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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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Modo – Modular Desktop Organizer

Our desks look like someone took the contents of a junk drawer and just decided to dump it everywhere. With Modo, organizing all those loose papers, random gadgets, and little knickknacks has never been more enjoyable. The Chinese checkers-esque board allows you to fully customize Modo's setup for the things you want…

By Mike Newman
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Field Notes Expedition Edition

Finding a portable pad of paper to keep track of your thoughts is not a difficult task. Binding a bunch of pieces of paper together into a pocket-sized notebook is all the rage these days, but the Field Notes Expedition Edition notebooks are just different enough to be cool. They…

By Ben Dahl
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Word. Notebooks

In our pile of every day carry items is our wallet, keys, phone and pocket notebook. While some would stop short after the first three, we still opt to keep our daily task list on a piece of paper rather than on a touchscreen. Word. Notebooks were made for all…

By Mike Newman
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Field Notes Archival Wooden Box

We go through notebooks at an alarming rate. We keep one on us at all times, and after a couple of weeks that sucker is filled with notes, lists and jottings about things we want to buy. The thing is, we like to keep them and look back on what…

By Mike Newman
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Office Space: Woodsy

Unless you work in a wood cabin, your office could probably use a bit of an outdoor upgrade. Bringing some of these woodsy products into your workspace will give co-workers the idea that you’re the kinda guy who carries around an ax. Just, you know, not in a crazy way.…

By Mike Newman
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