How To: Make a Dandelion Lamp Using LEDs, Optical Fibers, and Straws
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How To: Remove and Install a Front Bumper Cover on a 1999-2004 Honda Odyssey
This quick auto repair video will go through the steps necessary to remove your old front bumper cover, as well as install a new one, on a 1999-04 Honda Odyssey mini van.
How To: 11 Cool Ways to Reuse Old Jeans
Do you have a bunch of old jeans that no longer fit you or are too outdated to wear in public? If you are handy with a sewing machine, the possibilities for upcycling your jeans into something crafty are endless. You can update your old denims into a jean tote bag, yoga mat bag, quilt, or a super-handy utility belt (or mini-apron).
How To: 18 Awesome Ways to Reuse Old Pantyhose
The annoying thing about pantyhose? They snag and tear very easily. The amazing thing about pantyhose? They have about a gazillion practical uses even if you can no longer wear them.
News: How to Turn an Old TV into a Sweet Fish Tank!
Check out this how to article that shows you how to turn that old TV sitting in your basement into an awesome custom fish tank! How to Convert an Old TV Into a Fish Tank: 13 steps.
News: The Fastest Text Messengers in the World
This past Friday, LG held their annual Mobile World Cup (re: publicity stunt), a speed-texting competition. Two Korean teenagers were named fastest and most accurate texters, raking in $100,000 in championship money. America came in second, with a $20,000 cash prize.
News: Remarkable Trompe-l'œil Turns Artist into Enemy of State
35-year-old artist from Shandong, China, Liu Bolin, has created a series of photographs entitled "Camouflage". No trick photography employed, no photoshop alterations. Every effect was created by anal, fastidious painting and the exact alignment of subject to background.
News: Rug Burn the Family Jewels on 8 Wheels
A Guinness World Record has been set by nine-year-old student Rohan Ajit Kokane, from Belgaum in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka.
News: Old T-Shirts Reincarnated as Underwear
Logan of Supernaturale has posted instructions how to make a pair of homemade undies out of your favorite old tees.
News: Chinese Dropout Builds Submarine
Amateur Chinese inventor, Tao Xiangli, has built his own homemade submarine. Drawing inspiration from the James Bond and Terminator movies, Xiangli's tinkering is quite impressive, considering his education came to a halt at the fifth grade.
News: Perform an awesome white boy Body Wave
Think white kids can't dance? Meet Jeff. This 17 year old from New Jersey can move.
News: Hack a CRT into a lightning ball
NK5 is a genuine wizard with an old monitor. He's hacked together everything from an electric kitty fence to a Halloween hologram using the guts of an old CRT.
News: Perform the Balducci levitation
A 15 year old named Brandon reveals one of the great magic tricks of all time for Viewdo. If you try this on a friend who does not know this trick...you will be a GOD. The kid is good. He "sells" it too.
News: Partner frog hop with a jump rope
Joyous. Amazing This is not the funky double dutch variety you see in Harlem. This podcast tutorial is...rather white.
How To: Dress the postpartum body
This fashion how to video has great tips on how to dress the post-partum body. If you just had a baby, you'll notice that your old clothes just don't quite fit. Get some great fashion tips on how to disguise those troubled areas after pregnancy to make your feel better.
How To: make curtains open with a measuring tape
This video is very clever, if a bit Rube Goldberg. It is the kind of thing that would be entirely charming if executed by an 8 year old boy.
How To: make Pancakes - the stop motion way
This guy from the east coast of Scotland has successfully mated the classic procedural tutorial with stop motion film making. 25 years old. Composed the music to boot. None of the visual techniques are new. But that does not make the video any less satisfying.
News: What a Dirty Old Man!
Johnny is Irvin Zisman for this one, so let's call him Irvin ;) there will be Spike Jonze too, but he will be dressed as "Gloria", the old lady. They are husband and wife in this one.Irvin goes inside a toilet, in a restaurant or something like that, with Gloria. Irvin, after 15 seconds, begins to pant, making vocal sounds like when having sex, and he goes on doing this for a minute or less, and then he stops after a "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!". Gloria and Irvin get out of the toilet : Gloria is clea...
How To: Repair vinyl siding with This Old House
In this video from This Old House, you'll learn how to repair vinyl siding with General Contractor Tom Silva
How To: Build a tree swing
This video tutorials teaches you how to make an old-fashioned rope swing! Build a tree swing.
How To: Walkthrough the video game LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on the Xbox 360
LEGO and Harry Potter unite in this extensive video game called LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. Each year corresponds to the years in J. K. Rowling's wizardry series, so this is like four games in one! This 80-part series will take you through the complete gameplay of LEGO Harry Potter for the Xbox 360, but it's also available for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, PSP and Windows. For more information on this walkthrough, visit Mahalo.
How To: Treat a choking person [signed] (British Red Cross)
Everyone should know how to perform basic first aid, especially for choking victims. This video will help deaf people and those with hearing impairment learn how to deal with choking, using sign language. Choking is serious life-threatening problem that need immediate attention. It could result in such problems as hypoxia or even death.
News: Thankful for My Son, Micah
11 weeks old.
How To: Getting the New iPhone 4S? Here's How to Sell or Trade In Your Old One
It may not be the iPhone 5, but there are definitely some impressive things about the new iPhone 4S that Apple unveiled yesterday during its "Let's talk iPhone" event. It's faster in every way, has a better camera, has iOS 5 pre-installed, and comes equipped with Siri, the voice control app that was once available on its own before Apple purchased the rights.
News: Mother Goes to Jail for Starving Her Baby (While Playing Scrabble)
This isn't your ordinary Scrabble fiend, but relax... Scrabble was not the reason behind the death of this Pennsylvania woman's baby. But nonetheless, it's a horrible story of parents who'd rather neglect their own flesh and blood, rather than their pets.
News: Old Brighton Pier (UK)
Taken with Hipstamatic Lens: Salvador 84
Smartphone Challenge: Old Ford
taken with my Hipstamatic in Solvang, California
How To: Get Rid of All that Space Junk
How about a laser? One that is strong enough to nudge debris out of earth orbit. That's what NASA contractor James Mason wants to do, and his lab simulations suggest that the idea is possible. Mason wants to use a 5kW ground-based laser and a ground-based 1.5 meter telescope to spot potentially hazardous space waste and shove it off, by about 200 meters per day of lasering. It's kind-of like air traffic control for near earth orbit.
News: The 130 MPH Dining Room Table
Just the other day, we featured Perry Watkins' "Wind Up" mini car, plus his extreme lowrider, the "Flatmobile". Both impressive.
News: Cheap Ass Videocameras and Citizen Journalism
The idea that you could buy a cellphone sized video camera that shoots 720p for a hundred bucks would literally seem like nonsense to me five or six years ago, as I sat trying to get a shot worth looking at out of my old Sony pd150. They're here, though, the Flips and iPhones and Kodaks and whatever else and while most of their impact can be measured in the increased frequency of Bieber-tribute videos hitting youtube, having a $100 hd camera also puts me in a mind to go - me a regular old idi...
News: 80's Skate Zine Archive
Old 80's & 90's skate zines via Skate and Annoy.
News: Piss’d Off Pete, the $100K Super Hot-Rod Hauler
After 3,000 man hours and $100 grand spent, 49-year-old Randy Grubb of rural Oregon turned this old junker long-haul truck...
News: "Rat Tales" by the old surfer man Baretta
Available at on the Brass Tacks Press website: www.lifeasapoet.com
How To: Change an RV electric plug
Many of us often faces the electric problem and one of them is power plug problem. When it goes down you need to change it.
How To: Turn old jeans into a figure flattering pencil skirt
We all know we should dress for our body type, and that there are different cuts and fits of clothing specifically tailored to enhance our shapes, but there exists one universally flattering piece of clothing out there that we believe flatters all: the pencil skirt.
How To: Clean clad coins with a tumbler
Ever wondered how to clean those dust clad coin? It is hard to clean the coins all at a time. This how-to-do video gives an easy way to clean those stubborn clad on the coins. An old tumbler would accommodate this task. An old tumbler can be bought from eBay. The tumbler consists of two tumbling barrels connected to a small motor. The tumbling barrels are connected to a motor through a rubber belt. Fill the tumbling barrels with water and tumbling medium. Add Gravel or Pebbles from aquarium, ...
How To: Turn an old door into a desk
Danny Lipford and Allen Lyle demonstrate how to turn an old door into a desk. First, remove the door hinges. Then, fill the biggest part of the voided hardware holes with wood and seal them with bonding adhesive. Don't leave too much excess bonding adhesive on the door or else you'll have to sand it off once it's dried. You may need at least two coats of bonding adhesive to get the surface level. Cut wood for the sides of the desk and then run them over a router. Sand down the door and the ne...
How To: Install a toilet for your home
To install the new toilet you will need a putty knife, hacksaw, tape measure, adjustable wrench, level, sponge, and replacement wax seal. Before you begin removing the old toilet, turn off and disconnect the water supply to the toilet. Then flush the toilet to get the water out of it. Use a sponge to remove any remaining water in the bowl or tank.
How To: Replace a GFI outlet & how it works
GFI stands for Ground Fault Interrupter and is used in areas that have water. The first thing you should do before replacing anything electrical is shut off the power in the area you are working. When you remove the old outlet, you will notice a series of wires going into the bottom of the outlet and a series of wires coming out of the top. What is happening here is that the power is coming in from the bottom and then going out through the top. The reason for this is if something trips the fa...