Long Tail Play: What you can get for the price of a Mirodi Travel Notebook.
by Zacharias @ http://inexactitu.de . July 2, 2010 . 11:50PM
Ladies and gentleman, in this corner – a squareish piece of leather made in Thailand along with a 60 page notebook.
The Mirodi Traveler’s Notebook is a device that has some traction in the neigh-unimaginable delve that is Stationary Blogging. For various reasons (the most compelling I’ve seen that its hard to buy in the US and anything Amazon doesn’t sell directly is for PROs, of course) this notebook has captured the imaginations of many weird people that are “travelers.” I do not need a teardown of components (like the kind routinely done to Apple products) to figure out I can find a square foot of leather and a decent stack of paper for less than $50.
Thankfully, if you have $50, and thinking “hey, I was going to make sweet consumer love over this product” – allow me to provide a useful alternative for the American traveler:
- An off-brand track suit. Thankfully, Uncle Sam (not that one) has us taken care of for just $26! (Wal*Mart)
- A Moleskine traveler’s notebook. (Moleskine Direct, $11 retail) No, it won’t work very well with your $300 fountain pen, but that Bic you swiped from Motel 8? Magic. Also, this guy has more than twice as many pages. Have more memories!
- A cheeseburger ($1-3, various) can be had, because you are a US American! $1 BK double pictured.
- Ten to Twelve Dollars.
