News: My China World
Tips China is called Zhong Guo to chinese people which means "Middle Country" or literally "Middle Kingdom" but nobody calls countries kingdoms anymore, not even the chinese.
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Weds Night Pick: Hot Hot Heat @ Bootleg Theater $12
Hot Hot Heat / Voxhaul Broadcast / The Union Line @ Bootleg ($12) Hot Hot Heat continues it's Wednesday residency at the Bootleg Theater and the shows are so good. I went last week and had a great time dancing to songs like this one! And yes, they played Bandages for the encore! (Free parking in the lot across the street, look out for the sign in front)
How To: Take a Car Trip with Children
Planning the Trip Get lots of brochures
How To: Make a Pisco Sour cocktail
Expert cocktail maker Tony Miccilota makes a Pisco Sour in the traditional surroundings of the Duke's Hotel, Mayfair. This potent drink is the national cocktail of Peru and was invented in the 1930s. Make a Pisco Sour cocktail.
How To: 10 Easy Recipe Hacks for Cooking Food in Your Hotel Room
Traveling can be pretty expensive, but your meals don't have to be. Though hot dogs made in the cheap coffeemaker of your hotel room probably won't be the best dinner ever, you can bet that it'll be oodles cheaper than ordering room service or going to a fancy restaurant.
News: Futuristic underwater hotel cabin
It's a futuristic getaway vacation spot under the ocean! (Kind of the reverse of a fallout shelter :) Replete as usual with silly signs. Redmechanic (also known as my son) helped with the redstone contraptions for insta-new items.
How To: Earn the "Checking In" Achievement and Trophy in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Players have been soaring through the skies in the popular Ace Combat series of games for a long time. The latest title, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon comes complete with several different unlockable trophies and achievements including the incredibly impressive, "Checking In." The achievement will require you to fly through a hotel in order to unlock it.
Bird's Eye View Challenge: Lakeside View in Guatemala
Taken in September. Had just finished kayaking Lake Atitlan and came across this hammock while exploring the hotel grounds. Craziest part is this place was $34 a night.
News: The Flaming Fart Jump
The whole prank i couldnt figure out how to get all of the steps into one.Get A matchGet to the top of a hotel building. (minimum of 5 storys not over 10 storys.) Get somone to fart on the lit match.There will be a Cast member in a fire repelent suit.Once he is on fire he will turn around and jump off of the building into the pool to put the fire out.
News: Fire Up Your Spirit at Canada's First Cold Sauna
North America's first Cold Sauna comes to the Sparkling Hill resort and wellness hotel. Nestled in the spectacular Okanagan region of British Columbia, the wellness spa is excited to introduce this innovative treatment,already popular in Europe. The Cold Sauna helps stimulate circulation, induces relaxation and a general sense of euphoria.
News: 10 of the Most Common Tourist Scams
You’re traveling to a new, exciting destination. You’ve just bought your tickets, booked your hotel room with a nice view of the garden and you’re ready to go. What could go wrong with such a splendid holiday? It might be a new scam that many tourists fall for. We’ve found the ten most “popular” scams you should be aware.... Read more
News: The Ring of Fire
This works best if you're sharing a toilet with someone, like in a hotel or hostel etc:
7/14-Weds pick: 60 Watt Kid, Yellow Alex @ Bandshell
60 Watt Kid, Yellow Alex, Cinq Finatra @The Bandshell All Ages Smokey Robinson / Lizz Wright @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
7/7- Weds Pick: Carbon Leaf / Brandon Stanley @ Trouba
Pick of the Night: Carbon Leaf / Brandon Stanley @ Troubadour ($15) Not the most exciting night in music, but I wouldn't mind checking out Carbon Leaf at the Troub.
Travel Destinations: The Ice Hotel
Located about 40 minutes from Quebec City, this enchanting crystalline palace is something out of a dream. It's worth spending a night at least once in a lifetime.
News: Argentina leads the way in World Cup hotel demands
This is a weird article. What about the other teams?
News: Fashion Books
Patrick Demarchelier Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
News: Bocas in late April on a budget
We are planning a surf trip for late April to Bocas del Toro. The excitement is part pure glee and part a slight suspicion things will spin wildly out of control as soon as we leave LAX.
How To: Make a Saffron Vodka Martini cocktail
Expert cocktail maker Tony prepares a saffron vodka martini - a bold new cocktail mixed in the elegant surroundings of the famous Duke's Hotel, Mayfair. Make a Saffron Vodka Martini cocktail.
News: Hookup Switcheroo
Get a chick to wear a fake cock and hit on one of the singe jackass members in a bar. Have the chick take him to her hotel room where she takes off her clothes to reveal her penis to the jackass. Film it obviously.
News: Winner Winner
This contest can be the ultimate prank on a fan- or another one can be created. Upon winning, the first day of the "prize" can start with a flight on a crappy airline with 2 long layovers. (one can be a hopper flight with a pilot that appears intoxicated) Once arriving in LA, the winner should be met by a driver waiting to take them to their hotel in a beat up old limo. (having them sign a waiver to be filmed first of course) The driver should stop on the way at a drive thru and tell the winn...
How To: Make the Jesse James cocktail
Fortunately, this Jesse James won't run away from you when you're not looking and allow itself to get sipped by someone else's pucker.
How To: Get Free Wi-Fi from Hotels & More
Often times when staying at a hotel or anywhere for that matter, you'll whip out your laptop and check the local area for Wi-Fi. I know you've all been in my shoes when you find an unsecured network that appears to be public Wi-Fi belonging to the hotel or airport, and you connect to it. You connect fast and perfectly, only to find that when you open your browser, it says you don't have an account, and are filtered from accessing the web. This is because the owners of the network want to keep...
News: Freefall Elevator
Tips a secret prank for Jeff and Johnny to read , or the element of surprise will be lost.
News: Reverse Submarine
Simple concept, hillarious results.One of the members of the Jackass crew (or several) are all outfitted with scuba gear and climb into a large SUV which is modified to be completely filled with water.Then, after everyone is settled & the car is full, they drive to a 5 star resturant or hotel and wait for a valet to approach. As he/she approaches (from either the front or back of the vehicle to prevent them from getting knocked over by the water), all doors are opened & water (and maybe fish)...
News: Snake Skinny Dip
Hi it's Jake, I know Bam hates snakes and Steve O kinda does too so i thought of the Snake Pit. find a hotel or apartment with a good swiming pool, get it drained then get some kind of lubricant like mud or maybe cooking oil, something that wont hurt snakes but is really slippery, then get a bunch of none venomous snakes and put them into the pool. go get Steve & Bam, maybe tell them there is a bunch of chicks that wanna meet us in the pool for a skinny dip. So when you bring them down there ...
How To: Stop Bed Bugs from Entering Your Suitcase
To prevent bed bugs from entering your suitcase, you will need to pre-treat it, with diatomaceous earth. Bed bugs often hitchhike home with you when you stay overnight in hotels or on long trips. They will normally stow away in your suitcase. To prevent that from happening, dust your suitcase with a diatomaceous earth (DE) compound. For this, you will need a paintbrush, diatomaceous earth, and a large plastic bag. Sprinkle a little onto your suitcase, and use a dry paintbrush to spread the di...
How To: Connect your laptop to the internet from a WiFi spot
This video demonstrates how to connect your laptop to the internet from a WiFi spot. From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you the same non-intimidating guides in video form. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to connect your laptop to the internet from a WiFi spot, For Dummies.
SUBMIT: Your Most Vibrant Color Photo by October 24th. WIN: Color Splash Studio for Mac [Closed]
Giveaway Tuesdays has officially ended! But don't sweat it, WonderHowTo has another World that's taken its place. Every Tuesday, Phone Snap! invites you to show off your cell phone photography skills.
News: All Hail the Herculean Phantom Flex: 2,564 FPS of Insane Slo-Mo
Slow motion isn't just for blockbusters and indie films. Sometimes it's for pure wonderment, like the bullet that seems to melt away at impact, the chemical burning of phosphorus and gelatin on the head of a match, and the distorted skin and disgusting sweat being thrown from a punched face.
News: The Hotel Room Hangover
Warnings This prank was thought out to be performed by people such as the Jackass crew and on another Jackass member.
News: Bilderberg News
If you haven't heard already (the mainstream media doesn't cover this), the 2012 Bilderberg meeting in the US is under way. What is this meeting? We don't really know. It's when the top politicians and some of the most powerful people in the planet meet in a location and bar all access to it, thereby keeping their motives a secret.
News: Colombian authorities investigating whether women in Secret Service scandal we
Colombian authorities are probing whether any of the women involved in the prostitution scandal that’s cost six Secret Service agents their jobs were underage, according to a new report.
News: Poem of the Day
CITY OF ANGELS by: Luis Rodriguez Somewhere out there, lies the city.
How To: Get the 'Jaws' Achievement in Battlefield 3
A quick note before we get to any achievement talk. To get the 'Jaws' achievement in Battlefield 3, you'll need the Back to Karkand DLC. There are two ways to get it, though. Either you payed for it, or you got it for free because you pre-ordered the game.
Filter Photography Challenge: Blueprint Style
I don't have a cool cell phone to use apps to filter my pictures. I think that the pictures taken with apps can look really cool though. I think someone should make an app that does what I did in Photoshop to the following photos. My wife calls it blueprint style.
How To: 7 Non-Rice Dishes You Can Cook in a Rice Cooker
As far as cooking appliances go, rice cookers are pretty fabulous. All you have to do is add rice grains and water, press a button, and wait for the magic to happen. You don't have to worry about the food burning or the pot boiling over. But what if you can apply those same lazy steps to cook other things, too?
News: Vibrant Color Photography Challenge: Yellow
Oooh. Since I already eliminated myself, I can just fill up the corkboard. Ok. I really won't do that. But I had to share this one. I think this is my favorite abstract light painting. This was taken in Las Vegas. I think this was using lights from one of the hotels in the Mandalay bay complex. 15 second exposure I think.
News: Vibrant Color Photography Challenge: Bali
As WonderHowTo staff, I'm disqualified from winning... so I'm pulling a Cory ;) and posting a few images. These were taken over the summer during my trip to Bali. The culture and landscape were so beautiful, almost every shot I got had beautiful color.