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1. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Will Egensteiner

   We Tried This Viral Lawn-Mowing Efficiency Game. Its ‘Optimal’ Route Isn’t the Best Way to Cut Grass. (opens the original)

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   By now, you might have seen (or your algorithm might have fed you) the part story, part lawn mowing simulation game published by The Pudding and Citizen Codex. Titled “Why Some People Mow a Lawn Better Than Others,” it tasks you with mowing an 8-by-8 area and then scores you on your efficiency, judged by how many times you did—or didn’t—cross your previous route. Lawn mowing is something we do a lot of here, so we were intrigued. A bunch of our staffers tried their hands at the game. Here are ou

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2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Will Egensteiner

   Ryobi’s 18-Volt One+ Expand-It String Trimmer Surprised Me With Its Power, but Not Its Versatility (opens the original)

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   I’m convinced that tools that do it all only exist in marketing brainstorming meetings. Any product that has too much or too varied capability is often so watered down by its own striving for versatility that it’s not much good at any one of the things its manufacturer claims it can do. So I’ll admit I went into my testing of Ryobi’s 18-Volt One+ 15-inch string trimmer kit (part of the brand’s Expand-It system that lets you swap on different heads such as a hedge trimmer, a lawn edger, even an e

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