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Flipping through The Manual: Layover brews, cowboy cauldrons, denim bike saddles

Burned out on apps, keys and screens? Improve your analog life this weekend! Digital Trends’ brother site The Manual exists to give men straight-up advice, from unspoken suit rules you need to know, to the latest in fashion, food, drink, travel, grooming and culture. Here are a few of our favorite stories to appear on The Manual lately.

The Best U.S. airports for craft beer snobs

The Best U.S. airports for craft beer snobs
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Two decades after the stateside microbrew explosion, U.S. airports are finally opening their terminals to legitimate craft beer bars.

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Mother’s Day gift guide: Outdoor moms

Mother's Day gift guide: Outdoor moms
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Whether you’re looking for a gift for the mom who is still knocking out fifty days on skis in her retirement or crushing miles trail running while the kids are at school, we’ve got the perfect set of gifts for every outdoor mom. Now your only problem will be to keep up.

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Trekking: The Cambium C17 Saddle is denim for your bike

Trekking: The Cambium C17 Saddle is denim for your bike
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Levi’s and Brooks England have been around for longer than you’ve been alive. Their most recent collaboration, the limited edition Cambium C17 denim saddle, uses recycled jeans and jackets to retrofit your bicycle with a seat straight out of the ’70s.

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Bruichladdich and Helen Levi present ceramic whisky vessels

Bruichladdich and Helen Levi present ceramic whisky vessels
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If you’d like to experiment with a new way to enjoy scotch, you might try a handmade ceramic vessel. Ceramicist Helen Levi and Hebridean distiller Bruichladdich have collaborated on these vessels to help enhance your scotch-tasting experience.

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Adidas Stan Smiths – in style since ’73

Adidas Stan Smiths - in style since '73
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In the last few years, the Stan Smith has become a staple of sneakerheads and classic casual wear enthusiasts alike.

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Cowboy Cauldron Co: Fire it up like a rancher

Cowboy Cauldron Co: Fire it up like a rancher
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If it’s time to up your backyard barbecue game, you’ll definitely want one of these cauldrons.

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AMD’s canceled GPU could have crushed Nvidia
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card.

For months now, we've been hearing rumors that AMD gave up on its best graphics card from the upcoming RDNA 4 lineup, and instead opted to target the midrange segment. However, that doesn't mean that such a GPU was never in the works. Data mining revealed that the card may indeed have been planned, and if it was ever released, it would've given Nvidia's RTX 4090 a run for its money.

The top GPU in question, commonly referred to as Navi 4C or Navi 4X, was spotted in some patch information for AMD's GFX12 lineup -- which appears to be a code name for RDNA 4. The data was then posted by Kepler_L2, a well-known hardware leaker, on Anandtech forums. What at first glance seems to be many lines of code actually reveals the specs of the reportedly canceled graphics card.

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You’ll never guess what this YouTuber built into a PC this time
A woman stands next to a custom-built gaming PC with a coffee maker inside.

There are gaming PCs, and there are coffee makers -- and the two do not mix. After all, who would want boiling hot coffee inside their high-end gaming desktop? The idea alone makes me shiver, but Nerdforge's Martina was brave enough to come up with this project and create a fully custom-built PC that doesn't just run, but it also makes coffee at the press of a button.

Nerdforge is a YouTube channel run by a Norwegian couple, Martina and Hansi, who dabble in all sorts of innovative crafts. And it's safe to say that this falls under that category. The project started with an idea: What if, instead of having to get up to fetch a cup of coffee, you could have a coffee maker installed right inside your PC?

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Watch Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot don a dog suit and dance
Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dressed as a dog.

Meet Sparkles | Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics has shared a video of its dog-like Spot robot dancing in a dog costume.

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