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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

By Lanny Fuller
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
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IKEA Hasselblad Collection

Normally we'd advise against buying artwork from a store like IKEA, urging you instead to considers smaller shops and lesser-known artists so your home is more unique. Well, we're putting a big caveat in that declaration, as IKEA has teamed up with Hasselblad, the legendary camera maker, for a series…

By Mike Newman
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10 Books That Will Make You Seem Smarter Than You Really Are

Books, and the ability to print them in mass, changed the course of human history. No longer was learning confined to an educated elite. Fast forward 560 years and we have more options than ever for learning, including podcasts, YouTube videos, and infographics. Yet, books still form the foundation, and a…

By Drew Haas
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7 Video Games with Crazy Cult Followings

By every measurable standard, video games and the way we play them have advanced with technology over the last few years. They are more detailed, more complex, and more immersive than ever before. But newer isn’t always better. Some games are, quite frankly, timeless. Even with their less robust graphics…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Jigsaw Puzzles for Grown Men

Gone are the days of the big box, local general store puzzle. When you're killing time at a family gathering or at home by yourself or with a loved one, grab a puzzle that actually means something. A puzzle that's not decked out with psychedelic cats, landscapes you can't figure…

By Cooper Fleishman
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PocketSprite Is a Keychain Game Boy

Yes, the phone you carry in your pocket has the power to support just about every video game from your youth. But there's an element of nostalgia missing when you're swiping and tapping your way through a level of Sonic. Meet PocketSprite. PocketSprite is a pint-sized, keychain-ready gaming device that…

By Mike Newman
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