We’re HomeFixated, so it’s fitting one of our newest advertisers is eReplacementParts.com, a real instigator of fixing things. We’re excited! No, not just because they are paying us to be excited (although that doesn’t dampen our enthusiasm). We’re excited because eReplacementParts.com represents a trend we’ve been noticing in recent years. That trend is in fixing stuff, rather than throwing it away. And many people are doing these fixes themselves. DIY, fixing, power tools. It just doesn’t get much more Home Fixated! [click to continue…]
Working on projects around the house? There’s an app for that.
Need to check the level on a plane of wood? There’s an app for that.
Like any excuse to whip out your iPhone? There’s an app for that.
Mentioned by both CNN and Tribune Media as a top app from 2009 is the iHandy Carpenter App. [click to continue…]
We imagine when they developed the I.D. Wood iPhone application – an index of wood samples and information – there were a few name ideas that went straight into the FAIL folder. Our minds went straight for:
- Pocket Wood
- Little Woody
- Mr. Wood
- Wood Hunt
- miWood
(If you wonder why they’re fails, enter them in Google images and turn the Safe Search feature off – at your own risk.)
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Admittedly, I’m not sure how often you would use the DIY Concrete iPhone app, but who knows – maybe you find you have a thing for concrete and just can’t stop yourself. It starts with a driveway, then you do a walkway, and before you know it, you’re that crazy guy with the cement backyard.
Or maybe you just have the one project and like having an app to help you – just because. At $0.99, you can afford it.
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