There I Fixed It: A blog about hacking, poorly.

posted Oct 6th 2009 7:00am by
filed under: home hacks, misc hacks

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Thereifixedit.com is a site filled with dubious innovations. Some of them are cool, some of them are clever, and most of them are terrifying. Anyone who has ever stood in front of a broken household appliance with a roll of duct tape, one screw driver with a bit chipped off the flat part, and determination will laugh themselves silly browsing through this site. Maybe some of the ghetto hacks we covered before should be in this list.

[Thanks for the link Dad]



24 Responses to There I Fixed It: A blog about hacking, poorly.

  • monkeyslayer56 says:
    October 6, 2009 at 7:17 am

    lol funny

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  • sean says:
    October 6, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Best use yet for stock iPod earbuds?

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  • ClutchDude says:
    October 6, 2009 at 7:39 am

    That site is hilarious.

    I must say I’m guilty of one or two of them.

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  • Fallen says:
    October 6, 2009 at 7:42 am

    Taking stabs at other hacking sites now?

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  • rbjacobs says:
    October 6, 2009 at 7:56 am

    Oh my god, I actually did this;

    http://thereifixedit.com/2009/10/03/emergency-battery-is-go/

    *facepalm*

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  • shibathedog says:
    October 6, 2009 at 9:05 am

    “Ghetto Hacks” used to be my favorite part of this website, it’s why I started reading it years ago, You posted about stuff you could build with just things you had lying around. Sadly there are almost no posts like this anymore, they all require expensive hardware/kits/etc.

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  • NativeCodr says:
    October 6, 2009 at 9:09 am

    smacking electronics around is a past time of mine; it is the ‘american’ way, after all

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  • rob says:
    October 6, 2009 at 9:42 am

    in this guy’s defense, if those are headphones that came with a PSP, that is about all they are good for.

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  • sly says:
    October 6, 2009 at 10:00 am

    those look like iPod shuffle headphones… again… that’s about all they’re good for. Good show!

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  • sly says:
    October 6, 2009 at 10:08 am

    ok… gotta give up props for this one

    http://thereifixedit.com/2009/09/29/epic-kludge-photo-call-of-the-open-road-doesnt-discriminate/

    now we just need the build up pics

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  • ejonesss says:
    October 6, 2009 at 11:23 am

    i guess ipod earphones will work but as soon as the pipe gets hot it melts the wire coating and the very thin hairline strand of wire inside will break and the pipe will drop.

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  • Doom2099 says:
    October 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    Funny web site but it’s very true, everybody getto hacks. getto hacks = 5 second solutions
    ———————————-
    @ejonesss
    Once i used a old cat5 cable for the same muffler problem. It lasted till bought the actual part.

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  • Subbota says:
    October 6, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Oh that brings back memories. I forget what I finally used to tie up the exhaust of my old 75 Impala, but I’m sure it was something that makes the earbuds look professional.

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  • Kris says:
    October 6, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    I recently used a coat hanger wrapped around the bolts for the heat shroud to hold a broken pipe up. It was still loud but at least it didn’t drag on the ground before I could get it welded properly.

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  • zero says:
    October 6, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    exhaust on my truck rusted in half just before the muffler, fixed it with a bean can and hose clamps.

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  • Borgar says:
    October 6, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    been sitting here laughing for almost an hour.

    i just found a girl with a ziptie i her hair,
    funny thing being that i have zipties in my hair right now(used two as they are a bit short)

    we are currently fixing up our house with the help of our quick witted neighbor, so i’ll need to keep my camera at hand and upload some..

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  • maddoc666 says:
    October 6, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Funny thing is that as i was reading “Anyone who has ever stood in front of a broken household appliance with a roll of duct tape, one screw driver with a bit chipped off the flat part” I realised that was me. :)

    I have a flat head screw driver in front of me right now on my computer desk (Used for a PS2, don’t ask :)) And ma missus said… Hey, that’s you, lol.

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  • Hirudinea says:
    October 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    I don’t see whats so funny, everything I do looks like this.

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  • bjonnh says:
    October 7, 2009 at 12:30 am

    I love this one :

    http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/jasonk-nosiphoninghere.jpg?w=500&h=436

    That’s a clean neat-looking useful hack !

    :p

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  • v.dog says:
    October 7, 2009 at 2:59 am

    This one scares me the most:
    http://thereifixedit.com/2009/07/23/epic-kludge-photo-amateur-conversion/

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  • t3rcio says:
    October 7, 2009 at 4:44 am

    This – http://thereifixedit.com/2009/10/06/thanks-giving-tree/ – is the better! :-D

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  • Frogz says:
    October 8, 2009 at 1:32 am

    love the site
    still havnt posted my link on google books for nearly every issue of popular science for free though :(

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  • gilbert wham says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:57 am

    This is what my *entire life* is like…

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  • Serna says:
    April 3, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    If you could live forever, would you want to?

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