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Two approach to avoid being hassled by airport security because of your metallic belt buckle, these two belts swap theirs for a amagnetic ones (”high-tech polymer” for Spec-Ops, Delrin for The Wilderness). Beside this strategic advantage, they are silent (unless traditionnal metallic BDU buckles) and perfectly adjustable. The two models are available in different widths [...]

A very cool little ledlight, running on an AA battery for three hours at about 30 lumens. The design is very brilliant, with a switch on top of the anglehead. The bezel can hold a filter (red or blue) which can be stored at the bottom of the light when not needed. The rotating clip [...]

This simple beautiful watch was designed by Karim Raschid for Alessi.

Available in black, grey, navy blue, pink, orange, and brown. My favourite is the brown. The case is in polyurethane and the glass in acrylic crystal (a little swatchy, but a lot classier). Retail price is $ 85.

Alessi
Karim Raschid store
Made in Design
[tags]watch, montre, Alessi, Alessi [...]

Maxpedition Rollypoly Folding Dump Pouch

Maxpedition’s Fatboy Jumbo

Reviews by MilSpec Monkey
Maxpedition
[tags]bag, edc, outdoor, milspec, milspec monkey, mil spec, maxpedition, youtube, dump pouch, camo, tactical[/tags]

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The Pelican 7060 is the new L.A.P.D. flashlight, chose for its strenght and reliability but also for politically correctness. Pelican will deliver 10000 led flashlights.
The new torch features a high-impact Xenoy resin body with a dual switch, at the tail and on the head, and is far more powerful while being far shorter [...]

This polyethilene waste paper basket was designed by John Brauer, from the Essey Studio (Danmark). It is available in two colours, black or white for only 39 euros. Pretty, stylish and original.
Size : h 310 x w 330 mm.
NOmade design
[tags]NOmade, design, rubbish, Bin Bin, cool, stationnary, furniture[/tags]

The french internet provider Cegetel is trying to take the succession of the first french telematic revolution (the Minitel) with the offer of a simple computer, running a proprietary-linux, and apparently very easy to use :
“We wanted to create something as simple and cheap as the Minitel to reach technophobes and people without much money,” [...]

Not a recent news, but a very good one, the indian car manufacturer Tata plan to produce the french MDI compressed air engine car. This is the most ambitious try-out (since the mexican contract of the mid-nineties) for the little french manufacturer. We wish them good luck, since their invention could solve a large part [...]

The new formula of Grandes Poches has landed, after three months of sleep in our deep caves (the main drawback of hiring mostly brown bears and groundhogs as redactors).
In order to celebrate this event, learn how to draw Homer Simpson, by Homer Simpson :

[tags]homer simpson, hibernation, spring, how to, draw, dessin, printemps[/tags]