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Last week I was hanging out in Kepler’s books, one of the best bookstores I have ever found. I came across this wallet called the Tyvek Mighty Wallets. I was intrigued, initially by the cool NYC Subway Map design that was used to make it. Being from NYC, there is something about the subway map that I love. In fact the line I used to take all the time is right on the front (4, 5, 6).
So I started to play with this wallet. I immediately recognized the paper like material used since you have felt this if you’ve ever received a FedEx envelope. It’s called Tyvek and it’s one of those amazing inventions made by accident at DuPont. God I love DuPont. They make such cool stuff out of fossil fuels and recycled crap.
Every 2 years I go on the hunt for the minimalist wallet. I want something small and light than can hold some dead tree money, some credit cards, and receipts and such. The Tyvek Mighty Wallet weighs close to nothing and is pretty indestructible. It’s also cheap at $15 and can be recycled when done.
Of course I tweeted this find last week. Jeff Atwood managed to reply immediately and I knew a blog post was forthcoming . He seemed to latch on to the dotmatrix version of the wallet which has Pi printed out on it.
Here it is if you want to peruse the interesting comments, of which one is from the designer of the Tyvek wallet (Terrence Kelleman). He placed a link to a video that does a great job of giving you the skinny on this amazing wallet.
The company, Dynomighty design, has a bunch of neat stuff. I’m thinking custom wallets would be cool as would the Luggage Tags.
In fact, Jeff, how about a Codinghorror Wallet?
Also if you are into it, you can make your own wallet from a FedEx envelope.