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Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress
By Adam Szafranski
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My Girlfriend Loves Design, So I Got Her an Arc Alarm Clock from NanuElectrics

Useful can be beautiful. The best gifts are.

By Johnny Motley
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The Coolest Home Gifts for 2025

For the home, for the win.

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The Essential Tools for Red Wine Lovers
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The Essential Tools for Red Wine Lovers

By Christopher Osburn
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Man-Cans

There are times in your life when a kid will come up to you with something he/she created (perhaps your own child) and that thing will be without a doubt, 100% crap.  It may be a painting, a science fair experiment or a meal (mmm Play-Doh Fries), but whatever it…

By Mike Newman
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Lockitron

What sounds like a new Decepticon that could share the screen with Shia LaBeouf and some Megan Fox look-alike in the next Transformers movie is somehow - surprisingly - much cooler.  With Lockitron you can unlock your home or apartment using an iPhone or any smartphone.  Now, we can think of…

By Mike Newman
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MyKea Furniture Art

IKEA may not be the highest quality furniture in the world (it's really only one step above cardboard), but it's a necessary evil. If you're on a budget - and who isn't these days - it's your best bet for furnishing entire rooms, apartments and houses. Even though it's no…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Big Lebowski Coasters

Here's a common problem:  You're throwing a party and wearing your favorite oversized sweater when you go to carefully rest your White Russian on the coffee table and realize you don't have any coasters!  Major bummer.  Don't let this mistake happen to you at your next soiree by picking up…

By Mike Newman
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Chalkboard Skateboard

Two things that consumed most of our youth are skateboards and big, fat pieces of chalk.  The skateboard was obvious - we rode it because we were boys and we enjoyed skinned knees and asking, "Did I get air?"  The chalk was mainly for creating games that either existed already, like…

By Mike Newman
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