Flocks

Sweaters made by Flocks, the brainchild of Dutch fashion designer Christien Meindertma are exciting to me for a multitude of reasons. Here are two. First, my father is Dutch and I’m always excited to meet people with obtuse Dutch names doing obtuse things with their lives. Second, in my undergraduate years, I studied agricultural journalism and worked for the World Dairy Expo. In the end, …

Klaus Industries

Twenty-two years ago the year 1984 came and went and we were all supposed to breathe a collective sigh of relief. We weren't faced with a perpetual war with shifting adversaries; our own citizens were not being detained and held indefinitely without charge; dissenting voices were common in the mainstream media; and partisan debate was not branded as disloyalty to the nation. Arguably, in this …

LTD Magazine

After a two year hiatus LTD, the Limited Edition magazine about limited edition things, is back. Featuring products, people and fashion LTD focuses on stories about stuff that's typically too under the radar for other publications to pick up. We can identify with that so we dropped a couple pages in there about 1970s LED watches detailing six of our favorites. Getting a copy of …