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The Saturday wardrobe that isn't sportswear

Four swaps that get you out of the technical half-zip on days you're not training, without buying a blazer you'll wear twice.

GuideSportsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

How to Coach Youth Baseball When You've Never Coached Anything

You signed the volunteer form, you got twelve kids and a bag of bats, and the first practice is Tuesday. Start with the 90-minute plan.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to Buy a Barn Coat That Actually Works Outside

Canvas weight, lining, sleeve length and the four details that separate a real barn coat from a mall version of one.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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Match the belt to the shoe and the socks to the trousers

Two rules cover most of it. The rest is knowing when a 35mm belt is wrong, why your socks fall down, and when to break both rules on purpose.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Wipe a device in the right order before you sell it

Sign out first, erase second. Get that backwards on an iPhone or a MacBook and the buyer gets a locked brick and you get a refund request.

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Duster, slicker or parka, and when each one fails

Three coats, three jobs. Pick wrong and you'll spend the afternoon soaked in your own sweat instead of the rain.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Three straps and one watch will cover your whole year

Buy the right case size, check the lug width before anything else, and learn to change a strap without scratching the lugs.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buying your first drone without breaking the rules

Start under 249 grams, take the free test, and never run your firmware update in a parking lot.

GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

How to break in canvas work pants without wrecking them

New duck canvas fights you for about two weeks. Do this and it's over in five days, without shredding a pair you paid good money for.

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GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

Black tie, charity dinners and what the invitation means

Decode the line at the bottom of the card, then get the six details right that everyone in the room will notice.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Light first, then the mic, then the camera

Most people buy the webcam first. That's the wrong end of the problem, and you'll spend a few hundred dollars finding out.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Reproofing a waxed jacket without ruining it

A tin of dressing, a warm room and two hours of patience will get another decade out of a jacket most people replace far too early.

GuideCity StyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20265 min

How to stay sharp when the city hits thirty degrees

Heat doesn't just make you uncomfortable, it makes you slow and short-tempered. Shift your day and your kit before it does.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The pop-up with a phone number is always a scam

What to change on your parents' computer this weekend, what to say so they'll actually call you, and what to do in order if the money's already gone.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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Wearing a pearl snap without looking like you're in costume

City Style5 min

What to wear to an interview at a company with no dress code

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

The battery is a forty-minute job with a hair dryer and the right screwdriver. The screen is harder, and the reasons why are worth knowing first.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Country Style6 min read

What to wear to the fair, and what changes at the rodeo

Start with your feet, because you'll walk four miles on gravel and stand in a sheep barn. Everything else follows from that.

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