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The Roundup

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The Roundup
Your New Summer Wardrobe, On Us
By Cool Material
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The $1,500 Garden Gear Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win beautifully designed garden gear. Plus, two new books on stylish, eco-minded living.

By Cool Material
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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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5-Star Golf Trip to Ireland. On Us.

Championship greens. 5-star resorts and spas. Irish coastlines. Rental car. Airfare to Dublin. Zero bill. Just takes an email to enter.

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William Fisk’s Photorealistic Paintings Make Vintage Gadgets Cool Again

If the title of this post didn't immediately give away the fact that these images were paintings, we all would have thought they were photographs. Yes, Canadian artist William Fisk is just that good. From Yashica and Minolta cameras, to rotary telephones, to microscopes, Fisk paints monochromatic vintage gadgets and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
15 Things We Wanted To Steal From CES 2014

What the news coverage of CES doesn't show you is that 90% of the gadgets you come across there are either old, boring, or simply pieces of junk. Finding interesting, new devices is like hunting for buried treasure. After days of digging, here are the 15 things we wanted to…

By Mike Newman
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CM’s Top 10 Videos of 2013

Not every post we put up is focused on a tangible object. As much as we love shiny new gadgets and delicious bottles of booze, we also enjoy anything that can entertains us, which is why we toss up videos every now and then. Here are the 10 most popular…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Exploding Cars

We spend about thirty seconds setting up a shot. Fabian Oefner spends two months. Each of these photographs from his "Disintegrating" series took about that long to create, but, clearly, the results are worth it. The Swiss artist took apart model cars and suspended the various pieces to give the…

By Mike Newman
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Contests & Give-Aways
Cool Material’s Big Ass Giveaway

This year's Big Ass Giveaway is bigger (and assier?) than ever. We're giving away over $2200+ worth of seriously awesome prizes to ease your holiday spending woes. Besides one of the sharpest looking speakers to come out this year, the Marshall Stanmore, we selected some of our favorite products from…

By Mike Newman
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