100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Dress shoes that survive a ten thousand step day

Ten thousand steps is about four and a half miles of concrete. Most smart shoes quit around mile two. Here's what separates the ones that don't.

StoryNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

What the trades shortage numbers actually say

The headline figures come from trade associations with an interest in the answer. The government data tells a slower, more useful story.

Cars5 min

How to Tow a Trailer Without Learning the Hard Way

Gaming6 min

How to learn chess properly at forty

StoryNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

Why small towns are growing again, and which ones aren't

The rural population decline of the 2010s reversed after 2020. The reasons are mostly boring, and they tell you exactly which towns to bet on.

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Spend a day on a job site before you commit to four years

Electrical, plumbing and welding all pay well. They ask for very different things, and nobody describes the first two years honestly.

Gaming5 min

The board games that survive contact with a real family

News5 min

The birth rate numbers, and what they change in your house

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Dressing for a City Winter Without Looking Like a Tourist

Coat length, sole grip and what road salt does to leather. The things that separate a resident from a visitor at fifty paces.

GuideGamingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

The co-op games worth buying a second controller for

Which games let a six-year-old actually contribute, which ones end in shouting, and how to tell the difference before you spend the money.

Crypto6 min

The dollar in your stablecoin isn't always a dollar

Be a Man6 min

Fired, demoted or blamed, and what you do next

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build a real workbench from two sheets of plywood

A 67-inch bench with a shelf, a clamping overhang and no wobble, cut from two 4x8 sheets in a single Saturday.

GuideCryptoRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Who should buy the bitcoin ETF and who should hold the coin

One is a line in your brokerage account. The other is 24 words on a piece of steel. The right answer depends on the account, the amount, and who inherits it.

Be a Man6 min

Pick One Thing and Show Up for Three Years

Woodworking6 min

Start with a cutting board, not a bookshelf

GuideCryptoRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Hardware wallets compared, plainly

Which device to buy, what the marketing leaves out, and why the backup you write down matters more than the hardware you buy.

Be a Man5 min read

Mentoring works when it's boring and on the calendar

Forty minutes, the same slot, side by side on a real task. What to say, what to leave alone, and how not to quit in month three.

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