Editing The Pen Addict 26/transcript (section)

== Penmanship Feedback ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Last week we talked about penmanship and handwriting and things like that. And it was actually a really well-received podcast. We got a lot of good feedback on that. People like to know how my handwriting style got the way it is, how people can improve their handwriting. And Myke chimed in, talked about Myke's handwriting as well. And he's left-handed and he's kind of got a hook grip. And he's admitted that his handwriting is bad. And I'm totally on board with bad handwriting. I think the majority of us probably do have illegible handwriting these days just because we're not using pens and paper as much. It just kind of does skill that erodes over time. Well, Myke added a picture to our show notes last week that I just want to make sure that everybody who listens to The Pen Addict podcast goes out and sees. Because Myke's handwriting was bad. But until I saw this picture, it was – I don't know. There are no words for this.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' How bad his handwriting actually is. I mean, it's a crime. It is.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I felt so strongly about it. I had to share it on Twitter with all my friends. And that's where you saw it, Stephen. And I haven't seen your handwriting. I think I've seen a few notes here and there and I don't recall. But it's certainly not even remotely in this ballpark.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' No, I will take a picture and we can put it in the – let me find something in my notebook I can share.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' But yeah, it's not – I mean, I don't – Myke got hit in the head or something as a kid. I mean, this is not natural.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's not. It's not. And, you know, that's – I don't know how to help that. That's pretty far gone. And, you know, I know Myke's not here to defend himself. And that's kind of the point. You know, I wanted to really take him to task when he's not here to defend himself. But we're going to have to have an intervention or a pen intervention of some kind. Oh, my goodness. Oh. And I was shocked. I was shocked. Being as huge of a pen fan. He's a huge pen nerd, right? I mean, you've seen him. Since we started the show, he's really gone off the deep end. And, you know, he's buying stuff left and right. And, you know, but I don't know what pen is going to help that handwriting. So, you know, I say everyone's, you know, not a lost cause and there are pens that can help you improve your handwriting. I'm going to have to have a talk with my co-host here, Mr. Hurley, and see what we can do about this.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' Yeah, it's unfortunate.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. But anyway, that's enough being unfair to Myke since he's not here to defend himself. I wanted to talk about you, Mr. Hackett, and get into a couple of things you've written on your blog, 512pixels.net. And I don't know, I don't want to get too off track here, but I know at some point your blog changed from 4kbomber to 512pixels. And I don't know if this post, there's a post I want to talk about called Nothing Doesn't Go In Here from last July. And I don't know if that was an original 4kbomber post or when the cutover happened to 512pixels.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' It's hard to remember these things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It was kind of around that time.

'''Stephen Hackett:''' Yeah, it was, 512pixels is about a year old. And this is just literally a Google search away. Let's see. But yeah, about the same time. We'll leave it at that until I find the answer.