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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

The swim shorts, half-zip, and retro runners that became the 20% of my summer wardrobe doing 80% of the work.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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Ink Made Out of Air Pollution

For the most part, our atmospheric carbon capturing solutions revolve around planting more trees. It's definitely an effective way to sequester carbon, but we shouldn't limit our thinking to just reforestation. That's why we were excited to hear about Air-Ink from Graviky. Through a post tailpipe retrofit, called a KAALINK…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This LEGO Machine Fires Balls at 1,000 RPM

Berthil van Beek is a LEGO enthusiast that converted the Akiyuki Marble Run into a stand alone Great Ball Contraption made entirely from LEGO pieces. If none of that makes any sense—don't worry, we're with you—it's basically an incredibly complicated perpetual motion machine that rockets LEGO soccer balls and basketballs…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cookware That Will Last for a Lifetime of Meals

All men hit an age where it’s just not worth ordering out all the time. Takeout might be delicious, but it’s absolute trash for your body. The same goes for fast food burgers, pizza, and all the other delicious things we clog our arteries with in our youth. When we…

By Maxwell Barna
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An Andre the Giant Documentary Is Coming to HBO

Before The Rock dropped The People's Elbow, Bret Hart locked in a Sharpshooter, and Stone Cold ripped open a beer, there was a wrestler who was truly larger than life. Andre the Giant, the wrestler turned actor, was, perhaps, the first true wrestling superstar. Now, thanks to HBO and Bill Simmons,…

By Mike Newman
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Retroblox Combines Every Classic Game Console

The Retroblox modular retro game console is an excellent idea, even if their slogan "Unleash Your Nostalgia" comes off a little pandering. First is their on board optical disc drive that can directly play your PS1 and Sega CD games, among others. Its modular support comes in for older cartridge games.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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