Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast.
If it's all you can do to drag yourself through the day, why not increase your stamina with these time-honored techniques. Watch this video to learn how to boost energy naturally.
Getting a good break in life is always nice. But when you're playing pool, it's essential. You Will Need
This five-part series of videos chronicles firemaking in cold and snowy conditions using backpacking equipment only. The series shows the scenery, adventure, survival philosophy, and gear observations.
Pulling off the perfect ponytail is easy once you know a few tricks. You Will Need
Watch this video tutorial on how to make a note card holder that holds four note cards and four envelopes. You will need a large piece of cardstock to complete this box. Use double stick tape to hold the joints together. You can decorate the outside with store bought cut outs or use recycled scraps of paper and ribbon.
Here is a video tutorial on how to make a wallet out of cardstock. This wallet has four pockets to hold gift cards as well as a place to hold money. This type of card is great for a Father's Day, birthday, or graduation gift.
A CNC router machine is probably the most useful tool a hobbyist can own, but the price for a CNC machine on the market is way more than the average hobbyist is willing to spend. You can build your own CNC with very basic tools, little knowledge of machinery, mechanics, or electronics, but be warned, these machines are inherently dangerous, so wear the proper protection and use common sense. At the very least, read the instructions and precautions on every tool you use.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this tutorial you will learn how to tune and hold your ukulele. Once you get a hang of this technique you will be able to play some easy songs on the uke.
Not sure what to origami today? Watch this how to video to learn how to fold a paper cup out of origami paper. Give Japanese origami folding a try with this how to video tutorial on folding a cup that can hold water.
Don't take shaky footage? Make a homemade steadicam and use it to prevent jumpy shots. You will need two lawn mower wheels, nuts, PVC pipe, a tri pod head, a bar, wood, and zip ties. Watch this video cinematography tutorial and learn how to build a hand held steadicam from simple materials.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to scrub the audio with the program After Effects. You can go about performing this by simply holding the command key and scrubbing the timeline, then that will scrub the audio and render the video. If you hold the option key and scrub nothing will be rendered. But if you hold both the command and the option keys, no video will be rendered but you can scrub through the audio without waiting for the video to render.
Watch this instructional cello video to learn how to hold the cello in good posture. When sitting down to play the cello, you want to sit at the edge of the chair keeping your lower back aligned with the rest of your back. This tutorial provides great tips for beginning cello players.
Watch this crochet video to see how to place your thread into your hands. Before beginning any crochet project, make sure to hold the thread properly between your fingers to create the proper amount tension of tension for each crochet loop.
Watch this harmonica tutorial video to learn how to play some exercises and build techniques on the harmonica. The instructions in this how-to video require a certain amount of knowledge of the harmonica, particularly how to hold it and how to hold your mouth, but this video is still helpful for beginners. This instructional video will help you play harmonica with additive techniques.
This chess tutorial from Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk is a perfect example of Retrograde Analysis.
Want to know what the insides of a cow look like? Well, go no further... these video tutorials will show you the anatomy of a cow reproductive tract, which is suspended by the broad ligament, which has three component parts; the mesometrium (which holds the uterine horns), the mesovarium (which holds the ovary), and the mesosalpinx (which holds the oviduct of the female cow.
This video will teach you how to properly use the sleeper hold in order to subdue an attacker, but not damage their larynx. This is a real way to protect others and yourself. It is meant to help Police Officers from choking people and avoid law suits from performing the wrong maneuver.
This martial arts/self defense video will show you how to break a choke hold using a pressure point, from a seated position. These are nerve points that you use to disrupt your attackers nervous system. Remember that in using these forms you must always keep a calm mind. It is also important to know when your opponent is disabled after using this chokehold.
This choke hold is dangerous because your opponent will not always want to tap out. This is a great hold to do, and gives you control of his or her body. This martial arts technique takes practice.
Learn how to do alternate hand kiss wide grip pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
Casino Jackpot Winner Stanley Zarakov instructs the novice player on which cards to hold and which to discard.
Learn how to do twisting dumbbell incline chest presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
This video shows you a trick you can use in an elevator to avoid stopping at other floors.
Joanne and Lauren bring you a lesson from the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Girls series. In this video the sexy ladies demonstrate how to do a half guard technique to a choke hold.
Learn to hold three and four rings in your hands while juggling. Watch to find out how to separate the rings with different fingers.
Prepare easy vegan Indian aloo phujia that serves 4 people. It takes 8 minutes to prep and 25 minutes to cook.
Jennifer gives Melissa, a beginning videographer, some pointers on shooting better hand-held footage.
Learn how to escape from a Jiu Jitsu scarf hold (or kesa gatame) and gain a side control position.
Learn to execute a Jiu Jitsu scarf hold (or kesa gatame) to gain side control positional dominance.
This video shows you how to hold a bo and the striking points - these are the basics, known as "kihon".
Learn to execute a Jiu Jitsu Shoulder Lock from a scarf hold.
Kristin Hostetter, Backpacker's Gear editor, shows you how to hold trekking poles to hike longer and higher with fewer aches and pains. Learn more from Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide.
While the victim is in this head hold they should wiggle enough to make sure their windpipe is free. Turn your head into the side of the attacker, hit him in the groin and with the other hand bring it up under his chin. Do more blows as you run away.
45-year-old French medical technician, François Knorreck, has spent ten years and $22,000 building the ultimate luxury sidecar: a motorcycle seamlessly attached to a Lamborghini body.
Admittedly, we've been quite hot on Kipkay lately, but can you blame us? This guy just keeps rolling out the wild inventions and bold pranks!
Every magician needs to know how to do a little manipulation with playing cards! So grab a deck and get ready to learn The Toss Up Vanish! You need a single playing card to perform the Toss Up Vanish. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
In this tutorial we learn how to take photographs using bulb photography. First, set your mode to manual and then you can adjust your shutter speed to thirty seconds. Once you go down this far, you an go into bold mode. When you hold down the shutter in this, it will constantly take this picture until you remove your finger. But, you don't want to do this for an entire 20 minutes. The easiest way to do this is to buy a remote control for the camera. This will allow you to press the shutter on...
In order to chop an onion without crying, you will need the following: a spoon, a cutting board, and an extremely sharp knife.
To truss a chicken start with a long piece of cotton twine. Place the chicken with the breast up and the legs pointing away from you. Run the twine under the butt of the chicken with equal amounts of twine on each side. Pull the twine between each leg and cross it over the middle. Then wrap the twine around the legs and cross it over again. Pull the twine over the thigh bones and hold it over each of the wings. Flip the chicken over and wrap a knot multiple times to hold the wings in tight. W...
