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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
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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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Behind Simple Ingenuity

This post is brought to you by Saab. At Saab, we believe in independent thinking. It’s in everything we do. Learn more here. Some of the greatest inventions of the modern era--the microprocessor, the internal combustion engine, Bloody Marys--took years of development and contain complex systems and parts working in…

By Tim Jacobsen
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I’m CEO…Bitch! Card Case

Mixing business and pleasure might be frowned upon, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have business cards on you at all times. You never know when you're going to run into a potential business partner - or a free lunch fishbowl - so best to be prepared. Unless you want…

By Tim Jacobsen
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Leather Journal with USB Drive

We face a barrage of internal conflicts on a daily basis – more taste or less filling, vintage or modern, notebook or netbook?  It’s fairly obvious that we have an affinity towards jotting down notes without always punching keys or tapping touchscreens but we also enjoy the convenience of going…

By Mike Newman
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iPad Dry Erase Board

Despite what we told ourselves when we bought them, we really don’t use our iPads for work like we said we would when we tried to justify the expense.  We use them to watch non-Flash videos, download pages of apps and fling birds across their screen.  While this iPad Dry…

By Mike Newman
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Steelplant Desktop Dumpster

Like it or not, almost all men have desks. it could be an actual desk you're chained to from 9-5 or a converted dining room table, but it exists. It starts clean (sometimes), but by the time the end of the day rolls around, it's probably once again filled with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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