Tools Let’s Play Name That Object in India! Two men sit in a Delhi shop with shiny metal cylinders stacked from floor to ceiling. When I first saw this picture, I couldn’t figure out what they were—not motors,… January 28, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers iFixit Answers Repair Guru Mayer Hits 100K Reputation Points Richard Mayer has been answering people’s repair questions on iFixit Answers, our repair question & answer forum, for just over two years now. Answers has a reputation system, designed to… January 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers Tim Hunkin, Engineer Cartoonist Jeff Stephens is an inventory specialist at iFixit. He posted earlier this week about Museum Wax. On the early ‘90s Discovery Channel show The Secret Life of Machines, an enthusiastic man… January 27, 2012 by Jeff Stephens
Recycling More Proof You Shouldn’t Blindly Trust Your e-Waste Recycler As a follow-up to my recent post about e-waste recycling certification, I thought I’d share a story about a “recycler” caught in the act of illegally shipping used electronics to… January 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Sprint Promises Improved Repairability, But Green Standards Fall Short Sprint recently announced a new set of criteria for their environmental scorecard, used to evaluate phones they sell. “Improved repairability” is on the list, in addition to green packaging requirements. January 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
E-Waste This E-Waste Infographic Raises More Questions than It Answers How much e-waste is there, anyway? How reliable is the available data? And why is it important to find out? This infographic, from Good & Column Five, is compelling, and… January 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Roadside Speaker Repair Among a sea of motorcycles and shoppers on Hardhyan Singh Road in New Delhi, four men stand over a broken Sonilex MP3 dock. January 25, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Hold On, Museum Wax Is On the Job Jeff Stephens is an inventory specialist at iFixit, and he worked for six years as a supervisor of installations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has installed… January 25, 2012 by Jeff Stephens
Repair Stories Rickshaw Repair in Dheli At a bicycle and rickshaw repair and sales shop in Delhi, a man with lightning fast hands puts spokes on a new wheel. January 24, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Liz Screws Up (But the MacBook Upgrade Happened Anyway) Here at iFixit, we make new people work on their stuff. I’m Elizabeth, and I’m new. A couple of years ago, Mitra wrote on the iFixit.com blog about her success replacing… January 24, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
