These crowfoot wrenches caught my eye as I was walking through the local Sears — at first I thought they were the same old tool in a new package, but a second look showed ‘em to be a new-to-me flare-nut version.  Attached to an extension, crowfoot wrenches have often helped me get to ou...

Sears Holdings chairman Eddie Lampert has unleashed a 15-page manifesto about the current economic meltdown, short-selling rules, civil liberties, and even offers a suggested reading list that includes free-market Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek. We were going to summarize this but, um, it's 15-p...

Sears Holdings Corp., which owns both Sears and K-Mart, reported that its profits fell 55% in the fourth-quarter. Bloomberg says part of Sears' losses are from the write down of its Orchard Supply Hardware unit. Net income declined to $190 million, or $1.55 a share, from $426 million, or $3.17, a ye...

Craftsman’s ratcheting bit wrench’ll help you get into a tight squeeze without losing your knuckles — it’s one of those tools that you’ll regret not having when you need it.  The last time I used  mine was for a job that required me to remove screws under the dash, a ...

  No, this isn't a hipster who has come to Williamsburg to upset the throne of Girl Talk (too fat for Wmsbrg). But this lad is coming to claim a throne alarmingly soon.   It's Jimmy Fallon, pictured above doing the "Sears catalog" pose. Hard to believe, but he'll be t...

The Craftsman Hand Impact Driver has helped me on numerous occasions to remove stuck screws and bolts. You just combine the 1/2″ driver with an impact socket or included screwdriver bit, then hit the end of the driver with a hammer to break lose the fastener.  I used mine for removing motorcy...

This is completely unlicensed t-shirt from Fuzzy Ink that features a LEGO minifig trying on different heads. It'll set you back $16 if you want one and comes in three color choices: gray. Which head would you wear? I'm leaning towards the one with the eyepatch or the hooker. Oh, now I can't decide. ...

The first month this Craftsman 1/4â€� driver adaptor was lying around the office, I treated it more or less like a bauble — fun to toss and play around with, but it didn’t see any action. That changed last week when I had cause to use it. It’s actually pretty handy. What you see is what yo...

If you really want to give a group of full-grown adults a hard time, give them a child’s toy. Often it’s the simple-looking puzzles that can be the biggest challenge, and this little wooden puzzle is a great deal harder to reassemble than it looks. However it’s easy to make one. We put tog...

Welcome to a brand new year. It is 2009 and almost everybody is hoping 2009 will be better than 2008.   Sadly many brands didn't live to see 2009.  Some of the casualties of 2008 include: Bombay Co., Aloha Airlines, Skybus, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Linens N' Things, Sharper...