Maxwell Barna
The Best Condiments You’ve Never Heard Of
Ladies and gents, start your engines, because grilling season is finally upon us! When it’s your turn to host the weekend cookout, don’t be caught slipping with the basic ketchup and mustard shtick. Relish is cool and all, but when it’s your turn to play the role of grillmaster, do…
8 Overnight Bags Perfect for Quick Trips
Overnight bags are an essential part of every man’s arsenal of travel gear. Whether you’re rendezvousing with your crew up at the cabin for a day, embarking on a quick excursion, or staying with a “friend” for the evening, your overnight bag is what brings everything together on trips that are…
7 Companies Offering Incredible Work Perks
A big dumb idiot once said, “If you find a job doing something you love, you'll never work a day in your life.” In reality, work is tough. It can be tiring, frustrating, and challenging; it can make you sore, wear you down, and downright exhaust you. If it was…
The Complete Guide to Buying a Used Rolex
A good watch is like a valuable painting—it’s a wonderful investment whose value increases with age, it’s a literal work of art, it oozes class and, unfortunately, if it’s worth anything, there are a hell of a lot of people out there trying to create fakes. And when it comes to…
You Bought an Oculus Rift. Now What?
We can finally say that virtual reality is an actual thing that’s totally happening. In fact, the big news out of Japan this week was that a VR company invented the world’s first-ever masturbation suit. Yup. That’s a thing now, too. And with the release of the long-awaited Oculus Rift, everyone…
The Cult Following of L.L. Bean Duck Boots
For the last 100 years or so, L.L. Bean has built a reputation for manufacturing and selling some of the world’s best clothing and outdoors equipment. It’s all made in the U.S., and it all comes with a warranty that proves it’s all made to last. The company began from…
The 10 Most Valuable Vinyl Records of All Time
One question we never seem to stop receiving from people is: What’s the deal with vinyl records? Why are they so cool, suddenly? What’s all the hubbub about? Well, we can’t speak for everyone, but we love vinyl because we love its sound—the soft pop of a needle working its…
The World’s Brightest Flashlights
The right flashlight can make all the difference in times of peril, emergency, or uncertainty. But what separates a good flashlight from a bad one? Things like weight, size, and design are very important, but as you’d expect, brightness is the telltale sign of a good torch. Without sufficient brightness…
The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month
April is going to be a pretty glorious month for Netflix subscribers. Don’t get us wrong… We’re losing Starship Troopers, Hotel Rwanda, Around the World in 80 Days (the original!), and Half Baked (On 4/20? Really, you sons of bitches?!). But like a phoenix rising from the ashes of 2…
5 Camera Lenses Every Photographer Should Own
Photography is probably one of the most rewarding hobbies, crafts, and art forms in the entire world. If you’re thinking about taking the leap into photography, there’s more to think about than just the body. Your glass—your lenses—are just as important as your body, because when push comes to shove,…
The 8 Best ‘Mythbusters’ Episodes of All Time
When Mythbusters first aired 13 years ago (on the Discovery Channel, of all networks), no one—including the show’s hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman—knew just how successful or special it would be. And throughout the program’s TV tenure, it would accomplish a feat many a high school biology and chemistry…
8 Apps That Could Save Your Life
There are a lot of folks out there who would argue technology often does a lot more harm than good. It contributed to our new-age societal isolation, it gave us drone warfare, and worst of all, it gave us Justin Bieber. Ugh. But technology also gave us incredible things like…
8 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Could Kick Your Ass
Every time Shia LaBeouf does some weird new “art” installment or another celebrity names their kid something goofy (seriously, if we see one more baby named after a f*cking nautical direction…), we all think the same thing: Hollywood is soft. It’s a city filled with a bunch of spoiled rotten…
The History of the Space Pen
You know that age-old saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention?” Well, it’s 100 percent true. Every single successful invention from the beginning of time came as an answer to some kind of question or problem. The wheel, paper, highway systems—all these things were invented by men and women who…
How to Pick Up a Woman Like Your Grandfather Did
Dating in the 21st century is weird. Flirting is done through swipes. The proverbial look across the bar is exchanged via tit-for-tat Instagram likes. The traditional first date Q&A is played out before eyes ever meet, all from a quick Google session and a Facebook name search. It’s actually pretty…