This instructional video teaches the proper English pronunciation of "Beijing" based on modern standard Chinese (Mandarin). It also describes the two Chinese characters that make up the name "Beijing" China's capital city and host of the 2008 summer Olympics. Watch this how to video and you will be writing in Mandarin Chinese in no time.
Art of the Drink celebrates its 50th episode with a Singapore Sling! Watch and learn how to make this gin based drink.
Watch this video to learn how to make a balloon mouse. This tutorial will show you the steps to making this design. This is a great animal balloon for beginners. The mouse balloon is based off the dog.
Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make omlor machoo krueng spareribs soup. Ingredients:
Even when your lighter (whether piezo or flintwheel) is empty, you can get another light or fire! The Isobutane propellant and flammable base gives you a temporary ignitable fuel source.
Long and lean, or full and curvy, there's a party dress out there for you. Follow these fashion tips to find the right dress for your body type.
The live trace tool enables you to change photos into vector-based drawings, allowing you to resize any image without losing quality. Learn how to use live trace in Adobe Illustrator.
A lot of information on a person's health can be deduced based on the quality of one's urine. Watch this video to learn how to perform a urine screening using a urine test strip.
Learn how to draw and paint snowy, rocky mountains for manga, anime, comics and illustration in Photoshop. This step by step video shows you how to do so by laying down the base color, blocking in shape for painting, assigning value and color composition, and refining detail for the final concept painting.
The Bossa Nova is one of Brazil's most popular forms of Latin music. It is one of the more simple grooves to play, however it is extremely effective. The Bossa Nova is usually played at slower tempos, and is eighth-note based. You will notice there is a standard "Bossa Nova" clave pattern played within this groove.
Balls go flying as MrfixitRick attempts to show how certain conditions cause a magnetic ball to reverse its direction, mysteriously revolving backwards to the rotating magnets of the CD Turbine.
Create a striking gem stone soap using clear melt & pour soap base, jewel tone soap colors and medium coarse sea salt.
Today's word is "propaganda". This is a noun which means misleading information or ideas to promote a certain cause.
Today's word is "visceral". This is an adjective which means being from base emotions or instinctive.
This video walks you through the steps of how to do waterless lithography. Waterless lithography is a lithographic process that does not require heavy or expensive presses or too many toxic chemicals. It is based in the idea that water and silicone don't mix.
Finally, here's a quick tutorial on how you can mix your own homemade mixing medium! It's quick, easy and inexpensive. The challenge is finding glycerin, but its out there.
You really NEED to be VERY PATIENT, VERY BORED or HAVE TOOO MUCH TIME to do this project... I actually don't know how I made it!!!... It took me 3 days to finish it! All you need besides time is a lot of origami paper and string or glue.
Learn how to make scales on a heavy spun glass base with separate trays with this lampworking tutorial.
This two part lampworking video shows how to make a glass windmill. The base is 6 mm rod with 4 mm trim. The parts are joined with 12.7 mm heavy wall tubing and 8mm rod. This project took close to 2 hours to complete.
In this AeroCast episode, UND Aerospace discusses the Slow Flight maneuver as performed in the Piper Warrior (PA-28-161), referencing the procedures and standards outlined in the UND Warrior Standardization Manual. All performance tolerances are based on the performance standards set forth by the FAA Private Pilot Practical Test Standards. Since the most critical phases of flight occur at airspeeds less than cruise, a pilot must always be comfortable with his or her airplane’s handling charac...
In this AeroCast episode, Anthony Bottini discusses the Power On Stall maneuver as performed in the Piper Warrior (PA-28-161), referencing the procedures and standards outlined in the UND Aerospace Warrior Standardization Manual. All performance tolerances are based on the performance standards set forth by the FAA Private Pilot Practical Test Standards. Power On Stall practice is vital in increasing a pilot’s proficiency in regards to stall recognition and stall recovery techniques during an...
Watch to learn how to pronounce the letter "z" in French based on position in the word.
Watch to learn how to pronounce the letter "p" in French based on position in the word.
Watch to learn how to pronounce the letter "e" in French based on accents and position in the word.
Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make this delicious green papaya salad. Ingredients:
Land-based training exercise for kayak rolling using a Swiss exercise ball.
In this screencast from Screencast Central we find out how to find out our local weather forecast, search within a specific website, ask Google a fact based question like the population of the USA and finally find out more about local businesses.
So what exactly is ISA Server? ISA Server, which stands for Internet Security and Acceleration Server, is Microsoft's software-based firewall, proxy, and web caching service/product. Now what does all of that mean? This video helps explain it!
Learn to make a Tuaca lemon drop by watching this video. Use Tuaca, an Italian brandy based liquor, and little bit of sugar to make a Tuaca lemon drop shot.
A non-geek tutorial for anyone who wants to take advantage of google's free, web-based e-mail program. This tutorial guides you step by step through the process of how to sign up for and delete a G-Mail account.
Bet you can smash your finger with a can and have it not break? You can with this physics-based trick.
This video shows you how to adjust your pen holder based on how you hold your calligraphy pen.
This tutorial shows you how to use the Mask Pro plug in for Photoshop. This masking tool works based on including or excluding colors.
How to take photograph and do some "touch ups" and photo editing tricks to get a good base for "virtual makeup" using Adobe Photoshop.
A two-part tutorial series on creating artificially intelligent characters for your Flash-based games.
This tutorial shows you how to program a scoring system in Flash and Actionscript for a Flash-based RPG.
This tutorial teaches you how to create an inventory in a Flash-based RPG and how to move your character and have it pick up items.
Learn how to make this rich vanilla custard sauce, which pairs well with numerous desserts. Creme anglaise is served both hot and cold. It is also the base for most ice creams.
Béchamel is a basic white sauce, which is used as a base sauce for many other sauces. Learn how to make this basic French white sauce.
Learn how to build a web-based form using HTML. This tutorial covers using Labels, Text Fields, Text Boxes, Radio Button Groups, Checkboxes, The Clear and Submit buttons, Drop down Menus, as well as many of the properties you can edit while building the form. The form will be ready to be linked with a PHP file for use when you are finished.
