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by Moleskine
Who uses, recommends or left Moleskine, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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So, Moleskine: good paper, tough but flexible binding, an elastic band to keep the book shut in transit. I'm never going back.
Her Uses This interview, on the tools behind her interactive fiction and criticism.
2011-02-07·usesthis.com ↗
Use a sturdy journal designed to last a lifetime, rather than a floppy spiral notebook. A great brand with a cult following among travel writers is Moleskine.
Rick's Packing List, bylined “By Rick Steves” on his own site. The page carries no publication date; the date used is the most recent Internet Archive capture confirming this text was live (20260826230234).
2025-02-07·ricksteves.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.