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The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026 (New Products Added 6/5)
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The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026 (New Products Added 6/5)
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An Arizona Golf Trip Even Non-golfers Will Enjoy

Arizona might be the rare golf destination where everyone in the group wins. Even the guy who has never swung a club.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in May 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in May 2026.

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

Luca Faloni’s summer collection makes a compelling case for dressing like an Italian all summer long.

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9 Video Games That Are Basically Movies You Control

Video games have come a long way since quarter-operated arcade cabinets.  We’re not disparaging arcade cabinets. The opposite. We love them and we have been known to patronize the occasional arcade bar. We’re just making the observation that there’s a lot more potential for storytelling on the modern PC or…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Recipes for Way Better Work Lunches

Whether we’re elbows deep in a two-week project or simply slumped on a Monday morning, lunch is a welcome reprieve from our work. It’s a special hour every day where we get to politely excuse ourselves from our hectic and all-consuming work. All too often we waste this blissful opportunity…

By Maxwell Barna
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External Hard Drives to Keep Your Personal Info Safe

Hard drive storage capacities have exploded and per-gigabyte prices have dropped, which means you can get yourself a huge external hard drive for a price that would make your head swim a few short years ago. Today, external hard drives are a full terabyte on the low end of the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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7 Alcoholic Punches Your Ancestors Would Want You to Drink

Alcoholic punch has suffered a bit of a dip in popularity, and by bit of a dip we mean its popularity almost completely evaporated since its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries. The invention of the cocktail eclipsed the punchbowl, although invention is a generous word, since cocktails are…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Jars Built to Conceal Your Stash

Every herb smoker needs a good stash jar. Whether you’re rolling tobacco or some of the other stuff, the whole point becomes pointless if what you’re trying to smoke up gets stale, dry, and crusty. Enter: The stash jar. These babies come in all shapes and sizes for all different…

By Maxwell Barna
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