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Try as we might, we've never been able to go completely paperless. No amount of "notebook" apps will ever replace the strange sense of accomplishment we get from actually writing something down in a notebook [...]

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Outside of the cool gadgets, Minority Report was an almost completely forgettable film. The dialog was bad and the acting was worse, but everyone wanted a touch screen computer they could swipe things across when [...]

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Are these notebooks the greatest thing since sliced bread? We don't know. You can't throw a few pieces of cajun turkey and a slice of cheddar on them for lunch, but that's not necessarily a [...]

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If you have a to-do list that’s too long to fit in one of our Shit I Gotta Fucking Get Done notebooks or you’re just writing down something you want to be a little [...]

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With over fifteen different apps on our phones (and countless more available) for reminders, appointments, notes and to-dos, not to mention e-mail, it's a wonder that we even interact with paper anymore. And yet, like [...]

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Next to guns, gigantic machines capable of moving the earth are pretty much the coolest things out there. Just looking at them sends us back to sandboxes filled with Tonka trucks when we were five. [...]

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At this point, it's all but assumed that every one of you reading this owns at least one nice pen. You probably also own at least one nice bag, one set of cups and some [...]

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The last time we had anything that stored pencils in it, it was a tin case emblazoned with Batman, and not the black clad Dark Knight, no, we're talking blue and gray garb. So it's been [...]

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We can safely say this is the most excited we've ever been about copy paper. After watching The Office for seasons on end and getting sucked into the inner workings of the lamest/most hilarious workplace on [...]

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Normally hearing the term "inbox" gives us a slight anxiety attack. We think of all the emails we've put off responding to that are now buried in a pile of spam trying to sell us "enhancement" [...]

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Thanks to cell phones, wall calendars have gone the way of clocks, disposable cameras and hand writing things. You don't really need a calendar, but you don't need a watch either and every one of you [...]

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There are a few things you need to know about these Atoma notebooks from Belgium. First, everything is in German which, while confusing, makes them even cooler in our opinion. Second, Atoma has been making [...]

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Pens are cool. Magic 8-Balls are cool. Naturally, combining the two is a fantastic idea. Which is, obviously, what this pen is all about. Is that third Jager bomb going to end up haunting me [...]

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Stop us if any of these things haven't crossed your mind while at the office. "Think before printing... and sleeping with co-workers." "Nothing good comes from hitting 'reply all.'" "If it's really funny it's probably [...]

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We've said it before and we'll say it again--everything is cooler when it's housed in stainless. Drinks, appliances and even pens are prettier, more fun to use and probably even more efficient when their clad [...]

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