There are a lot of things we'd like to own if we could take a "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" ray-gun to them: One of those top secret stealth helicopters that crashed during the bin Laden raid, a giraffe like the guy from the Direct TV commercial, the Statue of Liberty. Just like designer Daniel Ballou however, we ... continue reading
When you're tagging now, it's probably just pictures of your escapades - or your kids - on Facebook, but it wasn't always that way. Once upon a time, your weapon of choice was a spray can and not an iPhone. Growing up doesn't have to mean ditching your past if you have a Kaligraffiti pen. The blue and orange splatter ... continue reading
You probably already know the benefits of using whiskey stones instead of ice in your drink. Basically, they cool your drink without watering it down so you get all the flavor you expect at a bit more pleasant temperature. With these Icon Whiskey Stones, you can add a bit more fun to your boozing experience. Available ... continue reading
There are few things in life as serious as a bullet. Most of us don't have to rely on one of man's most deadly weapons on a regular basis, so we don't have use for bullets regularly. Pens are a different story. Signing checks, bar tabs and taking notes will be less of a chore and more of a reason to show off - if you ... continue reading
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Some of the greatest inventions of the modern era--the microprocessor, the internal combustion engine, Bloody Marys--took years of development and contain complex systems ... continue reading
Sometimes the names of things don't really describe them at all - take sweetbreads for example. Then there are times when the name of a product is almost perfectly descriptive - The Shake Weight, Home Goods and Painters Tape come to mind. Gridbooks would fall in the latter category. While the Gridbooks Ad ... continue reading
Mixing business and pleasure might be frowned upon, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have business cards on you at all times. You never know when you're going to run into a potential business partner - or a free lunch fishbowl - so best to be prepared. Unless you want to advertise the fact you're only as serious ... continue reading
We face a barrage of internal conflicts on a daily basis – more taste or less filling, vintage or modern, notebook or netbook? It’s fairly obvious that we have an affinity towards jotting down notes without always punching keys or tapping touchscreens but we also enjoy the convenience of going completely digital. ... continue reading
Despite what we told ourselves when we bought them, we really don’t use our iPads for work like we said we would when we tried to justify the expense. We use them to watch non-Flash videos, download pages of apps and fling birds across their screen. While this iPad Dry Erase Board from UI Stencils may not possess ... continue reading
We’re suckers for a bit of nostalgia. We remember a time when guys inadvertently taped over their wedding videos, when your kindness was determined by whether you rewound a rental or not and when a sex tape could only be released if it was stolen from a house and not a hard drive. The days of hiding homemade ... continue reading
We’ve reached the point where we’re hesitant to buy any notebook that does not come equipped with some sort of pen holster. Admittedly, this is upsetting to us seeing as how, and you may have noticed this, we kinda have a thing for notebooks. The problem is having a notebook without something to write with ... continue reading
Like it or not, almost all men have desks. it could be an actual desk you're chained to from 9-5 or a converted dining room table, but it exists. It starts clean (sometimes), but by the time the end of the day rolls around, it's probably once again filled with papers, soy sauce and ketchup packets, pens and a slew ... continue reading
Unless companies change what they make laptop keyboards out of we will never come home from a day of work with dirt caked under our fingernails. Sometimes we are happy about that but often we end up staring at a Word document wishing we could do something more rugged for a living. You know, have a job that reeks ... continue reading
We take Charlton Heston's approach to guns to our iPads - you can have it when you pry it from our cold dead hands. But since it runs out juice, requires service and doesn't fit in our pockets, it doesn't always take the place of a quality notebook. By now, you've heard of iconic notebook brand Field Notes and for ... continue reading
Handwriting things is more personal, more creative and frequently more convenient than typing. If you didn't have a pen, how would you doodle during meetings you're forced to attend but have no reason to be at? How would you write thank you notes to your gramma for that $20 she sends you regardless of how many times ... continue reading
We live in a Web 4.0 kind of world where any dude with an Internet connection and an idea (pretty much all of us) can be on the cover of TIME almost overnight. For all of us armchair designer/developers though, something always seems to get lost in translation. This button was supposed be here; that button was supposed ... continue reading
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