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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
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This Unassuming Desk Will Change The Way You Work

Upon first glance, the Artifox Desk looks like a simple work area that happens to be pretty sharp, but spend a minute with it and you'll realize all it actually has to offer. Besides its minimal good looks, the desk has a dry-erase surface on the side for note taking…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
These Leather Cord Wraps Keep Your Cables In Check

Crafted from premium soft leather, the Leather Cord Wrap is the perfect way to pay some attention to all your cords and cables when you’re on the go. It holds three cables and two plugs and has a button-sealed pouch for other random accessories. Perfect for not having your cords…

By Mike Newman
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Sony Digital Paper Looks to Replace All Office Paperwork

If you find things on your office desk and can tell when they were from by the stacks of paper you found them in, Sony's Digital Paper would like to help out. The handheld letter-size device lets you annotate, share, and save all the documents you and your coworkers are…

By Mike Newman
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Word. x Hellbrand Leatherworks Notebook Covers

We're guessing you don't just toss those pocket notebooks in the trash after you've used them. If you're like us, you archive them with the idea of looking back and reminiscing a little bit. To protect your collection of Word. Notebooks, or other pocket notebooks, carry them around in one…

By Mike Newman
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Mod Is a Paper Notebook That Syncs To The Cloud

If you didn't know, we kind of have a thing for notebooks. Hell, we started a whole brand. But, as much as we love putting pen to paper and having a hard copy of our ideas, we understand the limitations one presents. Mod is a paper notebook that tries to…

By Mike Newman
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