Repair Stories Confessions from the Classroom: What I Learned About Students I’m a technical writer, a solar physicist, a masseuse. But I never thought I’d be a teacher until I came to iFixit. I direct iFixit’s technical writing service learning project.… August 27, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Repair Stories Repair to the Rescue: An iPhone 3GS Screen Repair Nine-year-old Whitney has a rare genetic disorder, 1p36 deletion syndrome, which makes hearing and speaking difficult. She relies on her iPhone 3GS to communicate both at home and at school.… August 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories The Amazing Break: Cats Hate Your Computers The internet has long been a fan of cats. What's not to love? Adorable little fluffballs. Just picture it: you find a cat sitting on a computer, snuggling in between… July 12, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories Fix Things, Never Force It: Repair Lessons From Grandpa My grandfather was a man of action. Decades after serving as a aircraft carrier in World War II—when time and exertion had weathered his body—Grandpa still spent his life making… June 15, 2013 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Repair Stories The Great Jugaad Debate One of the best examples of adaptation and creative repair is jugaad. The term refers to the process of engineering or repairing through frugal means. For fans of the jugaad… June 11, 2013 by
Repair Stories Hoarder; Or, the Modern MacGyver I guess you could my Dad something of a modern MacGyver: He has never made a rocket-powered harpoon gun out of toilet paper and gum wrappers, but he does know… May 31, 2013 by Sam Goldheart - iFixit
Repair Stories The Amazing Break: Military Files As part of iFixit's Community Survey, we collected some amazing stories about how you use, break, and fix your stuff. The stories were too good not to share. So, we… May 24, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories The Amazing Break: Flaming Johns and Wayward Wheels Recently, we asked the iFixit community to take a survey. We already knew our community was resourceful, opinionated, fiercely independent, and probably good looking. But we wanted more: We wanted… May 9, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories iFixit Community Survey: The Results Are In Repair happens every day, in every corner of the world. It creates jobs, it keeps stuff out of the landfills, and it extends the usable life of the things we… May 1, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories Repair is a Legacy I grew up in a D.I.Y. home. My mother is an amazing seamstress and cook. My father is the handyman. As a kid, I didn’t exactly enjoy spending the weekends… April 17, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit