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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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PHX-1 Design Tool Set

We've said it before and we'll say it again--everything is cooler when it's housed in stainless. Drinks, appliances and even pens are prettier, more fun to use and probably even more efficient when their clad in the shiny stuff. If you're a fan of Hi-Tec-C or Uni-ball Signo DX pens…

By Ben Dahl
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Metal Inkless Pen + Key Ring

If you're looking for a permanent, more authoritarian point when writing, you use a pen not a pencil. If you also want to look really cool in the process, skip the choice between blue or black and go straight for metal. The inkless metal pen is just that, a pen…

By Ben Dahl
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Nerf Vortex Disc Blaster

Office warfare is serious business around these parts. If you're not paying attention and ready to retaliate, the likelihood of you ending up with rubber band welts on your face or hot coffee in your lap is pretty significant. We bought Nerf guns in an attempt to preemptively strike, but…

By Ben Dahl
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Doane Paper Leather Works

We can't pinpoint precisely when it happened, but our memory just isn't what it used to be. If Facebook didn't keep track of history and Foursquare didn't keep track of where we were, we'd have no idea what happened last week - let alone years ago. We've discovered that there's…

By Ben Dahl
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Elecom Orime Laser Mouse

Contrary to popular belief, Logitech and Microsoft aren't the only companies that make computer mice. Their Sidewinder MX90000 Performance Pro Premium models are great, but they're also a little common place for our taste. This Elecom Orime Laser Mouse is as much a departure from those mice as Christian Bale…

By Ben Dahl
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