As I've explained before, black app backgrounds save you a bit of battery life on your Samsung Galaxy S5. This is because the AMOLED display on your S5 does not have to power pixels or a backlight for portions of the screen that are black.
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Check out this step by step nail art video tutorial for beginners to do at home , to learn how to do this exquisite 'shady and trendy' black and white nail art manicure design at home for both long nails and short nails !
Like in the original Black Ops, there are a bunch of funny and cool Easter eggs built into Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Most have been discovered, like the Atari arcade invincibility on Nuketown 2025, but perhaps you didn't know about Thor's hammer?
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Haven't found all of the hidden Easter eggs in Call of Duty: Blacks Op 2 yet? Then the one you're probably missing is this one in Zombie mode, which is a pretty cool shout to Skrillex, whose music seems to fit in quite well with all of those zombies running around.
The Dark Knight Rises. The Amazing Spider-Man. The Avengers. Halloween is a few weeks away and all we're going to see are these same ol' superhero costumes. It's like that every year, due to the immense popularity of comic book films by DC and Marvel.
Hack a pair of sunglasses to secretly record audio and video and spend less than $40 in the process with this how-to video. To replicate this hack for yourself, you will need a spy camera and black solar shield sunglasses. For detailed, step-by-step instructions on building your own spy recorder sunglasses, watch this hacking how-to from Kip Kay of Make Magazine.
This three tiered tire cake is a perfect Groom's cake for a man who loves cars! For this cake, you will need Fondx brand fondant in jet black, rolled fondant stabilizer, powdered sugar, a rolling pin, a pizza cutter, cooking scissors and a tire mold.
The ? blocks from the Mario games are synonymous with powerups and fun gameplay, making them perfect for your Call of Duty Back Ops custom playercard / emblem. Watch this video for an in-depth tutorial on making the question block in the emblem editor.
Okay, this is SO mean. But if you've got a friend (perhaps a frenemy) who annoys the hell out of you then you can pull this super awesome XBox 360 Call of Duty Black Ops prank. Your friend needs to be level 50 (doing combat training) in order for this to work.
Video game controllers are designed for just that: playing video games. When you try to use them for other things it seldom works well, and making custom Call of Duty Black Ops emblems is no exception. Fortunately, this video is here to teach you about a free web app you can use to make custom emblems on your PC with a mouse, which is much better suited to the task. It also allows you to use more types of images and textures from Photoshop and elsewhere.
Sometimes it's liberating to ditch the neutrals for a day and truly dress to impress - or, in this case, shock. Create an eye-opening look by checking out this makeup tutorial.
Figuring out exactly where a small leak is in a solid black car tube is tough. That's where the smoke machine comes in. In this video you'll learn how the party staple can help you test an evap line for leaks.
In this video we learn how to make tomato rasam. You will need: 2 tsp ghee, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1/8 tsp asafetida, curry leaves, green chilies, 1/4 tsp crushed black peppercorns, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 1 tomato soup can, 1 tsp tamarind paste, salt, 1 tsp rasam powder, and cilantro. First, heat up the ghee in a pan. Then, add in the mustard seeds and let them pop. From here, add in the asafetida, curry leaves, green chilies, garlic, and black peppercorns and mix together. Then, add in the...
In this tutorial, we learn how to create a masquerade ball mask with makeup. First, draw the outline of the mask around your eyes. After you do this, paint on light blue eyeshadow in circles around your eyes. Then, take a dark blue color and apply it on the outer edge of the light blue and inside the outline that you created. Apply glitter to the dark blue portion of the eyes, then draw on black around the outline of the mask, smudging it onto the outer edges of the face. After this, apply ey...
Halloween is only a few weeks away, fellow goblinesses, which means it's time to begin planning for your costume, makeup, and nail look. If you're planning to dress up as a vampire this Halloween or simply want a mischevious nail look that screams "Halloween" and "Twihard" all at once, check out this nail tutorial for creating a bloody fang vampire nail look.
One of the reasons we love Halloween is because the spooktacular holiday lets us go all out and get crazy with our makeup without getting condescending, awkward looks on the street.
In this video, we learn how to make zebra and tiger prints with Ranger's alcohol inks. First, you will need some alcohol ink in black, gloss paper, a stamp, and felt. Now, take your felt and cut it into small strips. Make lines like a zebra or tiger would have. Next, push these strips onto the stamp bottom, arranging them to look like a zebra. After these are stuck on securely, trim off any edges and make some pointed. After this, you will squirt the black ink onto the bottom of the stamp on ...
Want to create your own camera? The simplest one that you can create is a pinhole camera which can be constructed from everyday household items.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a flamingo using Stampin' Up punches. First, you will need to punch out two five petal punches (black and pink), pink scalloped punch, large oval pink punch, 1/2" circle punch, and 2 long window punches in pink. Also, four green star punches. First, put the long lines together to make the legs, then attach to the oval shape and another long one to make the neck. After this, make the beak, head, and wings of the flamingo as well. To finish this, draw on e...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a monkey with Stampin' Up punches. First, you will need to punch out all the appropriate punches that you need to make this. Once you have them, start to assemble by starting with the head. Place the eyes and the mouth on the appropriate spots, then use a black pen to add in further details on the face. As you continue, make sure to glue the different pieces together until you reach the bottom. Once you are done, add any additional details with the black...
In this video, we learn how to make an owl with Stampin' Up punches. First, cut out two dark brown scallop circles, then two light brown scallop circles. After this, cut out two orange flowers, two black small circles, three white circles, and an orange heart. To put these together, cut one of the dark brown punches in half so you have two pieces. Then, cut off half the flower on both of the flower shapes. Next, put all the pieces together, using the dark brown for the face along with white a...
Film Noir, or black film, is a type of film that can easily be attributed to classics such as the Humphery Boggart films of old (Maltese Falcon, King of the Underworld, ect.). If you're looking on how to create the effect yourself without a big budget, check out this video! John Hess gives you some basic tips to creating the effect with lighting and more!
The runways are not the likeliest of places to look for makeup trends that are immediately wearable (think the recent fashion show in Spain where models went bald and wore thinning gray beards), but this fall the overall makeup trend has been one that's surprisingly translatable off the runway.
With Fall almost here, it's time to change the colors. And this makeup tutorial will hopefully help you change with the seasons, or at least inspire you in greater ways! Watch and learn how to recreate (and add or modify) this smokey muted purples look for eyes. You can use whatever colors you have to create something similar. Use your imagination!
Learn how to desaturate your photos by turning them into black and white with the grayscale mode in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular raster graphics editor or a seasoned designer looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of the latest iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this video guide.
Want to make a Black Velvet like a champion bartender? This clip will show you how it's done. With the proper technique, mixing the perfect drink can be easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video bartenders' guide can present an overview of the process in about a minute's time. For more information, including a full list of ingredients and complete instructions on how to mix this drink yourself, take a look.
In this video, we learn how to do tiger face paint in two minutes. This is a simple tiger, so it will be perfect for family outings or something you need done quickly. First, use a sponge and orange paint to paint the middle of the face orange. After this, use a sponge with white paint to make the eyes white and the section underneath the nose white. Now, take your orange paint again and paint the cheeks and chin orange. Use the white paint to make fangs on the lips going down to the chin. Ne...
In this tutorial, we learn how to create Tyra's makeup look from "Ru Paul's Drag Race". First, apply eyeliner onto the eye, going from the inner crease out to the brow bone and making a rectangle around the crease of the eye. Next, make this line darker and smudge out the edges of it. Now, get gold sparkly eyeshadow and brush it onto the eyelid underneath the crease where the black liner is placed. After this, paint on silver shadow underneath the brow and then blend the black and silver toge...
In this video, we learn how to test hickory shavings when smoking meat. If the chips are completely black, then you cannot use these any longer and they have been smoked too much. You can use sawdust from hickory shavings, just make sure it is hickory. If you cannot tell, then you can use hickory chips that are larger than sawdust and smell like hickory. After you buy these, you can use them inside of your smoker to have the best taste when you smoke your meat inside of the smoker. Once the c...
Croatian photographer Marina Filipovic Marinshe sets aside her usual fashion, portrait and art photographs to delve into the world of makeup tutorials! In this video, she shows you her "Pretty in Pink" full face makeup look, with lots of pink!
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a sniper rifle movie prop. First, go to this website to get the blueprints: Sniper. After this, draw your gun out onto a poster board and cut it out, you will do this for around 6 of these poster boards. When you are finished, use the hot glue gun to stick all of these together. Next, sand out the sides and attach duct tape to the sides to keep it together. After this, grab two empty water bottles and an empty toilet paper roll. Cut around the top of the...
Gwen Stefani famously said that her makeup and fashion look is a hybrid between '50s pin up and chola. While cholas get a bad rep for going a wee too crazy with the eyeliner, brow liner, and lipliner (black-rimmed lips filled in with nude lipstick? Not attractive), they do their smokey eyes well and for some, red lipstick is practically a uniform.
In this Family video tutorial you will learn how to craft felt frog puppets with your kids. The materials you will need for this are felt (pink, dark and light green), a piece of red lace, 2 large white pompoms, 2 small black pompoms, scissors, glue and marker. Take two layers of dark green felt and draw out the outline of half of the left palm. Fold the felts in half and cut out the outline. Stick the two pieces along the edges to make a glove. Next cut a rectangular piece out of the light g...
Like all hot young things, Ashley Greene moved from Florida to California in her teens in pursuit of a movie career. And what a movie career she found. While L.A. is infamously known as a land of many wannabes (usually working as waitors/waitresses at hip restaurants hoping to be scouted by some hungry casting director), a few get lucky and land The Role that changes their lives forever.
If you've seen Sin City, what you probably remember most is the way color isolation was used throughout the film to reveal single colors in otherwise black-and-white scenes. This video will show you how to create the same effect for your own film in After Effects. Using this beautiful bunch of roses an an example, you will learn how to apply color isolation to film and maybe, just maybe, give Robert Rodriguez a run for his money.
In this video tutorial viewers learn how to wear the National Working Uniform. This uniform has a strict policy and all must follow the uniform rules. The basic components of the uniform are: an eight point cap, blue cotton undershirt, shirt, trousers, belt with closed-faced buckle, black boot socks, blousing straps, black 9" steel-toed leather boots, embroider rank insignia and service & name tapes. This video is very detailed and clearly explains all the uniform expectations. This video wil...
A coronet is basically a mini crown upon which other ornaments are fixed on. And in this eye makeup look tutorial, you'll learn how to create a multifaceted coronet-inspired purple eye look that's sultry and will elongate your eyes.
