Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/13/10-essential-pocket-sized-tech.html
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dear whoever-is-in-charge-at-the-BoingBoingShop; would you please stop greenwashing this stuff? it hurts. thank you.
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A $129 pen… Wow…
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It’s a perfect example of a Veblen good.
Also, probably costs no more than 10$ to manufacture. The rest is spent on marketing.
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What? You don’t believe covering paper with metal alloy (composition unclear) is more eco friendly than ink?
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I’m pretty sure I’d use none of those thing on even a weekly basis.
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Ink pens? How quaint.
Trve hipsters use hypermodern inkless pens… from the 15th Century.
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I like the prybar though. Good for breaking into tiny houses.
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I have the theory that at least some of the wacky products Boing Boing Store posts are made because one of the guys likes to read the comments they spark off.
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Also, the only multitool you really need is Berwhale the Avenger.
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Or graphite?
The venerable church key is a surprisingly useful prybar/scraper, and incorporates the obligatory bottle opener.
My Veblen EDC sends the message, “I was not always as you see me now”.
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Those glow thingamajigs look ok, in case you drop your keys in the dark.
Anyone have any experience with them?
Metal alloy? Maybe actually graphene? Are we talking a pencil here?
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Not a pencil. It doesn’t erase. ( Been a while since I’ve used mine, but I believe that is right. )
The writing looks enough like pencil for my landlord to return a check I wrote with one of these things.
The EverRatchet Multi-Tool comes with an itty-bitty flint, for sparking fires. Anybody have an idea if there’s a way to attach the flint to the tool, or is it just a separate piece to carry and lose? The write-up doesn’t mention such.
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