This video tutorial belongs to the Games category which is going to show you how to play Diabolo YL. In the beginning, roll the Diabolo on the left side. Then pull the right hand up and down, up and down and repeat this movement. To get the Diabolo spinning even faster, wrap the rope around the Diabolo while spinning it. The first trick is called 'throw'. To throw the Diabolo, stretch your arms and then catch the Diabolo with the stretched rope. The second trick is known as 'trapeze'. For thi...
We usually categorize exercise into two categories: cardio and strength training. You'll hear fitness experts espousing that you have to combine both to effectively burn fat and build muscle. But there are several other abilities you should adapt if you want to be lean all over.
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to make a quick and simple Christmas card with Stampin' Up! You will need the bashful blue classic ink, a bashful blue cardstock cut at 3" x 4 1/4", a piece of whisper white cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2", a piece of whisper white organza ribbon and scrap cardstock for two snowflakes. Cut out the snowflakes with the jumbo snowflake punch. Stick the bashful blue on the whisper white cardstock. Using the hea...
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to knot pearl beads from Brenda. Pearl knotting is making a simple knot between each pearl on a strand. They not only give a professional look, they also keep the pearls in place and prevent them from rubbing against each other. After you have strung the clamp to the end of the string, tie a double over head knot and string your first pearl. Make a simple knot on the string behind the pearl. Grab the string with a t...
This video tutorial belongs to the Arts & Crafts category in which Maricela is going to show you how to apply a crimp bead cover. First take a crimp bead cover. Now slide it over the crimp bead through the open jaw. Next take your crimp forming tool and applying a slight pressure to close the crimp bead cover around the crimp bead. If too much pressure is not applied, the crimp bead cover will close evenly around the crimp bead and the effect will be that of a seamless round bead. And that's ...
This video tutorial belongs to the Language category which is going to show you how to learn a foreign language online for free. The different sources are podcasts, online classes with tutorials and downloadable programs. Go to the website How to Learn Any Language. This website gives different steps and good tips in learning different languages. For learning through podcasts go to the site www.oculture.com. You can sign up for the language of your choice and download the podcasts to iTunes o...
This is a video tutorial in the Computers & Programming category where you are going to learn how to avoid traffic jams using the Google Maps button on the Toolbar. Click on the Google Maps button on the toolbar. This will bring up the maps window. Here you type in the area in the search box, for example, "mountain view, ca" and click 'search'. On the next window click on the 'traffic' button and the map will then show you the roads that are clear of traffic jams in green color. There you go!
Install & boot Mac OSX on an external hard drive
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to make a magic paper ninja star. For this you will need 8 sheets of square paper, all of the same size. Fold one sheet in half, open it up and fold both corners of one edge inwards along the centerline. Now fold the whole sheet in half inwards. Then fold the lower part in a triangular pattern, make a crease and open up the sheet. Fold the lower part inwards from the center and collapse the sheet over the fold. Do t...
This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category which will show you how to boot up your computer faster with boot defragment. Boot defragment places all the boot files together in the hard disk making it easier for the booting process to start. Click on start > run, type in 'regedit' and click OK. This will launch the registry editor. Here you double click on hkey_local_machine to open it. Then you double click on software > Microsoft > dfrg >BbootOptimizeFunction Click on 'ena...
This video tutorial is in the software category where you will learn how to put a YouTube video into a PowerPoint presentation. First you go to the YouTube video that you want to put in your presentation and copy the URL in the address box. Then you go to one of the file conversion websites like Media Converter, paste the URL in the box and click 'next'. Then select the type of file you want it to convert to, for example, mpg, and click 'next'. Once it is converted, download it. To embed it, ...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to darken the background in Photoshop using the burn tool. This is an example of how to improve your dodging and burning using the adjustment layers.
This video tutorial is in the Video Games category where you will learn how to easily make computer games. Open your browser and go to Yo Yo Games. Click on 'make ' and then on 'game maker 7'. Then download the software, install and open it. Now you got to put some images. For this click on the red sprite button and select some images and click OK to load them. Sprite is just the image that you see and the object will make things happen. So, click on the blue circular button, assign the sprit...
This video tutorial belongs to the Computers & Programming category which is going to show you how to reformat a computer. For doing this you will need your computer and the operating system CD. Turn on the computer and load the CD. Then keep tapping f8. Your computer will now load from the CD. When the set up options page comes up, select the 'set up windows' option. Thereafter select the number of partitions that you want to create in your hard drive. The hard drive is now reformatted and t...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to merge & center a cell in Microsoft Excel. Highlight the area that you want to merge. Press the "Merge and Center" button located in the tool bar at the top. The cell will be merged. Then, type in what you want to type and click on the cell that you merged. Right click on it. Next, select "Format Cells" and click on "Alignment" tab. Click on the drop box, select "Center" and click OK. Your text inside the me...
This video tutorial is in the Home & Garden category where you will learn how to install a kitchen backsplash with glass tile accents. A tile can be attached to walls with the help of mastic. It doesn't require mixing and it is stronger than mortar. Before applying mastic, sand the wall surface lightly. Don't sand away the paint. Clean the surface with damp cloth. Layout the tile pattern below the space and measure the dimensions. Do the marking on the wall of the centerline. Apply a thin lay...
This video tutorial is in the Video Games category where you will learn how to set up your R4 card without the setup disk. If you get the message 'couldn't find DS menu' on your DS, take out your micro SD card and plug it in to your computer. Then you will get a window with a 'this folder is empty' message. Right click on the icon and click on 'extract R4 DS set up'. Now open up the set up folder and copy and paste everything in this folder in to the 1st window. You can then delete the set up...
This video tutorial belongs to the Arts & Crafts how category which is going to show you how to do back stitch when embroidering. This is really simple and easy to do and takes no time to learn. For starting, mark five dots on the cloth. Then you stitch from point 1 towards 5. First you pass the needle from under the cloth through point #1, pull up the thread and pass it down through point #2. Now pull the thread up through point #3 and pass it back down through point #2. Then you pull the th...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to make a simple auto clicker in MS Visual Basic 2008. First download the MS Visual Basic 2008 express edition and the text file, install it and open it up. Go to file > new project. Here you select 'windows forms application', name it 'auto clicker' and click OK. Then on the right hand side, click on 'show icon' and on the left hand side, click on 'button' and add two buttons to the auto clicker form. Then se...
This video tutorial belongs to the Education category which is going to show you how to match exponential graphs. The video shows two graph sheets with three graphs marked A to F on each sheet and six equations. It starts off with matching the basic function, y = 2 to the power x. If you plug in zero for x, you get '2 to the power 0' which is 1. Hence, the equation becomes; y = 1. So, the graph that passes through y = 1 is the matching one. In the video it is graph A. You can watch the video ...
This video tutorial belongs to the Electronics category which is going to show you how to make a hack pack. This is basically turning a notebook in to something that you can take literally anywhere. Here you will learn how to create a video streaming hack pack to carry around with you and be able to do live internet shows anywhere. For this you will need a netbook, Sony PSP, mobile Wi-Fi thumbstick, microphone and a webcam with Velcro or adhesive. Plug in the mobile Wi-Fi stick for internet c...
This video tutorial is in the Electronics category where you will learn how to enable Emoji icons on your iPhone. These icons are the yellow faces with emotions that you use in any internet messenger program. On your iPhone search for a program called spell number. Tap on the program and download the Spell Number Emoji. It's free. After it is downloaded, tap on it and type in 9876543.21 to unlock the Emoji icons on the key board. Now go to general > keyboards > international keyboards > Japan...
This video tutorial is in the Education category where you will learn how to use commas with restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. Restrictive and non-restrictive clauses are phrases or words that come between the subject and the verb. You don't use commas to separate restrictive clauses. For example, in the sentence "the students who did not wear uniforms were punished". Here "students" is the subject and "were punished" is the verb and the clause "who did not wear uniforms" is restrictiv...
This video tutorial is in the software category where you will learn how to remove tabs and scroll bars from an Excel spreadsheet. Open a work sheet and you will find scroll bar on the right and at the bottom. But, why should you take them off? If you are making a user form that you want to send to your employees and you don't want them to mess it up, then you may do this. Go to the office button and click on 'excel options' at the bottom. On the next window go to the 'advanced' tab and scrol...
This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category where you will learn how to set up an FTP connection using Firezilla. Open up your filezilla program. On the top left, click on the file menu button, and select 'site manager'. In the window that opens up, select 'new folder' and give it a name. Now create a site to store in this new folder. Click on 'new site' and name it. Now on the right hand side, enter the host and the port. The default port is 21. Under server type, select F...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to fix MSN Messenger in Windows 7. This is really simple and very easy to do and takes practically no time. First you got to close MSN Messenger if it is open. Now find Windows Live Messenger, right click on it and then select properties. Now click the 'compatibility' tab, check the box labeled 'run program in compatibility mode for:', then select XP Service Pack 2, hit 'apply' and then click OK. Now open mess...
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to make a multi-layered embossed floral gift card. Take a piece of 11 x 8 1/2 inch Stampin' Up card stock and fold it in half. Next you punch out layers of colored paper of rose red, very vanilla, regal rose and blush blossom colors of different sizes as stated in the video using the Boho Blossom Paper Punch. Now you take a Sizzix Big Shot Die and cut out a craft paper and set the cut outs aside. Now you got to stam...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to convert an mp3 to WAV format in iTunes. Go to file menu and click 'add file to library'. Grab your mp3 file that you want to convert by double clicking on it. This will automatically add to the iTunes library. In the library click on 'music' and find the file that you just added. Now click on edit > preferences > general > import settings. Now in the 'import settings' dialog box, select 'WAV encoder' under ...
This video tutorial belongs to the software category which is going to show you how to set up a home server from behind a router using WAMP. You will need a free program called wampserver. Go to their website, download and install the program. Then click on the icon and click 'put online' and the local host comes online. To check it, open up your browser and type in local host in the search box and it will show you the default index.php file. Again click on the icon and click 'www directory'....
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to tie a sheet bend knot for camping. Take two ropes, make a bite at the end of one rope. Pass the end of the other rope through this bite from underneath and come back through the loop in the second rope and pull it tight. This knot is used to tie two ropes of different sizes together. A variation to this knot is called the double sheet bend. Here you make two loops with the second rope and pass the standing end th...
This video tutorial is in the Software category which will show you how to "Photoshop' someone into an image. It is like cutting and pasting one image over another. First open both the images. Ctrl and click the person's image that you want to move over. Drag the cut out image over the other picture where you want to superimpose it. Then click "edit', resize, rotate and position the image where you desire. Then go to "Image Adjustments' and adjust the brightness and contrast to match with the...
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category which will show you how to fold a circular teabag paper. This is a simple process and doesn't take much time to do. First fold the circular paper in half to get a semi-circle and then fold it in half again in to a quarter. Unfold the last fold and fold one quarter back to the halfway mark. Then turn the paper over and fold the bigger side of the paper along the fold line exactly matching the edge as shown in the video. Now you get a little ...
This video tutorial belongs to the Electronics category which is going to show you how to reset the Blackberry Bold 9000 / 9700 with three methods. In the first method you hold down the Alt key, the Caps lock key and hit Delete. Your Blackberry will start resetting. This process will take about 2 minutes to complete. The second method is the double reset. Hold down the Alt key, the Caps lock key and hit Delete twice. This method is helpful if your Blackberry is frozen. The third method is cal...
This video tutorial is in the Disaster Preparation category which will show you how to use a map style compass. The first thing is to get your bearings by sight without a map. The arrow on the compass represents the direction of travel, the N on the compass dial is the compass North and the red needle points to the magnetic North. First align the compass N with the magnetic North. Now say you want to go 90 degrees East. Next you align 90 degrees with your direction of travel arrow. Rotate the...
This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category which will show you how to set up a Linksys WR54g or WRT54g2 wireless router. First you connect to your Linksys router. Then go to http://192.168.1.1 and type in "admin' as your password in to log in window and click "log in'. then go to the "wireless' tab and enter your wireless network name. In the wireless channel select '11 2.462GHz' and click save. Next go to "wireless security' and type in the wireless network key. This is t...
This video tutorial is in the Home & Garden category where you will learn how to install an interior door set on a pre-bored door. For this you will need a tube latch, straight plates, door plates, two knobs, two sets of ring guides and a spindle. You will also need a tape measure, ruler, screwdrivers, a drill and safety glasses. A pre-bored door has a face and an edge bore. First install the tube latch through the edge bore ensuring that the angle side of the tube face is towards the door ja...
This video tutorial is in the Home & Garden category which will show you how to save money & water with your toilet flush. The first step is to turn the water off. Then remove the lid of the tank, disconnect the bowl refill supply and make sure that the overflow pipe is open. The next step is to take the new sink, attach it to the water supply point, place the drain in the overflow pipe and position the sink over the flush tank. The modification is done. Now turn on the water supply and your ...
This video tutorial is in the Software category which will show you how to color balance in Final Cut Pro. Open a video clip in which you want to do color balance. Double click on it, click effects > video filters > color correction > color corrector 3-way. Click the "color corrector 3-way' tab and find something in the video that is supposed to be white. In the color tray you will see 'whites' written. Now click the eye dropper tool and just click the white object, and you have done the colo...
This video tutorial is in the Fine Art category which will show you how to draw a deer from a triangle. First you draw an inverted triangle which will make up the face of the deer. Then you draw two small curves starting at the two top corners of the triangle to make the horns of the deer. You can also draw more short curves or straight lines starting from these curves to make up the complete horns. Then you draw the ears starting just below the horns. Draw the eyes and color in the ears and ...
This video tutorial is in the Video Games category which will show you how to unban your Xbox 350 live account. For this you will need the eXen card and the eXen Neox card with the USB cable. Turn off your Xbox and plug in the eXen card in to the front of the Xbox with the USB. Turn on the Xbox by pressing and holding the red button on the eXen card. Once the Xbox turns on, immediately press the white button next to the red button. When the blank screen comes up, press the button 3 times and ...