WareLogging. [Brennen]'s general purpose notebook of choice. Now (officially) MadeInChina. I'm on #30ish.

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A1113346 h2g2 - Moleskine Notebooks]
* [http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Moleskine 43Folders - Moleskine]
* [http://www.43folders.com/2004/11/post.html More Moleskine hacks]
* [http://flickr.com/groups/36521985904@N01/ Moleskine photo pool on flickr]
* [http://froogle.google.com/froogle?scoring=p&q=moleskine+-cahier Froogle search] for Moleskines.
* [http://groups.google.com/group/Moleskinerie Moleskinerie Google group]
* [http://www.moleskinerie.com/2005/02/lower_quality_o.html moleskinerie - quality control issues?] Definitely have noticed some of this stuff myself.

= quality control? =

(This was a while ago.)

* I've had one elastic band break. They've sometimes been thinner and flimsier.
* Paper quality can vary.
* Several of my recent notebooks have had faulty stitching; one page has fallen out and several others are sort of oddly attached.

= alternatives? =

* The MiquelriusNotebook sucks, in [Brennen]'s opinion.
* [http://www.pendemonium.com/ Pendemonium sells some interesting stationery, ink, pens, etc.]
* [http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/more_on_the_mol.html More on the Moleskine alternative]
* XonexNotebook - Actually pretty decent, about $5 US.
* RhodiaNotebook
* PiccadillyNotebook - Outright clone.

= discussion =

<[BrentNewhall]> Do you own a Moleskine, Bren?  Just curious, since I've seen it mentioned here a couple of times.

<[Brennen]> I probably own about 14 by now. I've been using them as my main journal/idea notebooks since I got one for Christmas in (I think) 2001, so I was a relatively early convert. They're pretty much my only brand-loyalty, though I'd be happy to replace them with something cheaper if I found an option with the same or better features.