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News: Garden-in-a-Jar

Terrariums. With fall quickly turning into winter, now's your chance to capture some of that remaining greenery as your very own garden-in-a-jar. I was lucky enough to catch Paula Hayes' terrarium show at Marianne Boesky Gallery in NYC this past summer. Her work is beautiful, not to mention inspiring:

News: Freaky Cornstarch Speakers Explained

The beautiful ectoplasmic dance of the cornstarch speaker monster is finally elucidated. In addition to being captivated by its eerily vibrant dance, you can now understand exactly why it happens, thanks to Collin Cunningham from MAKE. He gives a great explanation of cymatics - the study of visible sound and vibration. Check out this amazing hi-def sonic cornstarch sculpture from WonderHowTo's very own WonderDude Mike:

News: DIY Super Fancy Potato Chips

Luxirare, my very favorite, over-the-top, superfluous (in the best possible sense) recipe blog. We've witnessed the Pie-On-a-Stick, and marveled the beautiful Jell-O shots. Now Luxirare demonstrates how to make some exceedingly fancy potato chips. These aren't your typical store bought snacks.

News: Make a 471 piece origami swan

For the (anal) artist among us. This tutorial requires only 15 sheets of paper and scissors. Technically, because of the cutting of the paper, this swan is kirigami, not origami. That said, assembling 471 paper triangles into this beautiful swan is the work of angels.

How To: Origami an orizuru Japanese crane

Orizuru quite literally means "paper crane" in Japanese, and has become the ultimate origami project. This video slide show allows the user to click at their own pace, clarifying the process of folding an orizuru paper crane into 9 simple steps. All you'll need is one single square sheet of paper, or 1000 if trying to complete the Japanese legend of gaining a wish upon completing that much origami. Whatever reason had for folding the origami crane, the orizuru is a beautiful Japanese traditio...

News: Play shoe golf!

Shoe Golf is like frisbee golf, but without the frisbee. Just an empty street and your shoes. Our affable host breaks down every part of this brand new game, from scoring to penalties in front of the one of the most beautiful backdrops we've seen. Play shoe golf.

How To: Remove strong color cast from images in Photoshop

Color cast? What is it? It refers to an unwanted tint of a particular color in your photograph, which effects the whole picture evenly. It can be a ghastly sight, destroying an otherwise beautiful photo, but there is a cure. It's a common problem in digital photography, but a common fix in digital photo software, like Adobe Photoshop. This video will show you 6 different techniques to removing color casting in your images. Remove strong color cast from images in Photoshop.

How To: Make an optical theremin to play music

Watch as Kipkay from MAKE Magazine shows you how to make something really cool for your music skills, with parts from RadioShack. Everybody's heard of them, but nobody has one or knows how to play one... a theremin. You could be the exception as you see how to build your very own optical theremin to play the air around you. Wait, this is optical which means you'll be making that beautiful music with light, like a flashlight.

How To: Review photos and videos on a Kodak EasyShare camera

This interactive Kodak EasyShare camera tutorial takes you through every step necessary to review your pictures and videos. If you have a Kodak EasyShare digital camera, you're going to need to know how to do this important step in maintaining and using your camera. Let Kodak teach you how. It's easy to look at your videos and pictures, reviewing them for beautiful or unwanted files, and is basically the same on all Kodak EasyShare digital cameras. Review photos and videos on a Kodak EasyShar...

How To: Print pictures from your Kodak EasyShare camera

This interactive Kodak EasyShare camera tutorial takes you through every step necessary to print pictures. If you have a Kodak EasyShare digital camera, you're going to need to know how to do this important step in maintaining and using your camera. Let Kodak teach you how. It's easy to print beautiful photographs from your camera for sharing, and is basically the same on all Kodak EasyShare digital cameras. You cannot print videos though, but who doesn't know that. Print pictures from your K...

How To: Get Dark, Sultry Lips

How to Get Dark, Sultry Lips with Adriane In this video Adriane shows you how to create dark, sultry lips with a few of her favorite products. She takes you through each step to help you create one of this year's hottest looks.

How To: Make a butterfly puppet

Grab your glue and glitter because puppeteer John Kennedy is going to show you how to make a beautiful butterfly puppet in this how-to video! You will need one sheet of colored poster board, a coat hanger wire, pipe cleaner, sequins, colored markers, scissors, wire cutters, a pen or pencil, glitter glue, glue, and a plastic plate. Watch this video activity tutorial and learn how to build a butterfly puppet. Make a butterfly puppet.

News: Math Craft Inspiration of the Week: The Curve-Crease Sculptures of Erik Demaine

Erik Demaine is a Professor of Electronic Engineering and Comp Sci at MI, but he is also an origami folder who has had work displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. He makes some beautiful models and intricate puzzles, but in my opinion the really inspirational work is the curved creased models. In Erik's own words describing the above models: "Each piece in this series connects together multiple circular pieces of paper (between two and three full circles) to make a large circular ramp ...

How To: Knit the Bamboo Stitch

The bamboo stitch is a beautiful, versatile stitch that can be used for lots of different kinds of projects. I especially love using it for baby blankets and scarves. It is an easy, reversible stitch. Both sides aren't the same, but both are very nice looking.

How To: Knit the Tunic Stitch

The tunic stitch is another one of those real easy patterns that looks more difficult than it is. It's a strikingly beautiful pattern. Although both sides are not the same, they are both attractive so you can use either side. The picture below is of the right side.

How To: Make homemade Christmas cookies as tree decorations / yummy favors

When you're baking your cookies this holiday season with the children, try something that's both beneficial to your family and your guests— cookies that also act as sweet party favors. Dani tells you what to do in order to transform your Christmas cookies into beautiful holiday treats— tasty, take-home ornaments. Decorate your centerpiece with them before having guests take their favorite home for an easy, affordable way to be an innovative holiday host! Make homemade Christmas cookies as tre...

How To: Make a light bulb vase

In this video, we learn how to make a light bulb vase using any old light bulb. This is great for helping recycle old light bulbs to turn them into something beautiful! To start, you will remove the top of the light bulb with your tweezers and throw it away. After this, you will break the glass from the base, so you have somewhere to stick the flowers into. After this, discard any of the glass that comes out and then you can push the metal up on the bulb. Fill this up and then put it in somet...

News: Rollercoaster Puke fest

Have all of the jackasses and me do the "milk challenge" (where you drink a gallon of milk it makes you puke every time) before going on a roller coaster. while going down the big hill we all gag ourselves and puke. since were going down the hill all the puke will fly backwards and hit everyone behind us. All the jackasses will be bathed in puke and the passengers will get hit too. Getting puke on them will make them puke too. It will be a beautiful vicious circle of puking!