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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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Absolut Hangsmart Makes Hanging Art Easy

When it comes to putting up art around your place, we've tried all the tips and tricks. Few of them work. Using a patented design, Absolut Hangsmart makes hanging art easy. The product itself might look like a combination of a hockey puck and a squeegee, but it's going to revolutionize…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Travel
Dream/Dive Is a Camping Hut With a Diving Board

If that first cup of joe isn't waking you up quickly enough, why not hop out of bed and immediately jump in the lake? That's a possibility with the Dream/Dive Platform situated on Bobs Lake, Ontario. The 64-square-foot space is perfectly named and combines a space with a large, comfy…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Interboro Goodwin Hill Gin & Tonic

If you're an IPA fan, you're probably familiar with Interboro Spirits & Ales in Brooklyn. The brewery has gained a cult following for their hoppy numbers. But, as their name suggests, beers aren't the only things they do. From the "Spirits" side of things comes Goodwin Hill Gin & Tonic, New…

By Mike Newman
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The Elbow Revitalizes Your Old Cassette Collection

Why anyone's inventing things for cassette tapes is a mystery to us, but we appreciate good design when we see it, so we couldn't let The Elbow slip by us without a post. The basic idea of The Elbow is to play cassette tapes without the bulky stereo system they used…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Camp on Top of Your MINI Countryman With This Tent

Thanks to a new partnership with BMW, you can now camp on top of your MINI Countryman with an Autohome tent. If you've never heard of Autohome before, they're Italian specialists in all things rooftop camping. If you want an alternative to a great camping tent that requires setup on…

By Cooper Fleishman
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