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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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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.

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

By Cool Material
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The Lighthouse | Official Trailer HD | A24

Director Robert Eggers comes across like an industry veteran, having delivered a horrifying tone in 2016's "The Witch", and now comes back to the big screen with a tale of two men and the sea in "The Lighthouse" Starring a haggard and perfectly cast Willem Dafoe (who could pass as…

By Amos Kwon
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The Frame Clock Tells Time with Rotating Frames

We've always been fascinated by the way people interact with time on a regular basis, which is probably why we've spent years collecting and reporting on the cool clocks we've found all over the Internet. We've seen single-handers that rotate to display the time zone. Vintage gymnasium and field house…

By Cooper Fleishman
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U.S.-Mexico Border Seesaws

The Border Wall is a hotbed of political debate and engagement that we're not going to get into. What we are going to talk about is the ingenious project that Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello created that uses the wall as a fulcrum for bright pink seesaws slotted through…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals Are Made from Recycled Cell Phones

It's just shy of one year until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games kick off, and they've finally unveiled specifics on the medals that will be handed out next year. The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee held a competition with more than 400 professional designers and design students, and Junichi Kawanishi was…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘The Shining’ LEGO Trailer by kreimkouk

This hilarious, albeit still creepy stop motion LEGO trailer for a nearly 40-year old film feels fresh and rightly timed before the "Doctor Sleep" sequel hits this November. Brilliantly and meticulously created by YouTuber kreimkouk, who has done his fair share of LEGO trailers, LEGO The Shining has 2,130 stop…

By Amos Kwon
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