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Web’s Best: Steak Sandwiches
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Web’s Best: Steak Sandwiches
By Mike Newman
12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets
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12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets

The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can tell you modern people are putting their own spin on it. They’re changing up pieces,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
15 Classic Cars That Define Cool
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15 Classic Cars That Define Cool

We've overheard guys say they don't care what kind of car they drive as long as it gets them from Point A to Point B. Those guys are liars. Who wouldn't want to own a car that turns more heads than a bikini car wash? Maybe these guys have only…

By Mike Newman
The History of Headphones
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The History of Headphones

Surprisingly, not everyone wants to hear our music. When we were pumping our LCD Soundsystem mixtape, others in the office said they couldn’t “concentrate” and they “wished we were fired.” For this, and for many other reasons, headphones are an absolute necessity in our daily lives. It was long before…

By Mike Newman
  • 12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets
    Articles
    12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets

    The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can tell you modern people are putting their own spin on it. They’re changing up pieces,…

    By Dillon McLaughlin
  • 15 Classic Cars That Define Cool
    Articles
    15 Classic Cars That Define Cool

    We've overheard guys say they don't care what kind of car they drive as long as it gets them from Point A to Point B. Those guys are liars. Who wouldn't want to own a car that turns more heads than a bikini car wash? Maybe these guys have only…

    By Mike Newman
  • The History of Headphones
    Articles
    The History of Headphones

    Surprisingly, not everyone wants to hear our music. When we were pumping our LCD Soundsystem mixtape, others in the office said they couldn’t “concentrate” and they “wished we were fired.” For this, and for many other reasons, headphones are an absolute necessity in our daily lives. It was long before…

    By Mike Newman
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Time To Touch: iPod Nano Watch Bands

The iPod Nano crams a lot of features into a very tiny package. You get 8gb or 16gb of music, fitness, FM radio and Nike+ in something hardly larger than a quarter. But let's be honest here, compared to your iPhone 4 and your iPad it's pretty much worthless as…

By Ben Dahl
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The Sequels We Want to See in 2011

The Social Network 2 Plot Description:  Having successfully depicted the birth and rise of Facebook in The Social Network, this highly anticipated sequel turns its attention to Facebook in the modern day.  CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes a backseat as producers choose to pick a user of the site at random…

By Mike Newman
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Complete History of the Batmobile: 1941-2010

Today we're celebrating the new year by taking a look back at a complete visual history of the Batmobile, courtesy of the experts at CarInsurance.org. EMBED THE IMAGE ABOVE ON YOUR SITE <a href="https://coolmaterial.com/roundup/history-batmobile/" mce_href="https://coolmaterial.com/roundup/history-batmobile/"><img src="https://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/evolution-batmobile-jpg1.jpg" mce_src="https://coolmaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/evolution-batmobile-jpg1.jpg" alt="Batmobile History" width="500" border="0" /></a><br />Via: <a href="http://carinsurance.org" mce_href="http://carinsurance.org">CarInsurance.org</a>

By Tim Jacobsen
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Apps We Wish Existed

In the last several years, Apps have become ubiquitous in everyday life. They have cute names like Shazam or Emoji, and do cute things like read barcodes or slice digital fruit. And while that's great, we at Cool Material sometimes wish we had Apps that could do... well, more. A…

By Wylie Overstreet
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New Year’s Resolutions and the Tools to Help you Succeed

This is a Gillette sponsored article that offers useful tips and tools on New Year's resolutions for men. (Thanks Gillette!) Now that we’re putting the final touches on 2010 it’s time to start piecing together our New Year’s resolutions for the upcoming year. This year, unlike every single year past,…

By Mike Newman
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