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Cotton Bureau Collaborations #001: DuckDuckGo

Last year our friends at DuckDuckGo approached us about teaming up to offer a line of t-shirts and other merch. Earlier this week the first round of items dropped including the Dark Mode tee featuring erstwhile DuckDuckGo mascot Dax in striking black-on-black. To kick off our new partnership, we hallucinated

A beanie today keeps the chill away.

Whether you call it a beanie, a toque, a winter hat, or a tossle cap (the only right answer), you can now call it yours on Cotton Bureau. Available in 18 delicious colors to keep your ears warm, our beanies are 100% hypoallergenic acrylic and constructed from an extra dense

Server upgrades.

In addition to launching on demand embroidered beanies, we found time here in early 2026 to make some much needed improvements to site performance. We migrated servers in January (did you notice?), leaving our long, long time host Linode for something with significantly higher performance per dollar. Linode was a

Hand-Picked Links — February 2026

How long winter? We can only take so much. Brand New Conference Identity It was our pleasure to attend Brand New Conference last year in our home town. As usual, an outrageous level of attention to detail by Armin and Bryony, and the venue was spectacular. Read the Story Wes

Cotton Bureau Shirt Club

We’re ringing in 2026 at Cotton Bureau with a new (old) idea: limited edition screen printed tees. First up, an absolute classic from Tyler Anthony just in time for curling (ha) up on the couch to watch the winter games, it’s USA All the Way. Support Cotton Bureau,

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