Flipping through The Manual: Classy kicks for summer, dry bags, BBQ accessories

By Digital Trends Staff Published June 20, 2017

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.

Grainwell makes customized woodworking a breeze

Grainwell makes customized woodworking a breeze — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Started by three sisters from Kentucky, Grainwell specializes in customized woodworking which is perfect as a unique gift or beautiful piece of home decor.

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Micro Guide: Provincetown

Micro Guide: Provincetown — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Here are just a handful of ways to spend the weekend in Massachusetts’ most iconic seaside getaway: Provincetown.

Filson’s Dry Bags: Stylish, rugged, and ready

Filson's Dry Bags: Stylish, rugged, and ready — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Outdoor adventures just got easier with Filson’s Dry Bags. No need to worry about water or sand.

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The Manual Wind: Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date

The Manual Wind: Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Forget about elaborate limited editions. Bell & Ross has finally come out with a new true classic in both size and design in its latest piece; The Bell & Ross BR 03-96 Grande Date and BR 03-96 Golden Heritage.

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5 useful BBQ accessories to help you prepare for July 4th

5 useful BBQ accessories to help you prepare for July 4th — Image used with permission by copyright holder

For your reading (and grilling) pleasure, we would like to present a few of our favorite BBQ accessories for this July 4th and beyond.

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On Your Feet: J. Crew and New Balance celebrate the dog days of summer

On Your Feet: J. Crew and New Balance celebrate the dog days of summer — Image used with permission by copyright holder

With dark brown and blue suede over off-white nylon, the New Balance Hilltop Blues 998s from J. Crew are the perfect summer sneaker with a touch of class.

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Hackers were caught hiding password-stealing tricks in people’s physical mail

QR Code scam alert.

Just when you thought you heard it all about hackers stealing passwords, something like this comes up. Hackers have been observed using snail mail, sent from a seemingly reputable source and then pushing recipients to download an app, to try and steal sensitive information.

As reported by The Register, victims received a letter from the "Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology in Switzerland," and inside was a physical piece of paper, pressuring them to use the QR code to download an app called "Severe Weather Warning App" for Android. However, once they scan the QR code, it takes them to a third-party site instead of the official Google Play Store. Switzerland's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has already warned about the almost identical-looking app that contains the malware Coper, also known as Octo2.

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Nvidia may keep producing one RTX 40 GPU, and it’s not the one we want

The Alienware m16 R2 on a white desk.

The last few weeks brought us a slew of rumors about Nvidia potentially sunsetting most of the RTX 40-series graphics cards. However, a new update reveals that one GPU might remain in production long after other GPUs are no longer being produced. Unfortunately, it's a GPU that would struggle to rank among Nvidia's best graphics cards. I'm talking about the RTX 4050 -- a card that only appears in laptops.

The scoop comes from a leaker on Weibo and was first spotted by Wccftech. The leaker states that the RTX 4050 is "the only 40-series laptop GPU that Nvidia will continue to supply" after the highly anticipated launch of the RTX 50-series. Unsurprisingly, the tipster also reveals that the fact that both the RTX 4050 and the RTX 5050 will be readily available at the same time will also impact the pricing of the next-gen card.

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The Windows 11 24H2 update is causing even more problems

The Windows 11 24H2 update had already been giving users a real headache with problems such as bugs for visual layouts and flaws for certain wallpaper apps. And now, as Microsoft confirms in a support document, some people without administrative privileges can't change the time zone in the Date & Time view, among myriad other issues related to the important Windows 11 update.

A Feedback Hub post also reports a time issue after exiting Sleep Mode, specifically after about one out of every five overnight sleep cycles. There is also a report that the time is not syncing correctly following daylight saving time. Put differently, the update doesn't break the time zone, but only affects the toggle or makes it very difficult to modify it.