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[ad_1] Autumn is my favorite time in the South. There’s a day, usually in late October, when the humidity finally breaks, the air stirs, and you can feel it in…

[ad_1] Beauty feels beyond my reach. This isn’t about self-deprecation, I swear. I’m talking about accessing the tools that can help you feel beautiful. Facials and fillers and blowouts seem…

[ad_1] I can’t remember the last time I finished a video game. I’ve had my Nintendo Switch Lite for two years now, and it’s riddled with a number of titles…

[ad_1] One of my favorite phone features in recent years is Apple’s MagSafe technology, which debuted in 2020. With a ring of magnets embedded in the back of the iPhone…

[ad_1] One of the coolest instruments I’ve played this year requires a small history lesson: In 1949, in a small home in Queens, New York, a 14-year-old boy named Robert…

[ad_1] Some sounds never die. Whether it’s classic rock guitarists coveting decades-old guitars and amps or Mac DeMarco messing with ’80s Casio keyboards, there’s something about vintage sounds that goes…

[ad_1] There’s a dilemma every city dweller faces eventually: Where’s the fork? Let’s say that after a meeting, you finally manage to find the one falafel stand that’s an oasis…

[ad_1] The magnetic attachment is shockingly strong—you could throw an (empty) tumbler from 10 feet away and have it snap upright into place. You also don’t have to buy into…

[ad_1] Filson also has seen fit to provide an expandable, waterproof liner in one of the cavernous side pockets, so you can separate wet gear from dry. If you’re on…

[ad_1] Lately, I’ve been hearing voices. They tell me all sorts of useful information, such as where to go and how to get there. Don’t worry, all of this precisely…

[ad_1] Vintage guitars are expensive because most people who play guitar grew up hearing them, seeing them on TV, and dreaming of owning a real one someday. This fact has…

[ad_1] There are very few tools most people think less about than pens. They seem to spring logoed and logoless from a kind of inexhaustible reserve in cups, drawers, and…

[ad_1] I love lube. To me, having sex without lube is like brushing your teeth with a dry toothbrush. It might get the job done, but the result is ……

[ad_1] I love spinning records on my turntable, but my setup doesn’t leave me much time to actually use it. My system and records currently sit in my living room…

[ad_1] I’ve had something of a tricky relationship with dongles. Specifically, the humble USB-A dongle—the little thing you plug into your desktop or laptop computer to make wireless peripherals like…

[ad_1] Like most New York City apartments, mine has outdated parquet floors. It’s easy to spot scuff marks and stains, but dust feels almost impossible. Before a Dyson vacuum entered…

[ad_1] At the risk of sounding like a sanctimonious teenager on Booktok, let me humblebrag for a second: I’ve read nearly 100 books so far this year. Turns out it…

[ad_1] The Artiphon Orba 2, which is about the size of an orange sliced in half, looks more like an Echo Dot than a musical instrument. It’s meant to be held in…

[ad_1] I have a weird relationship with music. When I’m at my desk, I can’t just hit shuffle and play anything from my library; I need to focus, so I…

[ad_1] Few things can ruin your day as suddenly as trying to start your car and being met with the dead silence of a dead battery. If you’re unlucky, your…

[ad_1] Without a concrete reference image or a single context clue, every bit of progress is tentative. Should this red corner be in the foreground or the background? Is the…

[ad_1] Like many finicky sleepers, I have a particular nighttime conundrum. I sleep hot—like, wake-up-sweating-in-the-middle-of-the-night hot—but I also need to snuggle down deep into my bed in order to actually fall…

[ad_1] Nearly everyone has a flashlight in their pocket these days in the form of a smartphone, but it’s not a very good one. Sure, it does the trick for…

[ad_1] I don’t have particularly extreme requirements for a reusable cup. I’m not a hiker. I’m not a camper. I’m not a cyclist. It’s not really a travel mug that…

[ad_1] I first encountered the Swedish audio company Nocs Design around 10 years ago, when it released a couple of stylish earbuds. I tested those—the titanium-bodied NS400 and the bass-forward…