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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
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The Luggage Combo for Trips That Mix Business With Leisure
By Travis Haley
The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School

Your syllabus for an adult-life reset in September.

By Lanny Fuller
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year

The pen of royals, writers, and Wolf of Wall Street types alike.

By Brett Braley
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The Origin Workstation

We'll be honest, we haven't purchased many workstations in our our lifetime and therefore have little to compare The Origin Workstation to in terms of price. That being said, we're going to guess there's a cheaper option out there. While we might not be decking out the office with a new one,…

By Mike Newman
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Buckycubes

You probably remember Buckyballs as the hot holiday toy for grown men this past year. They were the Tickle Me Elmo for dudes out of diapers. Now that you've spent almost a year additively playing with your collection, it's time to pick up (and probably never put down) a set of…

By Mike Newman
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Pocket Dept Notebooks

Along with playing Words with Friends (this is still cool, right?), there are a lot of things your iPhone/Droid/Blackberry is good for. One thing it's not good for is taking notes. We know it's easy to do because you probably already have your phone out—and it's certainly capable of taking…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Griffin Stylus + Pen + Laser Pointer

We're suckers for any product that serves multiple purposes. Slap a radio on that toaster and we are sold. When said product is actually super useful and makes our current workspace just a little bit sharper, well than that is a bonus. For us iPad users (though obviously it works on other…

By Mike Newman
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Wacom Inkling Digital Drawing Pen

If you’ve been known to practice some nude life drawing on the weekends (no, that’s actually not a euphemism for anything) but you’ve never made the transition to digital art, now is the time. Wacom—the company behind the only drawing tablets worth owning—has designed a pen that converts your ink…

By Cool Material Guest
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