Marc Lyman 
Tools! Wood! Robots! Hardware! Saw blades! Waste management? Yes, those are just a few of the more enticing (and possibly disturbing) things reported to be on the show floor at AWFS – or the Association …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Electronics, iPhone Apps, Lighting, Videos
It’s July. Not exactly the time you want to rush out and buy your holiday lights. However, what we’re about to discuss is poised to change the way you think about holiday lighting. If you’ve …
Written by: Marc Lyman
There are few things that dominate the facade of homes more than their garage doors. According to Clopay, garage doors represent up to 40 percent of a home’s façade. That can either work for your …
Written by: Marc Lyman
If you’re young, carefree and don’t appreciate the value of your hearing, you might want to spend some time talking to (shouting at) a grandparent who’s hard of hearing. Or, better yet, talk to someone …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Every year an extremely exclusive, hand-selected, highly trained, ultra-elite, licensed to thrill group of media make an annual pilgrimage to a key tool media event – the Milwaukee Tool New Product Symposium. Somehow HomeFixated and …
Written by: Marc Lyman
One of my favorite parts of running HomeFixated is attending trade shows. I love running around from booth to booth learning about all the interesting tools and products on the market, generally from well-spoken, attractive …
Written by: Marc Lyman
One of my first tools was an early Bosch cordless drill. It was back in the days before “Max” had to follow every marketed voltage stat, and before serious power made it into the cordless …
Written by: Marc Lyman
DIY Discussion, How To, Resources
Deep in an undisclosed, carefully guarded third-world bunker, HomeFixated minions have been toiling away at a project so secret, only dozens of people knew it existed. Those that did know of this shadowy project were …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Every year, I travel with several hundred thousand of my closest media and trade friends to the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas. Since NHS isn’t open to the public, coverage from intrepid media outlets …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Accessories, DIY Discussion, Electronics
Several months ago we did a review of the Bosch L-Boxx 1A. We found it to be a very solid, versatile, transportable way to organize things around the shop. Unfortunately, once we put stuff in …
Written by: Marc Lyman