Marc Lyman 
As much as I love my extension ladder, the Sumo Stance from Little Giant, it’s still an awkward beast to store. Awkward storage is a reality for just about every extension ladder out there. In …
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Way back many moons ago, in 2009 to be exact, we reviewed the Bosch I-Drive articulating head drill driver. The PS10 saved my bacon during a DIY duct installing that had some very difficult to …
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The last few years I have made the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the National Hardware Show, and this year will be no exception. Every year, what seems like millions of media, executives, retailers …
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Last week, we talked about how to install a video surveillance system. In that marathon post, we mentioned that we weren’t too excited about installing bright, metallic silver cameras on every corner of our 1930’s …
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My first intro to the world of video surveillance came when, in a flurry of poor economic decision-making, I purchased a Toshiba network surveillance camera which I installed as part of my mission to keep …
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Johnson Level sent us their fastest growing level for a review. By “fastest growing”, I don’t necessarily mean market share. I’m talking literally here. Johnson has a new line of levels made out of bamboo …
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Several years ago we embarked on a fateful remodel project. It was a questionable use of resources, but now we have at least one section of our house that is less likely to instantly crumble …
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Architecture, Building Materials, How To
Often times in life, good things are born from seemingly bad situations. And so it goes for homeownership too. We recently had some roofing repairs done to our Spanish tile roof. When the roofers began …
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Benchmade, Gear, Knives, Safety, Tools
It’s not often I’m waiting for an accident to happen. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I was hoping someone would get into a car accident. I just wanted to be there when it …
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DIY Discussion, Green, Restoration
If you’re a homeowner or just a human being in the United States, there’s a very good chance you’ve got a bunch of – how do I put this delicately – CRAP, that you really …
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