Long before I had an iPod I read this article on Wired.com and found it not only cute but also convenient. So when I bought my iPod I decided to do the same and try to fit my iPod into a Moleskine. I went to my local OfficeMax shop and found all the required ingredients:

1. a steel ruler
2. an exacto knife (or box cutter)
3. glue (white glue, the one used in schools) and some UHU glue
4. a little brush
5. a Moleskine (preferably a sketchbook one)

Instead of the Moleskine all I could find was a clone from a brand called Danpex and unfortunaltely there wasn’t anything like the sketchbook, which would have made it easier since there are less pages.

I started by making the hole in all the pages with the box cutter and the ruler, usually making the cutting lines before with a pen, sometimes cutting more than one simultaneously since the cutter would go deep into the notebook. I left 5 pages in the beginning and 5 pages in the end without holes. This process took maybe a couple of hours. Then I removed the little pouch attached to the inside of the back cover. Finally, I started gluing the pages together with the white glue. You can use an empty tuna tin or similar to pour a generous amount of white glue into it so that we can dip the brush in it. Then spread the white glue with the brush in every single page and carefully glue each page into the rest of the pages. This process took a little longer than an hour. Finally the last 5 pages that didn’t have a hole were glued together to the rest and the backcover using UHU glue. When it was done I put a pile of books on top of it and left it to dry overnight. The next day the whole thing was hard as a brick.

I’d make a recommendation though. If possible use the sketchbook instead of a normal notebook since there are less pages and these are thicker making the whole process a lot easier and a better quality result.

You can see the final result in the picture, it looks good, it is very discreet and I can take it everywhere without people noticing that I’m actually reading on an iPod. It also protects the iPod very well, better than most commercial protective cases.