to resubmit. Please make sure to include your e-mail address.

THE WINNERS ARE REQUESTED TO RESPOND TO THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION EMAIL WITH THEIR MAILING ADDRESSES WITHIN 5 DAYS FROM NOTIFICATION OTHERWISE PRIZES WILL BE FORFEITED.

ENTER ONLY ONCE. THIS THREAD IS MODERATED AND YOUR COMMENT/ENTRY MAY NOT SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY.

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THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

Thanks to Granny Kass in Peoria, IL., Kate Earnshaw in the U.K. for their enormous help and to all those who joined.