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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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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 Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Office Building Made of 900 Plastic Chairs

Office buildings are always struggling to define themselves and when they finally achieve it, most of the time it's after a multi-million dollar renovation. But sometimes, with a little creativity and budgeting, you can get a distinctive facade without spending the GDP of a small island nation. CHYBIK+KRISTOF did exactly…

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BMW Motorrad Concept Link Bike

Recently unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2017 on the shores of Lake Como, the BMW Motorrad Concept Link is "the BMW Group's vision of zero-emission urban mobility on two wheels." Inspired by the BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100 Concept Motorcycle—and deserving a place in the collection of cool concept…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Oats Studios ‘Volume 1’ Teaser Trailer

From Neil Blomkamp, director of District 9, Elysium and Chappie, comes the first teaser trailer for his new experimental film making tour-de-force that he's dubbed Oats Studios. The teaser trailer for Oats Studios "Volume 1" starts with an overgrown Eiffel Tower and proceeds into incredible action sequences where aliens are…

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You Should Be Using a Password Manager. Here are 6 to Consider.

While there are certainly a few options on this list that would almost make the cut in terms of clean lines and modern designs, there's nothing sexy about password managers. That's okay. Password managers exist because we all have way too many passwords to remember, and in order to keep…

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Campfire Candle

Come within a quarter mile of a campfire and the smell will bring certain things to mind. We think of close friends, cold beers, and late-night stories, all shared while our dinners cook on sticks we found scattered nearby. All it takes is a whiff. Now you can bring those…

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