Editing The Pen Addict 99/transcript (section)

== Fountain Pen Cake ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Now, did you see this next link I put in the show notes? Nope. Have you clicked on it yet? I'm about to do it right now. Click on it, and I know you're not necessarily a big Vanishing Point guy, but someone sent me this link earlier this week, and I'm sorry I didn't write down who. Someone tweeted it to me. There's apparently new Vanishing Points coming out in May. It's called the Vanishing Point Metallic. These are pretty slick.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't like it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, you're not necessarily a hugest fan of the Vanishing Point either anymore. That's true. Right? I mean, you would never order this pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Maybe that's why.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. But I like the metallic. I like the blue, actually. Some of the other colors I don't like. But what it is is I think most people are familiar with the gunmetal model that they came out with a year or two ago where it's a gray body, but it's got the black accessories. It's, you know, the black knock and the black seams and the black clip. Basically like the black clip. It's basically like the matte black parts, except the barrel, in this case, has metallic finishes. They have a blue, orange, green, purple, and red. I think they're pretty good looking. I actually still like the one I've been thinking about buying is actually the one I call the Stormtrooper one. It's got the black accessories, but it's an all-white body with the black clip and knock and things like that. I think it looks pretty cool. I would probably order that before this. And despite the fact there is an orange one, I think the blue one looks really good. I think that might be a consideration. So we'll see. This is one I'd have to see in person, I think, because they actually photograph really well. This is on – I'm looking at this on goldspot.com. I didn't really look around. This is the link someone sent me. I haven't seen any pictures or links of them before this was sent to me a couple days ago. But it looks – I think they look great, and they're going to do – these are going to sell really well, I'm pretty sure. So I'll be interested to see these when I can actually get one in my hands and check it out. But I wanted to mention that for anyone who is looking for a vanishing point. There might be some new options coming out there pretty soon.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' When's your birthday, Myke? January the 31st. Oh, so we just missed it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just missed it, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Man, that's unfortunate. That's unfortunate because – When's your birthday, Brad?

'''Myke Hurley:''' When is your birthday?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' August 21st.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So there's still time for you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's still time for me to get the fountain pen and ink cake. Did you see this thing?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I did, too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So Stephen Owen, at Stephen Owen on Twitter, sent Myke and I a picture of his birthday cake. And we will have this in the show notes, and you have to check it out because it's a birthday cake. And on the top of the birthday cake is a platinum 3776 and a bottle of Orochizuku Yamabudo in whatever cake – what's the sugar material called that they form some of these shapes out of? Icing. I know it's the icing, but there's actually material to get these shapes. But it's basically – yes, they're basically icing, a pen, a fountain pen, and a bottle of ink. And it's not just – it's very well done. It's extremely well done, actually. It surprised me at first. I thought this was just a picture of someone's idea or so he found it at some cake shop or something. But this is actually his birthday cake, and it's really cool. It's really well done.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What pen and ink would you have on your birthday cake, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I would definitely have Hiroshizuku Fuyugaki and maybe – I'll probably go with my Pelican just because they're my favorites. What about you? What would you have?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'd probably have to have my Edison Menlo, my 3D Menlo, just because I think it would look cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Different colors, different flavors.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, different colors. Red and blue. Ink. Yeah, I'd probably have to have a bottle of a Roshizuku. It's filled with Roshizuku Shinkai as it is right now. So that's pretty much my go-to setup, the Menlo and the Shinkai. So yeah, I think that's what I'd go with. So that's pretty cool. Thanks for sending that, Steven. I was kind of taken aback about it. It's really neat. So I wouldn't have thought of doing that. But someone did a good job for him there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, so we've got a lot more to talk about. And a pretty sizable topic that I want to discuss this week in the new Field Notes release.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, you would like to talk about it, would you? Ha ha ha.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't even mean that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I'll do better next time. Let's talk about our friends at Squarespace.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I want to take a quick moment to thank our friends at Squarespace, as Brett mentioned, for sponsoring this week's episode of The Pen Addict. Squarespace are the all-in-one platform to make it fast and easy to create your own website. For a free trial and 10% off, go to squarespace.com. And when you're there, you want to use the offer code Tallyho3. It's going to get you 10% off. And that's what you want, right? 10% off. That's awesome. Squarespace is constantly making sure that their platform is up to date. To do this, they add new features all the time. They're always adding new and improved designs and templates. And they're making sure that their support is always rock solid. Hey, Brad, you okay, buddy? I think Brad got... Did you get your mute?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You got it the wrong way around, didn't you? Yeah, I hit the mute button once, and then I accidentally hit it again, and it came off, and I didn't notice that. Sorry.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Squarespace makes Brad really emotional. And the reason is because their templates are so beautiful. They bring tears to his eyes. And these templates are so fantastic. And what also makes Brad super happy that he gets a little bit teary is that they have so many style options that you can adjust. So it allows him and me to create our own space on the internet. It makes us individual, like little snowflakes, and these things make Brad an emotional guy. Everything on Squarespace's platform is drag and drop, so it's really easy to add content from your desktop, and you can easily rearrange elements of content within a page. Squarespace makes sure that your site looks fantastic on any and every device, because all Squarespace websites and templates come with their own unique mobile design, too. You can easily connect with your favorite web and social services, like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and many, many more. And you can also set up Squarespace Commerce. So you can have a shop that you can sell things, like physical or digital goods. Maybe you make pen cases. I don't know, like Tok Co. or something. You can sell those in just a few minutes if you want to do that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I've mentioned this many times, but I feel like I need to iterate it again and again and again, because I think it's so important. Squarespace is really easy to use. But if you have any problems, they have an incredible support team that are ready. There aren't many products where you can set up a website and then have a 24-7 support team there. Well, Squarespace will give you that. They have a whole team of employees, over 70 at the moment, dedicated to customer support. And they're all based in New York City. They're available for live chat during the week, which is really cool for me. Live chat is the way that I always want to interact with customer service reps. But they also have super fast email support throughout the day and night. And they're also really active on Twitter, too. So if you have any problems, they're there for you. Got any questions, they're there for you. As I said earlier, you can try out Squarespace for free. There's no credit card required to do this. And if you decide to purchase, it starts at just $8 a month. And this also includes a free domain name if you sign up for a year. Make sure that you get 10% off and support this show by using the offer code Tallyho3. It's T-A-L-L-Y-H-O and the number three. Thanks so much to Squarespace for the support of 5x5 and the pen addict.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that reminds me, I was asked to give a NotCo shipping update.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And we're down to like, I say less than 400 orders left to ship.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' With about 100 and something going out today. So we're getting there. I shipped a bunch today. A bunch of people got shipping notifications actually right before the podcast. The end is in sight, man.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The end is in sight.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. Then we'll have some more going out Thursday. Have a big batch going out on Thursday. So look for some more shipping notifications. And then by that point, we should be at around, I don't know, under 400. Probably 300 and something orders left to ship. So not too much longer. But we're getting there. We are getting it.