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Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection

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Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

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Bump Is a Phone Charger and a Battery

With all the Instagramming, Facebooking, e-mailing, Tweeting, etc., most of us aren't more than a few feet from a charger or a battery pack at all times, but you can simplify that process because Bump is a charger and a battery. Available in four different colors (black, blue, magenta, red),…

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Spectacles are Sunglasses That Record Snapchat Videos

Snapchat is branching out from just being a software developer by re-branding with parent company Snap, Inc. (it's all a big Google goes Alphabet, honestly) and releasing these new glasses. Spectacles record Snapchat videos with a simple tap near the hinges on the arms of the glasses. When you're recording…

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Firebiner Is an EDC Survival Carabiner

The average carabiner might be really good at holding your keys, but the Firebiner is an EDC survival carabiner that does so much more. Opposite the relatively standard wire gate you'll find a bottle opener and tiny utility blade capable of cracking open your favorite beverage, cutting paracord, fishing line…

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Hands-On: Away Luggage

Our trip to Paris a few weeks back was simply superb. It was a quick four days away from the office, but in that time, we saw and did a lot. Part of conquering our packed itinerary meant frequently moving and being on the go—with all our stuff in tow.…

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8 Vodka Drinks for Grown Men

Vodka’s something we drink more out of resignation than enjoyment. We’d like to have a drink, but we’d much rather have that drink be a whiskey cocktail or a good local beer than some bastardization of a mixed drink our host shook together with vodka and whatever was in their…

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