My wife upgraded to an iPod Touch over the weekend. I inherited her 1st-gen Nano. And my daughter inherited my trusty old 128 MB iRiver 180T. And life was good for a time. But then she came to me in tears because she’d dropped it. The battery door, flimsy to begin with on this model, [...]

I’m three for three on major appliance, electronics, and automotive repairs and probably saved around $1,500 in the last couple of weeks thanks to the internet and the generosity of people sharing what they know. So here I am sharing it back. What follows is a complete how-to for replacing the high voltage block (HVB) [...]

My son’s Spider-Man lunch box finally died after nearly four months of continuous, valiant service. It was recycled with honors while Taps played, gently. He’s been brown-bagging it since then and as I’m the designated lunch builder I’ve taken it upon myself to draw a fun design on each one along with his name while [...]

We printed out a bunch of these and started using them this week. Blue for the boy and pink for the girl. So far they’ve taken to them and they’ve already realized they can pool their resources to make them last longer. We’ll see how things go. I’m anticipating they’ll have to start rationing around [...]

These are the coolest paper-crafty-doll-monster things I’ve ever seen. The kids are going to love making these (and so am I)! [via Lifehacker]

We, the lovely and talented wife an I, just finished a full bathroom tiling job. The previous owners had carpeted part of the bathroom and a recent toilet mishap (2 kids + toilet = time bomb) marked the end of that carpet’s life. We decided to do it ourselves. It’s something I’ve wanted to learn [...]