I guess “Why?” was the question we were most commonly asked. “I mean what the hell is even the point?” they’d ask. And they were right, no doubt about that, it was silly and kind of excessive, but that’s exactly why we had to do it.

My name is Dan, and this is the story of the USB absinthe spoon. Many have speculated the spoon is just some sort of evil-genius, best-marketing-ploy ever (those are direct quotes too, no less, though we do have a store) and as flattered as we are, we can’t let this misconception go unanswered. So here’s who we are, and how it happened:

Anyone who knows me can attest to hearing the words “wanna stick fight” come out of my mouth at least a few hundred times, so it makes sense that it was while I engaged in a friendly kali-stick duel, my mind sprung upon the idea of a USB absinthe spoon. Maybe it was the rattan repeatedly rapping me upon the helmet, or perhaps it was something deeper, whatever it was, when I related my idea to our audience I was met with derision. They told me I shouldn’t, that I couldn’t.

Yet I believed. And Chris, my stick-sparing partner (and linux hardware hacker extraordinaire) did too. Before long plastic fabrication and product design became our raison d’etre. We received the help of a few like Ace, our product design master and the scorn of many, but eventually our creation found a home in you.

Over 400 wonderful people like you told us why you deserved a spoon, and we can’t avoid the challenge of providing the world with as many as we can. We know how cool they are, we understand. Its not going to be easy, we never expected a reception like this, but we will rise to the challenge.

There will always been naysayers who tell us that we can’t do it. But we’re not going to listen. We never do.