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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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FLEXiT

Whenever you’re trying to fix something in a cramped, dark area – be it under the hood of your car, behind your entertainment unit, where ever – the trickiest part is usually not the work itself, but rather just seeing what you’re doing.  Sure, you can attempt to cradle a…

By Mike Newman
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Bionic Wrench

Somewhere over the last couple of decades we lost a significant portion of our manliness. When something broke around the house we didn’t grab the toolbox like our fathers, we grabbed the telephone and called our fathers. It’s time we reclaimed our responsibilities, but like knocking a few back after not drinking for…

By Mike Newman
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It Would Have Been Cooler as a Van Art Prints

Vans have always gotten a seemingly undeserved bad rap.  Often equated with creepy dudes, 80’s stoners and mystery-solving dogs (who may also have been stoners), vans never really got their chance to step into the showbiz spotlight.  Yes, the A-Team attempted to showcase the van for all it’s worth, but…

By Mike Newman
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Diesel Lamps

Diesel lamps. We're not gonna lie, these would probably be cooler if they were actually diesel fuel powered lamps but that leads to house fires. In light of that, these old school Diesel Lamps will have to do. The collection includes mic cage and rocket cage table lamps; fork, glas,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Grease Monkey Wipes

When was the last time you bought anything useful for $1. Seriously, think about it. Even double cheeseburgers from McDonald's - which are very difficult to classify as "useful" - cost more than $1 now. Tim Stansbury and Erin Whalen still understand the value of a dollar. Having clean hands…

By Cooper Fleishman
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