Thoughts Aloft

Sunderland Mk1 Review March 14, 2016 Review & Sunderland & Kickstarter

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of metal pens, especially machined pens that accept Pilot G2/Juice refills. I think part of the attraction to machined

Failed Path November 28, 2015 Aircraft “Failed Path-A data path has failed”. That is a very vague message that basically means data isn’t flowing from point A to point B. It doesn’t

One Year November 24, 2015 Uncategorized Update: added airplane photo Wow, has it been a year already? Apparently it has. Next Friday, December 4, marks the one year anniversary of Pens and

Cursive to the Classroom September 14, 2015 Uncategorized Earlier this year I posted about the CursiveLogic Kickstarter campaign, that was successfully funded. If you don’t remember it, CursiveLogic is a

Update to previous post August 27, 2015 Uncategorized Update: DOH!!!! Apparently my common sense is running on the low side today. Previously when using the workflows, any link I included I would omit

Issues with my Mobile Blogging post workflows August 27, 2015 blogging Update: See this post for an update. Short version is that everything still works. I have noticed that some of the workflows that I mentioned in my

Machine Era Co. Brass Pen Review August 17, 2015 Review & Machine Era & Brass

Hey, look. I managed to review a pen that hasn’t been reviewed countless times. I first heard about the Machine Era Co. Brass Pen through the Pen

Aircraft Training June 24, 2015 Aircraft & Training It has been a couple of months since my last post and I’m sure some of you may have been wondering why. The short story is that I got a job flying

Karas Kustoms INK Review April 19, 2015 Review & Karas & Kustoms & INK

I know things have been very quiet here the past few weeks and that has been due to me getting a new job. There was a lot of pre-employment stuff I

Pen Hacks Update March 18, 2015 Hacks & Pens I added some new hacks to my Pen Hacks post and also turned the information in that post into a dedicated page on the site. I thought this would

Ateleia Brass Pen Review March 7, 2015 Review & Ateleia & Brass

I first heard about and became interested in the Ateleia Craft brass pen when I read a review of it by Mike Dudek of The Clicky Post. The pen Mike

Ti2 Design TechLiner Review February 18, 2015 TechLiner & Review

When I first saw the TechLiner, I wasn’t sure about the look of the refill sticking out of a blunt end on the pen. I also let my previous thoughts

My Fountain Pen Usage February 8, 2015 Fountain Pen Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed myself grabbing for and using my fountain pens less in general and especially at work. It’s not that I don’t

CursiveLogic Kickstarter February 3, 2015 Uncategorized I was recently contacted by Nathan Shrewsbury, one of the creators of CursiveLogic asking me to do a review but due to my work schedule I felt I

Bic Steel Review January 28, 2015 Review & Bic

No, this is not a review of a disposable razor, but the Bic Steel pen. This is a pen that I’ve had for a few years now. I picked it up from a

Aircraft De-Icing January 18, 2015 Aircraft & Anti-Icing & De-Icing & Flying & Icing It’s been a little while since I’ve done an aviation related post and thought that aircraft de-icing would be an approriate topic given the time of

Pen Hacks January 11, 2015 Hacks & Pens & Karas & Kustoms & Bic & Lamy & Fisher & TechLiner

This is a list of pen and refill hacks that I know of. If there are any that you are aware of that are not listed feel free to let me know. Most

Lamy 2000 Rollerball Review December 29, 2014 Review & Lamy

The Lamy 2000 is a pen with a lot of history in its design which dates back to 1966. There has been a lot written about the design and construction

Holiday Update December 24, 2014 Uncategorized I was hoping to have another review or post this week but my work and home schedules have prevented me from working on anything. I thought I would

Karas Kustoms Render K Review December 20, 2014 Review & Karas & Kustoms & Render K The Karas Kustoms Render K. I LOVE this pen. Done. The reviews over. You can stop reading now. Okay, maybe the review is not quite over yet so