Tom Bihn Organic Cotton Truck Review

Here is a review of the Tom Bihn Truck, made, for the first time, in "domestic organic cotton canvas — grown, woven, and dyed right here in the U.S.A."  I was provided a review copy of this bag for free, in exchange for my feedback.It is currently offered in Natural (undyed), Santa Cruz (electric purple-blue), and Talus (dark grey/pastel black). I requested the "natural", and somehow thought...

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Patterns

Two virus-worthy stories in this week's news:Feeling a sense of deja-vu in the rush to cancel flights. We went through this in early 2020 (by the first flight cancellation, SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading by community transmission throughout the US), again for the delta variant, and now B.1.1.529.* It's hard to see a country-specific flight ban having any effect, but it doesn't seem like a bad idea...

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A “universal” flu vaccine could bring one of the world’s longest pandemics to an end

 Fascinating New Yorker article about developing a better flu vaccine, by Matthew Hutson:Some viruses are siloed within a single species. But the flu migrates easily among several species, and this adds to its recombinatory range. “There are hundreds of warm-blooded animals that are routinely infected with flu virus,” Taubenberger, who is the chief of the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution...

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Tray Bien Review

A review of the Tray Bien, which was provided to me by Tom Bihn for free in return for my feedback.It's a tray, covered in fabric. Simple, but useful. It was designed "to hold and display Organizer Pouches in our Seattle Factory Showroom — and visitors to the Showroom always asked if they could purchase the tray itself. Now they can: the Tray Bien is at home as a desk or drawer organizer."The...

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My Very Long Review of Tom Bihn's Old School Carry-All

I've been a customer of the Tom Bihn company for quite a while, and one of the more fascinating parts of following their product line is seeing the creativity of new designs (or re-imagined vintage ones). In the category of small totes/bags, there have been quite a few fun products, including the OSCA, or Old School Carry-All. I was provided a review copy of this bag for free, in exchange for my feedback.To...

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