i prefer the moleskines because they don't get ripped or bent when i slip them in and out of my pocket, the ribbon lets me open them to where i'm writing, and they don't fall apart when i get rained on
by the same token, water-soluble fountain pen ink is not an option for me; the best option i've found is 0.3mm mechanical pencils with 2h lead (though i can only find hb these days) but cheap ballpoints are also an acceptable option
i go through about a notebook a year. here's a scan of a couple pages from my notebook last year, which was a hannemühle because moleskines had become unobtainium here in argentina; there's an english translation below the spanish scan
by the same token, water-soluble fountain pen ink is not an option for me; the best option i've found is 0.3mm mechanical pencils with 2h lead (though i can only find hb these days) but cheap ballpoints are also an acceptable option
i go through about a notebook a year. here's a scan of a couple pages from my notebook last year, which was a hannemühle because moleskines had become unobtainium here in argentina; there's an english translation below the spanish scan
http://canonical.org/~kragen/fragmentos
i made the mistake of buying brügge once, never again