My friend Joel Beck is kind of a badass.
When he’s not designing / building reactors for Atlantic Hydrogen in New Brunswick, he’s learning all sorts of cool skills.
Skills like leather-working.
Look what he gave me as an early Xmas gift:

A hand-made leather wallet by my friend Joel Beck10-Dec-2011 22:44, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 50

Thunderbird!10-Dec-2011 22:44, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 50

Firefox!10-Dec-2011 22:44, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 100

10-Dec-2011 22:45, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 100

10-Dec-2011 22:45, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 50

Just look at that detail.10-Dec-2011 22:45, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 50

Mind = blown.10-Dec-2011 22:45, google Nexus S, 2.6, 3.43mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 50
This is a one-of-a-kind, hand-made leather wallet, made by my good friend Joel Beck.
Thanks Joel.
Holy crap, that is awesome, Mike! You have an amazing friend.
Oh man, amazing!
Man, this is pure awesomeness. As Tara said, you have an amazing friend!
Damn! Joel should put this wallets on Mozilla community store! I’d be one of those who would like to get these awesome wallets 😉 Nice work Joel, and nice present! 🙂
You, sir, have badass friends 🙂
Exquisite! 🙂
One of a kind friend and one of a kind wallet. And a very uplifting blog post Mike.