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The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

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The Casts of Coen Brothers Movies, Illustrated

Richard Perez is an artist in Portland that does fantastic design work for some huge firms. He also finds time to make stylized illustrations of Coen Brothers characters and post them to the Coen Cast Tumblr. Well, Richard, we like your style, dude.

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Vinyl Me, Please Is Your Record Of The Month Club

Do you remember those old music of the month clubs that you probably tricked your mom into letting you sign up for? You'd take a bunch of stickers of albums you wanted from their book and put them on the order form and FIVE ALBUMS FREE!!! Except you were almost…

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Moleskine Evernote Journals Are Easily Digitized

As much as we love Evernote (really, we use it for everything), we wouldn't be able to survive without pocket notebooks. Yes, Evernote has fantastic web, mobile and application options for just about any device under the sun, but we really like writing things in pocket notebooks because of their…

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Best Made Strongboxes Store All Your Small Valuables

Best Made products generally tend to be just that. After axes, aprons, notebook covers, jackets and a toolbox, Best Made turned their attention to all the small items sitting on the dresser or desk that needed a place to go. Knives, watches, cufflinks, mementos, knickknacks, you name it. As long…

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iGrill2 Smart Thermometer Bluetooth Connects To iPhone

Monitoring your meat temperature is the difference between a perfectly grilled piece of meat and something that looks and tastes about right. You don't need a meat thermometer to make a delicious piece of meat on the grill or in the oven, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't own one…

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