How To: Optimize Firefox's performance to maximum efficiency
Learn how to streamline and optimize Firefox and improve its performance and efficiency with a few simple extensions and by adjusting your Firefox preferences.
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How To: Create an elegant Jessica Alba inspired loose updo
Letting your hair down is never a bad look, but sometimes the dependable choice turns into the dull one. Polish your hairstyle skills and your hair at the same time by watching this video on how to create a voluminous bun inspired by a look Jessica Alba recently wore to an event.
How To: Increase the efficiency of your Blackberry PDA with keyboard shortcuts
This tutorial shows you how to get the most out of your Blackberry PDA by demonstrating a few keyboard shortcuts you can use to create and send emails, navigate through documents, get the most out your spacebar, and switch between open applications!
How To: Prevent really wet clothes on a high efficiency washer
If you are pulling your clothes out of your high efficiency washer, and find they are soaking wet, you have a problem. There are a couple of easy ways to help fix this problem, before calling in a professional.
How To: Lay out your CityVille city for maximum efficiency
The best city in CityVille is one which maximizes your profit and production. This video shows you a few useful tips and strategies that you can use when laying out your new city for maximum efficiency and productivity. It's all about roads and decorations.
How To: Prevent oversudsing in your high efficiency washer
Bubbles may be fun to look at and play with in a bath or at a club, but too much of it in your washer is not a good sign. With high efficiency washers, if you're getting a "Sd" sign on your machine, you have a problem with oversudsing.
How To: Fix leaks from your high efficiency washer
If you have a high efficiency washer that is leaking, you have a problem that needs to be corrected quickly. Not taking care of any found leaks, can possibly lead to more damage for you washer and for your home.
How To: Rid of stains using a high efficiency washer
If you are always finding stains on your laundry after they've just been wash, there are easy to follow steps to prevent this from happening. Some of it because of what you are using and other times it's because of what you are not doing.
How To: Get rid of wrinkles in your high efficiency washer
If you are constantly getting wrinkled clothes when you take them out of the washer, you may need to make a couple of easy changes. These changes can be made by using different settings on the washer or by following the rules on your clothes' tag.
How To: Inspect a boiler in a home
This is a great instructional video on how to do inspect a boiler at home. A home inspection must include the boiler and heating system. What you need to look for are corrosion, pressure and blockages. When you buy or sell a house it is better to go in for a boiler inspection. The condition of a boiler depends on many factors. The age factor is also one of the reasons that cause the efficiency of the boiler decrease considerably. If there is some leakage in the pipes it might affect the press...
How To: Peel ginger without using a knife
Gourmet Magazine's food editor Lillian Chou introduces cooking enthusiasts to a little-known method to peeling a ginger. She addresses the problem of cooks taking too much of the ginger off with the skin when peeling with a knife. To reduce this wasteful practice and get dependable results every time, she encourages the use of a spoon! This simple tool can take the skin (and only the skin!) off ginger without any hassle. It also is apparently very good at getting the hard-to-peel spots on gin...
How To: Survive a bear attack
Learn how to deal with a black bear or grizzly encounter with Shannon Davis and Ted the Bear. Black bears are distinguished from brown bears by lack of a prominent shoulder hump; a Roman profile or sloping nose and forehead instead of a dished forehead; and shorter, thicker claws for climbing versus longer, more slender claws for digging. Although brown bears are generally bigger, size is not a dependable indicator. Also, fetal position is often recommended as opposed to lying prone as shown.
How To: Improve the efficiency of your air conditioner
Window and portable air conditioners use a lot of power to do their work. Make sure you're getting what you pay for by cleaning your air conditioner out periodically. The cleaning costs are negligible and can save you a lot of money. In this two-part tutorial series, you'll learn how to make your air conditioning units run as they should. Remember to be careful; air conditioners can be heavy. Get help if you need it and, of course, unplug the air conditioner before doing anything seen in this...
How To: Track text changes in Adobe InDesign CS5
Whether you're new to Adobe InDesign or a seasoned graphic arts professional after a general overview of CS5's most vital new features, you're sure to be well served by this official video tutorial from the folks at Adobe TV. In it, you'll learn how to collaborate with even greater efficiency using new Track Text Changes in InDesign CS5.
How To: Fake an AJAX-looking form using JQuery
This form will look like it's been written with AJAX, but the dirty little secret is that it's actually a JQuery script. The reason for doing it this way is greater efficiency in your program, and a little easier to work with.
How To: Do a slapdown ollie up a curb on a longboard
Longboards are known more for their efficiency of transport and thrilling downhill riding than for tricks. Silly Rabbit, tricks are for shortboards! Or not. This video will show you how to do a cool little longboard trick, a slapdown ollie onto a curb. It's pretty easy, and is a very cool way to arrive somewhere on your longboard.
How To: Use ten popular shortcuts for your Mac
Apple Macs are easy computers to learn how to use, and these ten tips will make your computer even easier to understand! These are shortcuts to help you bypass routine tasks, and once you master them, your productivity and efficiency will increase.
How To: Use Finis freestyler hand paddles to improve technique
While most paddles are multi-purpose, the Finis freestyler paddles, demonstrated in this how-to video, only work with, well, freestyle. While it's annoying to lug around that much equipment in your swim gear bag, unique equipment forces you to focus on one specific thing at a time. The Finis freestyler paddle is best used for improving freestyle stroke and efficiency. Watch this video swimming tutorial and learn how to train with Finis freestyler hand paddles.
How To: Have good golf posture with tips from David Leadbetter
Your posture affects the efficiency of your golf swing. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to fix your posture and improve your golf swing with tips from golf instructor David Leadbetter.
How To: Replace engine air filter in a 2002-2008 Dodge Ram truck
An important part of routine auto maintenance is replacing your engine's air filter. This video shows how to remove the old air filter and install a new one on a 2002-2008 Dodge Ram truck. A clean air filter improves your truck's fuel efficiency.
How To: Replace the CV shafts on an '04 Subaru Outback
The CV (constant velocity) shafts on your car allow the axel to transfer power to the wheels without an appreciable loss in efficiency. They are widespread in front and all-wheel drive cars. Watch this video to learn how to replace broken ones yourself.
How To: Make your own tutorial on your computer using CamStudio
Have all the other tutorials on this site inspired you to create your own? Here's a tutorial on creating a tutorial! CamStudio is a free software program you can use to record a tutorial directly off your computer. This video shows you where to download it, as well as helpful tips on adjusting the settings for maximum efficiency.
How To: Build and understand a rocket stove
Thinking about building a rocket stove? A rocket stove is simply made and accepts small-diameter fuel such as twigs or small branches, yielding high combustion efficiency and directing the resultant heat onto a small area. In this video learn how to make a rocket stove with the help of a few friends and items you can find in your own barn!
How To: Begin drawing a sculpted form
Use everything you know about drawing with perspective and line efficiency to draw a sculpted form. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to flesh out the map of a drawing into an almost mobile being. When drawing with this technique, line drawing becomes a way of carving a figure out of boxes.
How To: Build a four-way mobvator in Minecraft beta 1.6
The key to building a great Minecraft world is efficiency. This video will show you the most efficient way to kill mobs, a four-way mobvator that attracts mobs to spawning pads and elevates them to a killing mechanism so you can capture the loot. This is up to date for Minecraft beta 1.6.
How To: Set up your keybinding for World of Warcraft for tanking and PvP
This tutorial is great for anyone who wants some good ideas on how to set up the keybinding for your World of Warcraft character. It's always a good idea to cluster the keybindings around your dominant hand for maximum efficiency.
How To: Use Apptivate to create hot keys with OS X
Looking for another way to increase your app opening efficiency? Here's a little how-to video from lifehacker showing how to use an new little app called Apptivate. You can choose your app and assign whatever how-keys work for you. Check it out.
How To: Increase your productivity by mastering the hierarchy concept in CSS
This tutorial gives a beginning web designer a few useful strategies for improving efficiency and productivity when working with HTML and CSS. Hierarchy is one of these concepts, and the video also covers grouping elements, overriding groups and Document Oject Model.
How To: Use loops when writing a program in Python
This tutorial shows you the two basic types of loops in Python - While and For. Be careful that you don't accidentally write an infinite loop, but still be able to use them to increase the efficiency of your programs.
How To: Profile the execution time and memory usage of a web app in Google Chrome
In this brief, official guide from the Chromium team, we learn how to measure the execution time and memory usage of a web app with Google Chrome's built-in developer tools. For all of the details, and to get started profiling the efficiency of web apps for yourself, take a look.
How To: Disable disk compression on your desktop to increase Pro Tools' performance
Want to get better results when you run Pro Tools on your PC? This tutorial shows you the easy step of disabling disk compression and indexing, two steps you can use to get the maximum efficiency out of real time applications like Pro Tools.
How To: Customize the "Send To" right-click context menu in Windows XP or Vista
The "Send To" shortcut in the right-click context menu in Windows is a great tool for efficiency. But, it's picks the programs and folders for you to choose from when you want to send a file somewhere. You can customize this "Send To" context menu to include whatever you want. This video demonstrates adding Notepad to this feature, and this can be done on either Window Xp or Windows Vista.
How To: Stand-up paddle more efficiently on your board
Stand-up paddling is sort of a niche spinoff of surfing in which the rider stands up on their board and moves across flat water by paddling. This quick video from an expert in the field offers some tips for improving the efficiency of your stroke when stand-up paddling. You'll be able to paddle faster and longer without tiring. How could that not make stand-up paddling more enjoyable?
How To: Avoid detergent residue on your high efficiency washer
If you are finding white or colored marks on your clothes, it's more than likely going to be detergent residue. These unsightly stains can ruin your clothes and be a sign that something is wrong with your washer or with what you are using.
How To: Fix any noise issues with a high efficiency washer
If you have a really noisy washer, it's a sign that something needs to change. Not only can it be annoying, but it can cause further damage to your machine as well.
How To: Get rid of odors in your high efficiency washer
If you're experiencing stinky clothes right after they've just been washed, you have an easy to solve problem on your hand. There are a couple of easy to follow tips that should get rid of any stinky clothes that you or others may be wearing.
How To: Do a Naz graffiti gangsta and letters with Wizard
If you've ever heard of a little artist named Banksy, you know that street art has the unique power of combining whimsy with sociopolitical commentary, all done with mind-blowing efficiency.
How To: Improve your company's customer service
If you own your own business, no matter how efficient it is, you probably field complaints from customers. Dealing with these complaints, and using the information therein to improve your company, can be stressful and challenging. This video features a business expert outlining some simple advice for ways that you can improve the efficiency of you customer support process.
How To: Use SUMIFS and COUNTIFS in Microsoft Excel 2007
Are you looking for a way to make your Microsoft Excel formulas simpler, faster and more efficient? If so, you're in the right place. With this free video lesson from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 7th installment in his "Excel Formula Efficiency" series, you'll learn about the SUMIFS function and how it blows SUMPRODUCT away when it comes to calculation speed.
How To: Speed up Excel calculations with helper columns
Are you looking for a way to make your Microsoft Excel formulas simpler, faster and more efficient? If so, you're in the right place. With this free video lesson from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelsFun, the 7th installment in his "Excel Formula Efficiency" series, you'll learn how to count unique records with a formula with a helper column to speed up calculations.
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