How To: Make Your Mom Flowers Using Q-Tips or Cupcake Liners, Just in Time for Mother's Day
Why is it that Mother's Day is the second biggest commercialized holiday when there are so many different DIY projects out there?
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Our interactive gift guide makes it easy to find gifts for your entire list. We've carefully selected products and included fun ideas that will make your gifts extra special.
How To: Get Free Food and Discounted Deals on Veterans Day 2011
This coming Friday, November 11th, 2011 is Veterans Day and everybody's celebrating! But only veterans and active military personnel can get the great deals being offered at restaurants and retail outlets across the country. If you need help locating some of those deals, below are all of the nationwide and local deals found across the Web. If you know of any more, share the spots in the comments below!
News: Jerry Andrus and His Impossible Box
Below is a great video that shows a classic illusion designed and built by Jerry Andrus. Jerry is a backyard magician and illusionist who created his own kind of special magic tricks for his entire life, up until his death in 2007.
News: Robot Dance Off Gets Creepy
As November was coming to an end this year, the "6th Robo-One Gate in International Robot Exhibition 2009" dance competition took place. The contenders are just a little bit creepy, to say the least. Particularly exhibit A, Britney Spears wannabe, "LOVE & JOY, Yuhi Kimura", by Doka Harumi.
News: Real Life Spider-Man
"Bang Goes The Theory" is back on Wonderment. This time it's not a vortex cannon demolishing houses (three little pigs style). In this episode, Jem Stansfield's latest stunt involves him climbing a 1210 feet high building like a real life Spider-Man. Stansfield uses a special pair of hand built vacuum gloves, powered by a vacuum cleaner on his back.
News: Send secret messages with hard-boiled eggs
This may look like a regular, innocent egg… What you are about to see is eggs-actly what makes this tutorial so special!
News: Vagina box with Johnny Cage
Mortal Kombat is no stranger to envelope pushing. In 1993, Senator Lieberman called for a ban of game violence. Obviously, that didn't pan out. Rather the opposite.
How To: make yourself a frickin' (green screen) giant
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Do special effects makeup: car crash
In this video series, our experts Grace Fraga & Brad Schecter will teach you how to do special effects makeup. They will teach you how to apply gelatin, black makeup, and red to make it look like burning and charring. They will also teach you how to make fake shards of glass and attach them to the face. Finally, they will apply the fake blood and teach you all the things you'll ned to do-it-yourself. Do special effects makeup: car crash - Part 1 of 16.
News: Book Review - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
This book surprised me. I read it for 2 reasons. 1) It seemed like one of those decently famous books that I should probably have read.
How To: Recognize Crowd Control - Part 2
In the first part we differentiated the two types of control, mental and physical. In part 2 we will dig deeper into Physical crowd control and analyze examples that are present today.
News: Special Edition Gold PS3 'Ni No Kuni' Bundle -- Another Reason to Move to Japan
Studio Ghibli is the most well known anime feature film studio in the world. For over 26 years, their films have represented the peak of mainstream anime, and since Disney began distributing their films in America back in 1997, they've become a household name here in the States—not just in Japan. In 2001, they even bested Disney and Pixar, taking home a Best Animated Feature Film Academy Award for Spirited Away. Eight years later, Ghibli and Fukuoka-based developer Level-5 announced that they...
How To: Be a Navy SEAL
There's no doubt about it—the most elite military force in the United States is hands down, the Navy SEALs. They can operate at sea, in the air and on land, and their ability to conduct missions underwater separates them from most other military units in the world. They've fought in World War II, Vietnam, Granada, Afghanistan and Iraq, but have gained some serious hype in recent years thanks to SEAL Team Six, aka DEVGRU, aka NSWDG, who saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali Pirates in 200...
News: CHANGING THE ALIENWARE (MEGATRENDS BIOS TO OVERCLOCK THE WARTIME EDITION CORE I7 PC...)
THE FOLLOWING IS ONLY FOR YOUR ALIENWARE WARTIME THE BELOW SETTINGS ARE FOR YOUR ALIENWARE WARTIME EDITION DESKTOP PC, THAT HAS THE CORE I7/X58 MOBO AND DDR3 TRIPLE CHANNEL MEMORY INSTALLED;
News: Is There a Tiger in Your Tank?
What's your training about? Would any of it matter if your life depended upon it? If not, what is your training providing you with?
News: Cheapest days to have your wedding
Weddings are expensive, but there is a way to have all the glamour and beauty of a wedding day without it costing a fortune.
How To: Make a Voodoo Pincushion Doll for Valentine's Day Angst
Searching for a Valentine's Day gift? Great. That means you have someone to share V-Day with this coming Monday. And you want to get the best gift to show your love. But c'mon—no matter what you get, it's probably enough to woo your lover over, even if it's as simple as a battery and magnet.
How To: Change Drive Axle Boots on a Porsche 944
This is a video tutorial how to change the drive axle boots at a Porsche 944. The boots are different for the different versions, i.e., the Turbo and S2 version have stronger drive axles, but the work is the same for all models.
How To: Write a Writer's Resume
The resume is an essential tool for getting freelance work assignments. A well written article is not enough when trying to secure a freelance or staff position as a writer. Publishers want to see a resume. It gives the writer an outstanding opportunity to introduce themselves and it gives the editor a general idea of who you are, where you've been, and the work you've completed.
How To: Add Kato-Vision to Your Movies with After Effects (As Seen in "The Green Hornet")
Pulp heroism rules! And everyone's favorite masked vigilante hits the big screen tomorrow night, thanks to fantastical filmmaker Michel Gondry and his new superhero movie, The Green Hornet.
How To: Make a heart attack inducing bacon-wrapped hot dog w/ cucumber-mustard relish
Whoa! Talk about an artery clogger! As if this super huge hot dog wasn't enough to induce a full-fledged heart attack, the deep fried bacon screams "heart failure" to the nth degree. If you're daring enough to eat this XL bacon-wrapped hot dog (and even more daring to serve it), then this video recipe will show you all the gory details.
How To: Make jello shots with the world's hottest pepper
Ghost chiles. They're the hottest chili peppers known to man, and they come from India. They're rated at over one million Scoville units. The typical jalapeño pepper only has between 2500 and 6000 Scoville units. You don't need liquor to get messed up on these jello shots!
How To: Make homemade strawberry and basil flavored ice cream
Ice cream doesn't have to stop at vanilla. There's a whole world of ice cream flavors out there, but one you wouldn't expect to try out is basil ice cream, but not just plain basil, basil with ice cream. Lynne Viera, ice cream enthusiast, creates a dessert inspired by the Strawberry-Basil Cocktail from Cuchi Cuchi in Cambridge, MA. Fresh, local strawberries are macerated with sugar, lime zest and basil leaves. Lynne blends half of the fruit with cream, leaving half of the berries chunky for a...
The History of SCRABBLE Boards: Glass, Vintage, Gold... & Star Trek?!?
The game has undergone many transitions over the years, since its days as LEXIKO (1931) to its briefness as CRISS CROSS WORDS to its current and amalgamated, renowned brand of SCRABBLE. There has been many editions of the word board game along that historic metamorphosis, and SCRABBLE has even given in to pop culture, sports memorabilia, and fanaticism.
How To: Make a chocolate Guinness cake with Irish Cream
Attention all Guinness lovers… did you know that Guinness doesn't have to be enjoyed merely by itself? You can do all sorts of things with this Irish beer, like mix specialty drinks, cook, and bake…
How To: Tone your back with a lat pull-down exercise
This incremental workout from Men's Health is a great way to tone your back. Pay special attention to the technique!
How To: Control time with audio using Trapcode Sound Keys
In this two part episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. You'll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.
How To: Create a Helix in Adobe Illustrator
This is a 3 part tutorial. Be sure to click on Chapters 2 & 3 to get the full tutorial. In Part 1 of this 3 part Adobe Illustrator tutorial series, Vincent Rosati explains how to use the free transform tool to take the first step in creating a helix with AI.
How To: Work with camera raw files in Photoshop
In this two part Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the camera raw files and the camera raw interface. Many video professionals do not know much about the camera raw interface because it is a technology mainly used by digital photographers. The key advantage to using with a camera raw file is that the data is usually stored in the picture more than you can normally see in a single exposure.
How To: Design lower thirds in Adobe Photoshop
This is a two part video tutorial. Be sure to click on Chapters 2 as well to get the full tutorial. Taking a look at the popular technique of designing lower thirds and the process it takes to design these using Photoshop. Photoshop is the perfect solution for this task with the ability to mix text, texture, graphics and logos to create compelling titles for your show or video.
How To: Build a 360 degree cube world with After Effects
In this four part video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Carl Larsen shows you how to create a 360 degree camera-aware environment in After Effects without the use of third-party plug-ins. In part two, build a title sequence within the 360 degree environment created in part one of this tutorial series. Part 3 shows you how to track a lens flare onto the surface of a 360 degree camera-aware environment without the use of a third-party plug-in. Part 4 shows you how to track a lens flare onto a 360...
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The "Minecraft: DotA" Map: An In-Game Game Based on an In-Game Game
Hello, everyone. My friend and I recently released a Defense of the Ancients (DotA) map that went viral and thought I should share it with Minecraft World on WonderHowTo since you guys helped me out when I first started making videos! We were featured on Kotaku, RockPaperShotgun, Gamespy, The Verge, Joystiq and many more websites!Exciting!You can see the full details below are head straight here for the downloads.
How To: Easily and Quickly Peel Garlic
Garlic is a great addition to many delicious recipes but it can often be a very time consuming process even just to peel. This article will show you a great trick that will make peeling garlic fast and easy.
How To: Prepare for the Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Portable Gaming Device
No longer do you need special glasses to experience 3D. At least, that's what Nintendo claims when it comes to their upcoming Nintendo 3DS, which uses a process called autostereoscopy.
How To: Make reddish pasta dough with roasted, puréed red peppers
If you're making homemade pasta at home, you're not making "homemade" if you're not kneading the dough yourself. That means no pre-made pasta from the store! Forget the rigatoni on the shelf. Forget the penne pasta. Forget the ziti! If you didn't make it and shape it yourself, you didn't actually make a home-cooked pasta for dinner.
How To: Make savory brown gravy from flavorful turkey drippings for Thanksgiving
That Thanksgiving turkey isn't anything without the right kind of gravy to accompany it. A great turkey gravy makes your feast better for everyone. It's especially great to have if your turkey is dry— it's a lifesaver. But like we said— you need the right kind of gravy!
How To: Make sweet tasting cinnamon-glazed roasted carrots
If you're not a fan of warm or hot carrots, it's probably because you haven't tried the right ones. These oven-roasted carrots are sure to change your mind about warmed up carrots. This recipe from Katie Barszcz is almost dessert-like, which makes it the perfect side dish for a Thanksgiving feast.
How To: Make a time-consuming, but delicious turkey leg confit
You thought the normal Thanksgiving turkey took forever! Wait until you try out this recipe for turkey leg confit. If you have the patience, you could make this holiday dinner one to remember. Everyone will be more than satisfied. So satisfied, that Thanksgiving will always be at your place (which might not be a good thing).