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Reflections on a Busy Year; and a New Approach to Substack for the Next!

The Best YouTube Videos I Watched This Year

The Sarah McBride Bathroom Bill Bullshit

Here We Go Again

24 Thoughts on the Brink of the 2024 Presidential Election

All My Recent Pieces

Tesla’s Cybercab promises a better future — for Elon Musk

Cocktail Column: Mojitos

Dyson makes headphones again — and they don't suck this time

Trying the Best Coffee in the World

The Boys is empty shock value

Links to All My Recent New York Sun Pieces

Margarita magnificence: how to master and tweak a classic

The Pixel 8a is An Amazing Phone: Maybe don't Buy it Yet.

London-Based Brand Seventh Has Perfected the Hoodie

Adidas and Packer Show How To Do A Retro Sneaker

The Challenge of Thin Mechanical Keyboards

Hi-Fi Audio Doesn’t Need To Be Expensive

Soundcore Makes the Best Sleep Earbuds

Hermès Outshines the ‘Fashion Watch’ Label

Insta360 Has the Most Interesting Webcam on the Market

Dygma Makes Ergonomics a Style Statement

Tudor May Only Be a Sub-Brand of Rolex, but They’re the Star

The Uninteresting Race for World’s Thinnest Watch

X Premium Is Still Not Worth The Price

What in the World is AI Coffee?

32 Degrees North Are The Smartest Glasses On the Market. Don’t Buy Them

With iOS 18, Apple Embraces AI — and Android’s Customizability

Sennheiser Has the Perfect Gym Earbuds

Do Not Buy These Yeezys From Adidas’ Post-Kanye Fire Sale

Searching for the Perfect Desk Mat

The Sonos Ace Are The Best Overall Bluetooth Headphones on the Market — But Is That Enough?

The Boys is empty shock value

Plaud’s Note AI Recorder Is an Amazing Device Let Down by Clunky Software

Why I Pay $30 a Month for an Email App

Ripple Has the Solution to Vaping

Bugatti’s New Hybrid Hypercar Isn’t as Special as It Should Be

The Discounted Yeezys To Buy

Austrian Audio Hi-X65 Are the Best Value-for-Money Wired Headphones on the Market

The Pixel 8 Pro Is Android’s Best Premium Phone

The French Start-up Making the Coolest Cassette Players on the Market

Stop Using Google Search: There’s a Better, Ad-Free Alternative

Apple’s AirPods Max Are Cheaper Than Ever — for a Reason

Kanye West’s $20 Sock Shoes Are Terrible

The Ecco BIOM Infinite M Are the 3D-Printed Future of Performance Sneakers

The 1908 Is the Rolex to Buy — Because They’re Not Selling

The Talented, Doomed Mr. Sunak

The Boozed-Up Beers of Summer

The Trump Movie (Probably) Isn't Being Censored

Loving Vegas

Loving Vegas

The Best and Worst of the 2024 MET Gala

The Digestif: April 28th

For Your Next Daily Sneaker, Consider Salomon

Humane AI Complained About the Bad Reviews. They Deserved Them.

The Digestif: April 21st

The Five Worst of Watches & Wonders

Civil War was the wrong film. A24’s strategy worked anyway.

The espresso martini is the best cocktail template

The VR and AR arms race

The Digestif: April 14th

Patek Philippe Brought a Mixed Bag to Watches & Wonders

Rolex Didn’t Wear the Crown at Watches & Wonders

Watches & Wonders had many timepieces, but only a few were truly wonderful

Monkey Man: fighting the gods is a bloody affair

The Digestif: April 7th

'Sugar' is sweet then rotten noir

Nike’s Latest Flagship Sneaker, the Dn, Proves It’s Time To Move Past Air Max

Dyson Brings Robot Vacuums Upmarket

AI Music Is Going To Change Everything. So I Made a 'Spectator' Album with It.

Fear of God Athletics Isn’t the Next Jordan. But its Basketball 1 Is a Slam Dunk

SteelSeries Makes the Desktop Speakers To Buy

The Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 Are the Best Sounding Earbuds Ever Made

Logitech Brings Webcams Upmarket with the MX Brio

Apple Just Released the Best Deal in Computing

Masters of the Air is an old-fashioned TV masterpiece

A Best Stunts Oscar is long overdue

How Good Can a Fan Really Get?

Does Nike hate the military?

Budget Phones Get Stylish: Meet the Nothing Phone (2a)

Silicon Valley electric cars are dead

AI Could Break the Election

Trump’s Never Surrender High Tops embody the worst of sneaker culture

Pornstars for Palestine

Sick of Smart Watches? Try the NoWatch

Don’t Buy a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

‘The Beekeeper’ Review: A B Movie With Lots of Bee Puns

Predicting the best films and TV of 2024

Your Office Desk Needs a Gaming Monitor

Logitech’s MX Vertical Mouse Isn’t For Me, But It Might Be The Mouse For You

Into the Infinite: The Challenge of Open World Games

Master & Dynamics Brings a Luxury Touch to Bluetooth Headphones

The tech I’m looking forward to in 2024

Mr Uygur Goes To Washington

Pharrell's Take on Louis Vuitton Gets Worse

Cancellation of London Hostage Awareness Billboard Campaign Signals Erosion of British Commitment to Freedom of Speech

The Nine Best Tech Products You Won’t Have Heard of That I Tried This Year

Lil Nas X is Getting Boring

Postscript: Don't Go To London For New Years Eve

Why Designer Sneakers Got So Chunky

London's NYE Fireworks Was a Dangerous Shambles