There’s a time in every man’s life when he has to install a new swing-away trailer jack. That time for me was now. I’ve been…
By Marty
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This little project came out of necessity. Isn’t that where most great ideas come from? It’s either necessity or beer, I can’t recall. Anyway, I…
By Pete
I don’t recommend any of you actually try this. I know that’s something that’s usually fine print, but in this case I made it headline…
By Pete
Assembling the Mongoose Mutant 16″ Boys Freestyle Bike to be exact. The kids went from swaddled little burritos to training wheels…awfully fast. Today my son…
By Marty
I think this post is not so much a “how-to” but more of a “how-not-to”. You see, I have too many projects. I don’t really…
By Marty
For as long as I can remember we’ve been stepping around the issue. The issue being the soft spot in the kitchen floor in front…
By Pete
A little over a year ago I was given some lockers…school lockers…that were used for employee storage at the agency I worked at. They were…
By Marty
With four kids, 3 vehicles and what seems like endless projects on the house and general fix-em’s, I need any help I can get. With…
By Marty
Yup, another post about Sugru. Well, it’s worthy of at least ten more posts. And we’re not compensated for this, we’re just in Sugru love.…
By Marty
My mom was green before it was cool. She and my dad have all kinds of little hacks and upcycles around their house that I’m…
By Pete
My little Julia got me an AlumaWallet for Father’s Day. It was super cute. Of course it was because she was susceptible to the infomercial…
By Pete
Did someone at your work or home get a little aggressive ripping paper towels off the mounted holder above the sink? Same here. But fear…
By Pete
A while back my oldest son wanted a pet and we decided that he was ready for the responsibility (or at least learn about the…
By Marty
Last Saturday I was trying to decide whether I’d wash the cars or mow the lawn. Well, with rain for like 5 days straight, the…
By Marty
My beautiful wife, Star, asked me the other day where all of the small spoons were. “Are there some in the dishwasher, because the drawer…
By Marty
You don’t have Skycraft, but you wish you did. Do you need a toggle switch with one of those red safety covers like they use…
By Marty
If you have a home with older windows and the glazing is crumbling and falling out, or you can hear the windows rattling, or if…
By Pete
If you’re building your own deck you’ll find there are a ton of ways to fasten down the decking. You can go high-end and use…
By Pete
It’s no secret that sugru is probably my favorite little gadget-y, tech-y, cool “thing”. sugru is like modeling clay when you take it from its…
By Pete
Maybe the door knob popped a hole in the wall. Maybe one of your friends had too much scotch at the weekly poker game and…
By Pete
We all dream of a lush, green lawn… a lawn with those cool, alternating, diagonal lines like a baseball field… a lawn that is manicured…
By Pete
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