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Mike Newman

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The Campout Cookbook

Starry nights fueled by canned beans and charred hot dogs are now a thing of the past. Keep the nights in the wild but start whipping up next-level food. The Campout Cookbook packs 75 recipes that take your campfire cooking to Michelin star status. We're talking skillet pizzas, fire-roasted veggies, and dessert…

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What to Watch This Weekend: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City

With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or…

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The Enduring Appeal of the Iconic Zippo Lighter

First, sell an item only a portion of the population needs. Second, slap a lifetime guarantee on it—not the customer's lifetime, mind you, the lifetime of the product itself (aka forever). Finally, having ensured minimal repeat business, go ahead and launch your company in the middle of The Great Depression. Now, our business…

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1945 Dodge WC-58 Radio Car

The WC series from Dodge, which was produced during the Second World War, featured a range of large and in charge 4WD and 6WD utility trucks for our armed forces. Each is a rugged piece of automotive history. Now's your chance to bring a little of that history into your…

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1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1900 Gran Turismo Spider

Watch enough Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and you'll find yourself dying to get behind the wheel of a unique, stunning automobile. We've been binging and now we really want this old Alfa Romeo. The final version of the Alfa 6C 1500 was the most evolved of all the iterations produced in…

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These Sneakers are Inspired by Showtime’s ‘Billions’

If you watch Billions, the show about a seesaw battle for power between U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and hotshot hedge fund leader Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), you know that efforts are made to make the two seem similar yet wildly different. It happens with the food they eat (Chuck…

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‘Gotti’ Official Trailer

We don't know what to make of Gotti, the coming mob movie that stars John Travolta as the legendary boss of the Gambino family. On one hand, we love a good mafia flick, and count many among our favorite films. On the other hand, any time a film gets delayed just…

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Bucket List Breweries: 20 U.S. Breweries You Should At Least Visit Once

To be great, a brewery has to make great beer. That much is obvious. But it's not the only factor in making us want to visit. In this day and age, entire trips are planned around visiting brew-producing Meccas, and those trips are about more than what's poured in your glass.…

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FinalStraw Is a Collapsible, Reusable Straw

It's no secret we're putting the environment through the wringer. While the challenges are great, small changes matter. And when we talk about small changes, we mean things as simple as swapping out single-use plastic straws. No, you don't need to start chugging your Starbucks order; just back the FinalStraw…

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This Ferrari Could Sell for Over $10 Million

The Ferrari that inspired the F12. One of only seventy-two ever made. A decorated racing history. All these factors add up to one pricey automobile. This 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione "Tour de France" is ready for the auction block and should fetch somewhere around $10 million when all…

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Truck Surf Hotel

If you and some friends want to catch a few waves but aren't anywhere near the surf, consider booking the Truck Surf Hotel, a mobile surfing getaway that takes you right to the edge of the water. The truck takes you and a handful of guests to the coast of…

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‘Evil Genius’ Trailer

The first time we heard about Brian Wells, a pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank in Eerie, Pennsylvania, in the early 2000s with a bomb around his neck, we were flipping through an issue of WIRED magazine some eight years ago. It's stuck with us ever since. Now the bizarre story is…

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Emoji

While emoji have recently become an integral part of communication, it might surprise you to learn that the original collection of images is almost two decades old. Emoji takes readers from the jump from pictograms and emoticons to emoji, as the book showcases the original designs by Shigetaka Kurita that he…

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Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Collection of Vintage Neon Signs

We've never wanted to transform our office into something as bright as the Vegas Strip as much as we do right now. That's because RM Sotheby's is set to auction off a collection of classic neon signs that remind us of old highway motels, decaying gas stations, and dive bars…

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‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ Official Trailer

In January, we shared with you the teaser trailer for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot, the coming film from Gus Van Sant about John Callahan, a talented cartoonist and alcoholic who gets into an accident and becomes a paraplegic. It immediately became one of our can't-miss movies of…

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