When I was a kid, classrooms had black boards. Today's kids forego asthma-attack inducing chalk dust and eyestrain to learn on whiteboards and even digital "smart boards". Soon, they'll be watching holographic projections like Darth Vader taking orders from Emperor Palpatine.

The people at MW Tools, Inc. have brought the massive whiteboard down to portable, wearable size. The Write-N-Write is a dry erase, reusable notepad perfect for the DIY'er. It comes in two versions, a clip-on and a wrist band. Both have the erasable marker / eraser attached in a snug, elastic holder. I like both versions; it's an ingenious widget.

The clip-on is the slightly more rigid of the two and is good for use as hand held note pad. It can be clipped onto a tool belt or shirt pocket, but I really liked having it in my truck best. I'm not going to walk off with the marker in my pocket, so it will always be there to write down a phone number, add another item to the list if Sweetie calls me when I'm out on errands, or be available when I feel the need to take down the license plate of some maniac behind the wheel that I'm certain I'm going to call the cops on (but never actually do).

Dang it! I should have added, "Remember to wear pants" My readers will remember how attached I am to my

Moleskine  notebook for my sketches, measurements, sketches and shopping lists. I've found that the Wear-N-Write is a perfect widget to transition measurements between my workbench / DIY project and the power tools. I used hash marks to count repetitive cuts and wrote measurements down so I didn't screw them up, as I have been known to do (remember that facia board fiasco? - "Measure Once, Cut Twice"?).

The Wear-N-Write works really well for me. The marker is short enough not to in the way when it's attached and easily slides out for use. There's an "eraser" pad on the cap to whip the board clean. I found it worked pretty well. When clearing and remarking several times in a row, the board got a little streaky with marker residue and didn't look brilliant white, but so what? It's a tool. A quick wipe with a shop towel returned it to its brilliant white finish, before putting it away. 

For only about $6.00 ea., these handy little widgets should be a welcome addition to your tool box (tool belt? tool wrist?). I really can't decide which one I like best. The wrist version is really handy around the workshop, but I don't see myself strutting into my local hardware store actually wearing it. 

I'd probably get some strange looks if I kept fidgeting and nervously looking at it, decorated like this...

Good Lord! Is it 3:00 already?!! You can pick up both versions of the Wear-N-Write on Amazon.com: 

• WEAR-N-WRITE Clip-on Dry Erase Notepad

Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. MW Tools sent me the notepads to try and asked for my thoughts. Opinions are 100% my own. For information on the product, please visit the product website at http://wearnwrite.com/