September 2008
3 posts
The Modern Multipen
Remember when you were a kid and you used to doodle with one of those 4-color Bic pens. Well modern multi-pens are still extremely popular in Japan and as it turns out they are surprisingly useful in your grown-up day job. They are great for sketching diagrams in multiple colors, marking up documents with vicious redlines, or annotating TPS reports with color-coded passive-aggressive edits. One...
August 2008
4 posts
Sigg Water Bottles
Al Gore cries a little every time you throw out a plastic water bottle. Fortunately there is an alternative that looks good and doesn’t kill baby seals. Sigg water bottles will change your life. Everyone we know who has started carrying one wonders how they went without it for so long. Despite Nalgene’s claims to the contrary, plastic bottles eventually do get gross - absorbing...
Oakley Vault
Expensive sunglasses are great right up until the point you sit on them or they get crushed in your bag after jockeying for position on the subway. If you’re going to shell out undisclosed sums of money of a pair of fancy shades it would be nice if you could put them in something that could survive your irresponsible lifestyle. The Oakley Vault is a felt-lined aluminum sunglasses...
Laphroaig 10-Year Single Malt
We’ll be honest, Laphroaig (pronounced La-froyg) isn’t for everyone. It is one of the peatiest single malts out there as it hails from the northern Isle of Islay. The flavor is best described as standing on the beach on a cold night next to a raging campfire with the briny smell of sea air wafting about. It’s a perfect whiskey to sustain you through a chilly winter (or a...
McMafia : A Journey Through the Global Criminal...
McMafia is a survey and history of worldwide organized crime - from the to the back alleys of Odessa, to the slums of Mumbai and the streets of Johannasburg, Gleny offers a series of stories that are better than anything found in thrillers on the big screen. The book opens with a story of senseless murder in London and the pace never slows as the books pulls you into the world of organzied...