Kip "Kipkay" Kedersha is known for his intriguing and clever how-to and prank videos, even when he teams up with MAKE Magazine. He will show you how to tweak, hack, mod, and bend any technology to your hacking needs. No electronic device, gadget, or household item can stand the test of Kipkay's hacks and mods.
This how-to video demonstrates a stumper of a puzzle‚ using only 4th grade math.
Portable video players often provide an all-in-one solution for listening to MP3s, watching videos and even playing games. Find out which one is right for you.
Installing Joomla on a Windows server can be tricky, on Windows running IIS even more so. Installing Joomla 1.5 in this scenario has caused many frustrations.In this video, we take the process step by step and jump over the hurdles that cause some people to wind up pulling their hair out. If you follow along closely, you will be up and running in no time, and if you haven't already tried to do this, you will wonder why people find it so difficult. There are some prerequisites to the steps in ...
Introduction to double tonguing. Practice with and without your flute. Remember to play with a good sound even while articulating fast. Use a metronome for EVEN articulation. Try to equalize the tongue (T or K) and throat (K or G) strokes.
Building a DIY Alarm System: The Concept So, you want to protect your property, or maybe a room, car, or even your backyard. The concept of an alarm system is to notify the "alarm administrator" that there is an intruder entering the previously designated boundaries. The triggers for this boundary could be as simple as a pressure sensor, or as complicated as a laser network. They all do the same thing, but some work better than others.
Tired of jet and helicopter campers in Battlefield 3? This guide will show you a surefire way to kill them before they can even get in the air, stopping them from becoming a nuisance later on. Learn how to camp the BF 3 campers.
If you're playing through Gears of War 3, the Beserker boss fight at the end of act 3 can be quite the pain, especially if you have it on hardcore mode. Take a look at this walkthrough to defeat the Beserker boss on hardcore mode. Even if you are on normal mode in GoW, this should give you the necessary strategies needed to take him down.
If you want to watch all the different movies and TV episodes available to you through a Netflix subscription on the go, try installing the Netflix app for Nintendo's 3DS handheld. Even cooler, Netflix is releasing 3D movies and the device's built in capabilities will allow you to watch these 3D movies on your Nintendo 3DS! You'll need to have upgraded your 3DS software so that you can access the eShop before you can install the Netflix app.
The HP App Catalog features thousands of apps ripe for downloading and installation on HP's webOS tablet--the TouchPad. Take a look at this guide to find out how to search for apps using HP's version of the app store. The walkthrough will even teach you how to install them, so get ready for a few rounds of Angry Birds!
For an easy way to lookup and connect with people and companies across the web (and all of its many social media outlets) check out the Firefox extension Tabble. Tabble provides you with access to all of an individual's relevant online information and can even show you relevant e-mails in your Gmail account if applicable.
The flash is one of the most useful camera accessories you can have, but they also have a tendency to ruin perfectly good pictures, especially with digital cameras. This video will show you how to take shots with great depth and dimension even with a digital camera and flash by setting the flash length manually.
This short animated tutorial will show you how to assemble an origami heart that even the clumsiest butterfingers among us can perfect. Since Valentine's Day is coming up, you best hone your skills at this heart so you can give a few to your amor.
As fun as Minecraft is to play, it's easy to get lost. That is, of course, one of the reasons compasses are so handy. But even without a compass, there are a lot of ways to get your bearings. This two-minute clip covers six techniques for finding cardinal north whether above or underground.
Electronic waste is becoming more and more of a problem for the industrialized world, especially since most electronics are full of precious and rare-earth metals that should be recycled. Even gold! Enter this video. It will show you how you can use chemistry to strip the gold from your old computer and other electronic parts and, well, have more gold! Who doesn't want gold?
Tinder is difficult to come by in the best of conditions, but in a damp wilderness survival situation finding it can be downright impossible. Enter this video. It will teach you how to make solid fuel fire starters out of cotton balls and candle wax, which you can use to start a fire even in wet conditions.
There are all sorts of small survival stoves available, and the ESBIT stoves are some of the best. This video will teach you how to use an ESBIT stove to start a fire, even in the rain, and cooke a delicious and healthy backpacking meal on it.
Wasabi and Guacamole are two of the best condiments on Earth, and could even be great combined. But not in these proportions. This video will show you how to pull an awesome prank on someone with only three tubes of Wasabi and some Guacamole.
Zombies are all the rage right now, inspiring TV shows, movies, video games, books, everything. Even Yu-Gi-Oh! decks. Watch this video for a guide to building a powerful zombie deck for Yu-Gi-Oh!, then go play some Plants vs. Zombies or watch The Walking Dead.
Ke$ha has become more of an icon that she probably ever could have even a decade ago (before OCD autotune use spread through the world's producers) and her latest music video "We R Who We R" continues her hit parade. This video will show you how to make a t-shirt reconstruction inspired by the one Ke$ha wears in the video.
We never thought it was even possible to fold a hedgehog out of paper. After all, a hedgehog is very round in shape and has spikes that jut out all over its body, making it hard to translate into paper.
Even basic electronics are pretty damn complicated. This video is near the end of Scotty's amazing series of electronics tutorials, and will teach you about adding a diode and a capacitor to a circuit, choosing a power supply, voltage states, and polarity.
Find My iPhone is one of the best Apps of all, allowing you to find your iPhone no matter where it is, lost or stolen. This video will show you how to install and set it up on any iPhone or iOS 4.2 device, even those not technically supported by the newest free release of the software.
Grenade launchers are some of the most important heavy weapons used by the world's infantry, but getting one for yourself is hard even in gun-loving America. This video will teach you how to make a cardboard replica of an M32 grenade launcher perfect for filmmaking or an elaborate costume.
The winder is the ziptie-like cord that you pull through your Beyblade launcher to start your Beyblade spinning around the board. They often come bent into a near-circle when purchased, and this can cause your shots to lose power and even break your launcher. Watch this video for a quick guide to straightening your winder and keeping your Beyblade spinning strong.
Your Call of Duty Black Ops custom player card / emblem is the first thing that a potential opponent sees about you, and you should be proud of it. This video will give you some great tips that will help you make any emblem you choose to make look sharper, less flat, and overall just plain more badass. The example made in the video is a cool star, so if you wanted a star you're even luckier!
This recipe almost exactly replicates Heston Blumenthal's famous English recipe. Even if you can't find a candied orange, this tutorial shows you how to make one yourself. You will need, apart from the candied orange, a grated carrot, a grated green apple, three eggs, mixed dried fruit and beer or cider.
Organic LEDs (OLED) are even more efficient than their standard LED cousins, but does that mean they're harder to make? Perhaps somewhat, but no excessively. Watch this video to learn how to make a DIY OLED at home, allowing you to make really cool light-up displays.
You might think that if you can talk, you can talk into a talkbox. Not true. There is a surprising amount of technique to proper, clear talkbox talking, and this video will teach you everything you need to know to get started. It'll even teach you how to soften your tube!
The Simpsons theme song has raised a generation of American children, and even though the show has long since jumped the shark the glory of it's theme song remains. In this video you'll learn how to play a really accurate piano version of the song, complete with chords and long runs at certain points.
Masquerade parties are fun, classy, and sensual. Even if you don't know of any upcoming Masquerade parties, the Masquerade look works perfect for Halloween as well. In this video you'll learn how to do the hair, makeup, and costume for a great Masquerade look
If you're driving down the road in your vehicle (manual transmission), and you step on the gas, but aren't accelerating as fast as you should, even though the RPMs are solidly rising, you may have a slipping clutch. If you think that you clutch may be the problem in your standard car or truck, then Scotty Kilmer will show you how to replace it— the proper way— just like an auto mechanic.
This snack is so good it might kill you— literally. These miniature bacon bites will clog even the healthiest of arteries, but it's so worth the risk! Robin Benzle of Chow Time shows you her dangerously delicious recipe for her bite-sized bacon bits, which ate breaded with breadcrumbs and filled with brown sugar, then oven-roasted for crispy delight. If you're daring enough, make these for your next party or get-together— this recipe makes 100!
The beautiful game, Football (Soccer for those of you in the US) is full of all sorts of unique and advanced techniques that you can use in FIFA 11 to defend with! Things such as a Secondary Press, Jockeying and even Running Jockey. If you're still getting scored on and are looking for more advanced techniques to try, check out this video for some advanced tactics for defending.
The CAGED system is an amazing way of organizing the fretboard to allow you to find any chord on any place of the neck and instantly have a shape to play on, a scale, a triad and even an arpeggio. In this video you learn how to apply the method with minor chords as opposed to major chords.
Spice up your next party with some unique party dishes, and we're not talking about food here, we're talking about the actual dishes, specifically bowls. But not just any bowls, vinyl bowls, made from authentic vinyl records. The steps are simple: melt the vinyl record in the oven, then take it out and mold it (safely) into a plastic bowl. Change the shape up each time!
Aimed at people who have never created a website before, this tutorial shows you how to use a graphics program to create a website that will have an impact, load quickly and index easily with various search engines. You won't even need to know much coding!
Start blogging directly from Micrsoft Word! Use spellcheck, and never worry about your browser eating your post. You can write your own perfectly formatted blog posts using Word 2007. And when you're done, you can even publish the post directly from the program to your Word-compatible blog on the web.
Just playing the same sixteenth notes over and over and over again in your solos can become stale after a while, and even if you learn every scale and every lick in the world, if you play them all with the same rhythmic dictation, it can get stale fast and you will lose a lot of your audience members! In this fantastic video lesson, Jeff Marshal, instructor at Musician's Institute, gives you an in depth look into adding rhythmic varieties into your solos.
Drake is one of the biggest rappers in the game right now, and "Find Your Love" has been one of his biggest singles. This video will teach you how to play a really pretty instrumental cover of the song on piano or keyboard. The creator even posted the notes in written form here.
