Category Archives: EDC

EDC: Building a better tape wallet

This is a story about wallets and ambition, and this is my wallet: You can probably tell that it’s seen some service. It’s made from a bike map of Edmonton and packing tape. When the carefully flattened, creaseless base layer … Continue reading

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EDC: I get lost on the Indian Ocean Seafloor a lot.

But not anymore! I’m in the process of integrating this into my EDC, but I do forget it an awful lot. It’s a companion to the travel pen from earlier. It’s an old, damaged notepad faced with cardboard from a … Continue reading

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EDC: When you ask “what time is it?”, what does “it” refer to?

Syntactic pleonasms aside, check out my watch.I got a Casio Water Resist for free because a damaged one was returned to MEC while I was working there as a bike mechanic. The vinyl strap was torn, but the piece seemed … Continue reading

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EDC: More Aluminum Tent Pole Madness

I had an eco-friendly recycled-paper pen that got wet. Now I have a travel pen. First part of my every day carry series.

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