Product History
Holiday “must-have” gadgets: Then vs. now
Posted By RoseAnne Moises on December 21, 2010 //December can only mean one thing: holiday gift shopping. In the effort of constructing my own wish-list, I’ve spent the past few days browsing through a variety of unofficial guides denoting this year’s “must-have” gadgets and gifts. I am amazed at how incredibly sophisticated toys have become, but am more amazed at how incredibly adept [...]
Retro manufacturing: vinyl record pressing
Posted By Chris Vickery on February 23, 2010 //I’m kind of a vinyl nerd. When things get hectic, I retreat to the man-cave in my garage, play some pinball and play my records on a little turntable perched on my workbench. I’ve always been curious about the process for making vinyl records. I found the answer in a video filmed at Rainbo Records [...]
A cheese grater worth stealing from the CEO? It must be a Microplane.
Posted By Helen Shaughnessy on January 14, 2010 //I recently stole a cheese grater from Craig Livingston, our CEO at Arena. Since the incident occurred during a yankee swap gift exchange at the Arena holiday party, I’m hoping this will not turn out to be a career limiting move. The gift I stole was no ordinary cheese grater however — it was a [...]

