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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
By Brett Braley
I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like
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I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like

I spent the last three months of 2022 working at Kinnegar Brewing, an Irish craft brewery in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For homebrewers who want to learn what it’s actually like to work in a brewery, an internship like this provides invaluable lessons—including lessons that can be applied to being a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging
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The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging

We'll always be big fans of desk mats. While our previous favorites were standard cutting mats, those were quickly replaced once we found out about the ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat. The ALTI features a premium vegan leather surface on one side and plush felt on the other, with a…

By Ben Dahl
Dango Products Pen Tray
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Dango Products Pen Tray

Depending on how serious you are about your personal writing instruments, you probably already have at least one or two pens from Dango Products. If you do, you’re familiar with their approach to manufacturing. Namely, they make attractive, durable pens and desk accessories out of machined aluminum. This pen tray…

By Dillon McLaughlin
Gear
Baron Fig’s Squire Pen Will Help You Make Your Dreams a Reality

The pen is a mighty sword greater than itself. It's a tool of mass construction. It grants the power to move nations, to touch people's hearts and souls, and to make something from nothing. It's also incredibly useful when paired with a pocket notebook for keeping track of to-do lists,…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Twelve South HoverBar Duo Tablet Stand

When it comes to highly functional and stylish desk accessories that are purpose built to work with the entire range of Apple iDevices, you won't find better options than what Twelve South has been releasing for years. Their latest release--the Twelve South HoverBar Duo Tablet Stand--is an adjustable iPad stand…

By Ben Dahl
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WYN Just Revealed the World’s Most Minimalist Pen

Portland-based design studio WYN Labs has produced more than a few influential products--like the WYN Bullet Emergency Window Breaker Tool--over the years, but despite the fact all their products have been influential, few hold a candle to the WYN Pen 1.0. Billed as the world's most minimalist pen, the WYN Pen…

By Ben Dahl
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22STUDIO MERGE Desk Pen

The pen can certainly be mightier than the sword if you throw it, and it happens to be made out of concrete. This unique pen and stand set is handmade from high-density concrete. It's big, hefty, and ready to take on authoritative note-taking jobs while doubling as a desk sculpture…

By Amos Kwon
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J.L. Lawson & Co. EDC | Mark Pen

A great everyday carry pen shouldn't be too big, too small, or too light. The point is to know you have it in your possession without it being cumbersome, but it must also have some element of desirability, otherwise it's just a pen about which you won't give a damn.…

By Amos Kwon
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