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I Watched USA vs. Bosnia Through the Lens of a Prediction Market

Checking Polymarket throughout the round of 32 game added an interesting perspective to my watching experience. Here are my notes.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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The Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset Records 3D Audio

Sennheiser has long been one of our favorite headphone and microphone manufacturers because they're always innovating in the world of audio technology without making something that seems completely unfamiliar. The new Sennheiser Ambeo Smart Headset is a fantastic set of noise-cancelling earbuds that also happens to have a few clever…

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PicoStill Home Distiller

PicoBrew wants to do for home distilling what it did for homebrewing. The company that brought you the PicoBrew, a homebrewing setup that made brewing as easy as pressing a few buttons, has just introducing an add-on device that allows you to distill pilot batches of spirits in the comfort…

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LEGO Ship in a Bottle

If you're not familiar with LEGO Ideas, do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes perusing the site. It's a forum where LEGO fanatics can submit design ideas that could, with enough fan support and a blessing from LEGO, get turned into real deal, purchasable sets. Last year, Jacob…

By Mike Newman
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8 White Noise Machines to Help You Get Some Sleep This Year

One in three Americans doesn’t get enough sleep. That statistic, though somewhat jarring, probably doesn’t shock anyone who reads it. Is sleep important? Absolutely. But does it usually come secondary to our lives’ more immediate daily struggles? Definitely. So, when it comes to getting better quality sleep and more of…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Most Popular Workout Songs, According to Spotify

Early January is when treadmills have waiting lists and weight benches need to be procured first thing in the morning. It's New Year's resolution time. Nothing fuels those workouts like a proper soundtrack, of course, which is something we've mentioned before. If you've been trying to curate the perfect playlist…

By Mike Newman
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