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.
#2722: The Three Things That Keep Your Home from Falling Apart
Water, air, and filters — the trinity of home maintenance that saves you thousands.
#2718: Small Apartment Storage Without Going Minimalist
How to organize a small apartment without throwing everything out — using vertical space, zone storage, and the container concept.
#2599: The $200 Printer That Changed Everything
What $200 buys you for printing keycaps, cable housings, and small parts at home — with real material and environmental math.
#2597: Voice Control for Renters: $25 Per Room, No Wall Damage
Distributed voice control on a budget with wake words, centralized processing, and zero wall damage — perfect for rentals.
#2585: The Pristine Key Namespace Nobody Uses
How unused keyboard keys, custom firmware, and layered macros can transform your workflow.
#2365: Building a Custom Home Alarm Panel with ESP32
Discover how to build a tactile, local-control alarm panel for Home Assistant using ESP32, Omron buttons, and Zigbee sensors.
#2364: The $1000 Military Clock You Can Build for $30
Learn how to build a precise dual-timezone clock using an ESP32 microcontroller, LCD displays, and USB-C power.
#2330: Offloading Attention: The Case for Ambient Notifications
How USB lights and DIY setups are rethinking notifications to reduce screen overload and tap into your peripheral vision.
#2268: The Universal Power Cord's Quiet Masterpiece
A deep dive into the humble IEC power cable—the C13 and C14 connectors. We explore the history, physics, and surprising engineering that makes this...
#2238: What Jerusalem Actually Needs to Survive
Forget the faraday cages. Two hosts design a real emergency syllabus for a city that's lived through actual crises.
#2099: One Pi, Two Screens: The Isolation Playbook
Stop your dashboard and Kodi from fighting over the same screen. Here’s how to split one Pi into two reliable workspaces.
#1964: The Three Layers That Make AR Finally Work
See a 3D arrow pointing to the exact bolt you need, or read a street sign in real-time translation.
#1871: The Physics of a Lifeline: Signal Loss in a Bomb Shelter
Stranded in a bomb shelter with no signal? Here’s the engineering to get internet through two meters of concrete.
#1688: Systems Design for a Wartime Baby
Turn a tiny rented apartment into a safe exploration zone without drilling holes or losing your mind.
#1455: The 90-Second Sprint: Rethinking Home Defense
From the "90-second sprint" to the BRACED test, learn how to engineer your home and gear for 72 hours of total self-sufficiency.
#1071: Beyond the Kill Switch: Advanced Router VPN Routing
Stop breaking your smart home. Learn how to use domain-based split routing and WireGuard to gain surgical control over your network.
#826: The VESA Nightmare: Fixing Threads in a Sealed PSU
When monitor mount threads fall into a sealed power supply, DIY becomes a rescue mission. Learn how to fix blind holes without opening the case.
#825: Right to Repair Meets Snap-Fit Hell
Think unplugging a monitor makes it safe to open? Think again. Learn the professional secrets to prying cases and avoiding lethal shocks.
#792: The Framework Laptop: Modularity and the Right to Repair
Can laptops ever be as modular as desktops? Explore how Framework is fighting planned obsolescence with swappable parts and open designs.
#787: The Blooming Problem: Precision Gluing for Electronics
Stop ruining your hardware with cheap superglue. Discover the professional liquid adhesives and precision tools needed for tech repairs.