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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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MWM Graphics 2011 Calendar

2010 is drawing to a close and it's time to figure out what you're going to do differently in 2011. We can't confirm this definitively, but we're willing to bet that - along with hitting the gym more and paying down your debt - getting organized is probably pretty high…

By Ben Dahl
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The FiXFiXFiX 2011 Calendar

There's a calendar on your computer and your phone - maybe even one on your watch and tv - so why bother with a paper calendar that gets hung on the wall? Simple, a new girl every month. More specifically, a new smoking hot chick with a sweet fixie bike…

By Ben Dahl
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2011 Moleskine Desk Calendar

Moleskine is getting to the point that it's the ubiquitous notebook. The Scotch tape or Kleenex of the written word world. We're fine with that, but we need constant visible reminders about the important things happening today because we can't be bothered to take said ubiquitous notebook out of our…

By Ben Dahl
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Double Barreled Marshmallow Crossbow

Hold on to your hats cubicle dwellers, office warfare just took a turn for the awesome. Even though the release of what is sure to become known as the office BFG won't get recorded in any history books, it isn't any less important to your daily grind. Why? Because nothing…

By Ben Dahl
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Property Of… Alfred Work Bag

No, not property of Alfred Work. Made by Property Of... and that's it. No, no, just Property Of.... Like, Property Of dot-dot-derrrrryou know what? Forget it. Cutting to the chase: the Alfred work bag operates under the less-is-more principle. A super simple design results in a clean and handsome look,…

By Wylie Overstreet
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