Extra Future[The spring 2012 Field Notes release][link] is so effortlessly charming that it feels something like Field Notes coming full circle. Draplin has always been fascinated by the working-man no-BS design of old farming equipment, manuals, and almanacs. Now Field Notes is paying a more direct homage to that influence.
[link]: http://fieldnotesbrand.com/crop/ “FIELD NOTES COLORS: “NATIONAL CROP” EDITION”
[This is good advice for keeping any kind of notebook][link]. Lab notebooks have to be robust, since science often requires fire, freezing, or dangerous chemicals.
From the same article, [this handy chart compares kinds of pens][pens] and how their ink stands up to erasure, water, methanol, ethanol, acetone, and baking.
[link]: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/notebookadvice.htm “Advice on keeping a laboratory notebook”
[pens]: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/images/penexp2.jpg “Pen abuse notes”