DIY and Home Improvement
Hands-on work on the home: repairs, renovation, installing fixtures, tools, workshop technique and materials. Tech DIY (home labs, PC builds, electronics) stays in Computing. An extra channel alongside an episode's main one.
#3932: How Pro Movers Carry 4 Boxes at Once Without Injury
The biomechanics, equipment engineering, and psychology behind safer DIY moving.
#3924: Can You Make a Hi-Vis Vest for a One-Year-Old?
A dad with a toy forklift discovers why ANSI safety standards make toddler hi-vis vests mathematically impossible.
#3913: Sidewalk Moving Gear: Daisy Chains & Social Engineering
Moving 1-3 miles? Skip the truck. Use daisy-chained dollies, high-vis vests, and smart signage.
#3895: Hand Truck Hack: Strapping & Platform Mods for Euroboxes
Secure a 4-box Eurobox stack on a hand truck with proper ratchet straps and a custom 40x60cm platform.
#3891: How a 128-Year-Old Vision Put Me in a Drop Ceiling
How Max Nordau's 1898 "muscle Judaism" speech explains why Israelis fix everything themselves.
#3885: The Moving Trolley That Ran Away
When your loaded trolley rolls off on a slope, wheel locks aren't a nice-to-have — they're a necessity.
#3882: Fiber vs Ethernet from Your ONT
What to run from your ONT — Ethernet, fiber, or both? A practical breakdown of the two topologies.
#3877: The Real Workbench Problem: Modular vs. IKEA for Electronics
From IKEA hacks to industrial Lista systems — what actually works for electronics workbenches in small apartments?
#3869: How a Bendy Stick Transmits Torque
The surprising engineering inside flexible screwdriver extensions and how they transmit torque around obstacles.
#3868: Why Your Super Glue Fails (And How a Dremel Fixes It)
A rotary tool isn't just for engraving. Discover how surface prep turns failed glue joints into permanent fixes.
#3867: Drill, Impact Driver, or Hammer Drill? The Real Difference
Most people buy the wrong drill. Here's how to match the tool, bit, and material so you don't ruin your project.
#3865: The Spudger Problem: Thin vs Strong
Why pry tools bend and what materials science says about the perfect spudger.
#3864: How to ID Mystery Metal Before You Drill
A practical workflow for identifying unknown metals before you engrave, drill, or grind them at home.
#3863: Mohs Scale to Dremel Bits: What to Buy First
From Friedrich Mohs to your Dremel: what hardness means for engraving wood, metal, glass, and stone.
#3858: Why We Carve: 75,000 Years of Marking What Matters
From a Dremel in Jerusalem to 75,000-year-old cave engravings — the ancient impulse to make a permanent mark.
#3841: Building the Ultimate DIY Moving Fleet
What happens when a millionaire decides to move apartments with a spider crane, robotic stair climber, and electric pallet jack?
#3821: The Blue Plug That Runs the World
Everything you never knew about the industrial plug hiding in plain sight on every construction site and festival stage.
#3818: Three Fixes for Loose Europlugs in Israeli Sockets
Stop wrestling with loose power tool plugs. Three cheap, practical fixes for the Europlug-to-Israeli-socket mismatch.
#3815: Should You Rack-Mount Your Desktop PC?
Tower form factor fighting you? We explore when and how to rack-mount a desktop for better serviceability and cooling.
#3794: The Screw That Beat Me for Two Hours
Why that M4 screw stripped — and the one tool that actually saves you.