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Tools, apps, gear, plugins, grooming stuff, and products a normal guy might need. We look for things that work, make sense for the price, and won’t feel broken two weeks later.

Brunello Cucinelli Wants $870 for a Grey T-Shirt. What Are You Paying For?

Brunello Cucinelli Wants $870 for a Grey T-Shirt. What Are You Paying For?

Social media keeps finding new reasons to buy clothes, luxury brands keep raising prices, and Chinese factories can manufacture at almost any quality level. So what is really inside an $870 T-shirt besides silk, cotton and a very expensive name?

Good Skin Needs More Than Another Cream

Good Skin Needs More Than Another Cream

I tried expensive clinics, isotretinoin, tetracycline, acids and more creams than I can remember. Some helped, but my skin improved most when my life became calmer and I stopped treating my face like a permanent emergency.

Best Free Budgeting App for Guys Who Hate Budgeting

Best Free Budgeting App for Guys Who Hate Budgeting

Rocket Money is the best free budgeting app for guys who hate budgeting because it does the boring part automatically, without making you log every coffee, fuel stop and takeaway by hand.

Stop Buying Cheap EQ Plugins. Your DAW Already Has One.

Stop Buying Cheap EQ Plugins. Your DAW Already Has One.

Your mix probably does not need another cheap EQ plugin. It needs better EQ decisions. Stock EQs are already good, Pro-Q makes sense later, and most “analog magic” is not as magic as the marketing says.