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Flipping through The Manual: Cooking with beer, classy cast iron, a Happier Camper

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.

Trekking: The HC1 brings the retro vibes to the road

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Dedicated motorhomes might be overrated, but the Happier Camper HC1 is anything but. The towable camper brings retro flair to a modern, modular design, one that allows you to convert a five-person sleeping quarters to a mini toy hauler in minutes.

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Swill: Rogue just released a chipotle flavored whiskey

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I’m trying really hard not to get my hopes up because Rogue has had a few less-than-stellar experimental creations in the past few years, but I have a feeling that this one is going to be a home run.

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Feast Portland

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Feast Portland: One of the greatest up-and-coming food festivals in the nation – is using its prestige to end hunger.

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Drink your beer and eat it too: An introduction to cooking with beer

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We love beer so much that it’s not enough to simply drink it; we have to eat it, too. That’s why we’ve put together this introduction on how to cook with beer.

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AETHER Apparel launches Pre-Fall collection

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Each piece’s technical design and clean, straightforward aesthetic allow for optimum functionality whether that be on your way to work or on your way up a mountainside for a weekend of camping.

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Cook on this: The Iwachu cast iron omelette pan

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The all-purpose Iwachu Cast Iron Omelette Pan, which can be used for more than just making omelettes, is designed and painstakingly handcrafted in the traditional nambu tekki style in Morioka, Japan

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Apple has played a relatively slow innovation game when it comes to display upgrades on its phones. The company took its own sweet time embracing OLED screens, then did the same with getting rid of the ugly notch, and still has a lot of ground to cover at adopting high refresh rate panels.

The status could finally change next year. According to Korea-based ET News, which cites an industry source, Apple will fit an LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) screen across the entire iPhone 17 series, including the rumored slim version and the entry-point model.

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But they may relish even more not having to make many recharging stops along the way as their EV soaks up the bountiful energy coming straight from the sun.

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Ford ships new NACS adapters to EV customers
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Thanks to a Tesla-provided adapter, owners of Ford electric vehicles were among the first non-Tesla drivers to get access to the SuperCharger network in the U.S.

Yet, amid slowing supply from Tesla, Ford is now turning to Lectron, an EV accessories supplier, to provide these North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapters, according to InsideEVs.

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