New Year Upgrades

In this issue

🧥 The perfect gray hoodie

🔑 Upgrade your key situation

👖 Time for some new jeans

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Flint and Tinder 10-year hoodie

I've had a gray Nike hoodie for close to ten years now, but I probably should have stopped wearing it eight years ago. So I've been on the lookout for a new gray hoodie to replace it and after a bunch of Google searches this is the one the internet seems to recommend: the Flint and Tinder 10-year hoodie.

The whole point of this hoodie is that it's supposed to last ten years (hence the name). Another hoodie I was debating looking at was one from American Giant, but the Flint and Tinder option has more of a relaxed fit which is more my style. I'm still debating between a zip hoodie or just a pullover but either way, I would love not needing to buy another hoodie until I turn 40.

Handgrey H4 carabiner

I have a love/hate relationship with my keys. I love them because they let me into my apartment, and I hate them because of everything else. I currently just keep them in my pockets (which I hate) or hook them up to a Peak Design anchor loops that I swap between backpacks. I'm always looking for new ways to carry my keys, but now I think I just need to look for an old way to carry them: a carabiner.

I used to exclusively carry my keys on a carabiner, but they're basically impossible to dress up and everyone can hear you coming from a mile away. Still, I never lost my keys when I used a carabiner, so I've been debating going back to using one every day. The Handgrey H4 isn't new by any means, but it's by far the best carabiner around. It's made of Grade 5 titanium and has a dual-gate system that keeps the opening to the keyring separate from the point of attachment which helps from accidental drops.

Asket Grey Wash Black Denim

Fun fact about me: I don't own any jeans. I have two pairs of chinos and two pairs of comfy-way-too-expensive-stretchy pants from Lululemon, but no jeans. I had two pairs of Levi's that I loved but they stopped making the particular number, so when it was time to replace them I was shit out of luck. After months of looking for what my next pair of jeans is going to be I finally settled on the Grey Wash Black Denim from Asket.

Asket is a company whose whole thing is that they make high-quality, ethical clothing. It's not the fast fashion nonsense you get from H&M. They're very transparent with costs so you know they're paying their workers fairly which is a practice I want to encourage with my dollar. Wouldn't it be great if every iPhone was this transparent with costs?

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The latest pixel update is from a project I'm working on with a friend that I'll be releasing this year! I'm doing the art for it so I'll be sure to update the progress here.

New YouTube videos!

P.S - I also started up my YouTube channel again. I'll link my two latest videos down below as some shameless self-promo. I'm still debating if I should just add them to the regular newsletters or send out different newsletters entirely with more in-depth notes on each video. Let me know on Twitter if that sounds interesting or not 🤷