How To: Say the names of kitchen appliances in French
Watch to learn how to say the names of kitchen appliances, like a coffee maker and a hot plate, in French. For intermediate French speakers--no English translation.
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How To: Create force jump effects for your movies
How to make Jedi force jump effects as seen in the Star Wars movies for your own films using Effects Lab and Windows Movie Maker.
How To: Make Isaac Mizrahi's mint chocolate chip ice cream
What's Isaac Mizrahi's favorite food in the world? Ice cream. Watch as he makes his favorite mint chocolate chip recipe using fresh mint leaves. You must have an ice cream maker.
How To: Shoot stunt falls in your movies
Jennifer and John from Video Maker magazine showing you realistic ways to fake a fall and some of the props and skills you'll need to pull them off.
How To: Make a superb cup of coffee
Now, this may only be one man's process for the perfect cup of coffee, but we're going to guess it must be pretty good. Watch and learn how to make a superb cup of coffee according to Ian at ShowMeDo. Oh, if you plan to try this yourself, make sure you have a french press coffee maker.
News: Meta's New Enterprise User Video Shows Signs of Life at Cash-Strapped Augmented Reality Headset Maker
Despite funding difficulties that forced Meta to place employees on temporary leave in September, the augmented reality headset maker is reminding enterprise companies that it remains a viable option for visualizing and working with 3D design models.
How To: The One Thing You're Probably Not Doing for Better-Tasting Coffee at Home
Coffee is a topic that everyone has a strong opinion about, especially when it comes to brewing the perfect cup. Even if you buy the best beans and grind them yourself, chances are you're skipping one necessary step to make sure your coffee tastes the best it can: cleaning your coffeemaker the right way.
Steampunk R&D Podcast 02: Joey Marsocci on Professional Steampunking
This week on the Steampunk Research and Development Podcast, our guest is Joey Marsocci, better known to the world as Dr. Grymm. He's a full-time, professional Steampunk maker, and is the owner and operator of Dr. Grymm Laboratories. He's written several books and has worked as a designer at companies such as Hasbro and Disney. In fact, he worked with Disney to design the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attractions for both Paris and Tokyo Disney parks.
How To: Craft a bountiful turkey cornucopia for Thanksgiving
A cornucopia is perhaps one of the best symbols of what Thanksgiving's all about. Usually filled with fresh fruits, vegetables, and flowers, a cornucopia represents a good harvest and a cause for celebration of plenty.
How To: Craft a candy corn wreath for Thanksgiving
Candy corn doesn't have to be reserved for Halloween alone. The fun, sugary fall treat can also be eaten and used for decorations for that much beloved other fall holiday, Thanksgiving.
How To: Craft a turkey-shaped breadbasket for Thanksgiving
We understand that bread and biscuits aren't exactly the A-list stars of your Thanksgiving table. Most families serve the bread before the meal begins as a sort of appetizer and then the bread is disregarded as other savory dishes pile in.
How To: Pull five fantastic, funny, and facile pranks
What's better than one prank? Five pranks! This video from the notorious Kipkay provides five fantastic, funny, and facile pranks to pull off on your friends and family… maybe even your enemies.
How To: Make an advent calendar for the Christmas
Sure, you can buy one, but making an Advent calendar is a nice family project—and you can use better treats!
How To: Make a snow globe as a holiday gift this Christmas
Building a snow globe is a fun indoor project for a cold winter day. You will need: a glass jar with a lid
How To: Create beautiful basic long curls for Valentine's Day
On Valentine's Day it is completely unacceptable to look anything less than drop dead gorgeous. While sleek pin-straight hair is great as a go-to hairstyle and a ponytail is wonderful for keeping the hair out of your face during your hot yoga class, we think it's time to amp it up a little for Cupid's holiday.
How To: Make a cute and cheeky "ugly" Christmas sweater
Well this certainly isn't your grandma's woolen reindeer sweater. While all of us dread getting the handmade clothing item during the holidays, you certainly won't dread wearing this cheeky and ugly - though ugly in a good, cute way - Christmas sweater.
How To: Make a cute "Bee Mine" Valentine's Day box
We know that every pink and red Hallmark card out there tells us that Valentine's Day is about smoochin' it up with your amor and generally cherishing the ones you love, but to be honest, the holiday is also about cherishing your love for candy and sweets.
How To: Create a Katy Perry inspired modern pin up makeup look
Buxom bombshell Katy Perry definitely knows that sex appeal is in her deck of cards. While her style has shifted over the past couple of years from retro pin up girl to modern and pin up girl-inspired, she still maintains the same vibrant colors in her makeup bag.
How To: Craft a simple Hello Kitty girl's greeting card
When it comes to Valentine's Day, undoubtedly the Hallmark Holiday extraordinaire of the year, pink and red-hued cards are in plentiful stock at all major retailers. But rather than buy a mass-produced card, why not show a bit more love for your, well, love, by making your own card?
How To: Craft a "Joy" greeting card with Hampton Arts Stamps
Physical gifts are the ones most championed during the holiday season, but what about the sentimental ones? You do wish that your friends and loved ones attain happiness, peace, health, and joy during the new year, right?
How To: Craft a simple paper snowman cover for a Hershey's bar
On a budget during this holiday season? Don't fret; you can gift literally dozens of people without breaking the bank by giving them chocolate bars. No, we're not talking about just handing Aunt Sue a Reese's Pieces.
How To: Create a New Year's Eve/Audrey Hepburn glamorous high bun
Back in the '40s through the '60s, it took very little effort for gorgeous starlet Audrey Hepburn to start new trends. Whether she was sporting a short pixie cute (as in "Roman Holiday") or wearing buggy sunglasses (vide "Breakfast at Tiffany's"), Hepburn was always on the cutting edge.
How To: Play "Holly Jolly Christmas" on ukelele
Learn to play "Holly Jolly Christmas" on ukelele this holiday season. "Ukelele" Mike Lynch shows you how on this informative video, which includes chords, lyrics, strumming pattern and technical details on the instrument used to play this song.
How To: Make No-Bake Marshmallow & Cereal Christmas Wreath Treats
Need a quick and festive snack to feed your kids during the holiday break? These marshmallow and cereal wreaths will make the perfect Christmas treat, and it helps that they're no-bake treats, which means more time for you to do other Christmas-related activities! Ingredients:
How To: Play "Little Drummer Boy" on guitar this Christmas
Learn to play "Little Drummer Boy" on guitar for Christmas by following along with this upbeat and lively instructional video of the classic holiday tune. Erich from Your Guitar Sage shows the chords, simplified strumming technique and basic style for properly playing the song.
How To: Play "Silent Night" on guitar this Christmas
Learn to play "Silent Night" on guitar by following along with this helpful instructional video of the timeless holiday classic. Erich from YOur Guitar Sage shows the chords, strumming technique and style for properly playing the song.
How To: Create a twinkling star effect in Adobe After Effects
This is a great background for Christmas plays, holiday pageants or any other video you want to add a little twinkle! You can add a twinkling star quite easily in Adobe After Effects, and this tutorial shows you exactly how!
How To: Take photographs and use special effects when taking Christmas tree pictures
If you have a DSLR, you can take some interesting photographs of Christmas trees and holiday lights this year. Here are six different ways to achieve a special effects look for your Christmas photographs by adjusting the settings on your camera.
How To: Decorate swirled Christmas holly cupcakes
These cupcakes look almost too good to eat...ALMOST. These would still disappear in a heartbeat if left alone with us. But anyhow, these glittered holly berry cupcakes are so gorgeous and beautiful for the holidays.
How To: Heal your skin and hair with natural beauty remedies
We hear so much these days about expensive microdermabrasion and facial treatments at doctors' offices that we forget we forget we have many of the same moisturizing and exfoliating ingredients at home, including avocados, lemons, and oatmeal.
How To: Make Hershey's Kisses candy mice for Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Some mice will be stirring this holiday in your house when you make these adorable Hershey's Kisses candy mice. Bite-sized and really damn cute, don't be surprised if none are there for Santa when he comes swooping down the chimney.
How To: Dry your salad leaves using a cotton pillowcase
Before you toss a salad together it's important that any leaves you use are dry and crisp. Usually you'd use a salad spinner to remove the water, but what if you don't have one and you're low on time?
How To: Make upcycled monogrammed napkins with Evette Rios
The holiday season is now in full swing, which means you should be prepared for serving large crowds and dressing your house to the nines for the occasion. While you may think this would cost you a lot of money, it actually doesn't take much to throw a fun party.
How To: Dress as a Dia de los Muertos sugar skull for Halloween
Dia de los Muertos is the much more meaningful Mexican holiday that many Americans compare with Halloween because of it's nefarious imagery and it's inclusion of delicious sugar skulls. In this video you'll learn how to combine the two by dressing as a Dia de los Muertos sugar skull for Halloween.
How To: Make delicious cocoa from scratch
Cocoa is a great cold-weather dessert beverage, but many store bought powder mixes are too sweet. Making your own homemade cocoa lets you adjust the recipe until it's just perfect for your palate. And it makes a great gift for the holidays!
How To: Create a sweet and pretty birthday makeup look
There are certain days in life on which you are practically required by law to look your best: Your wedding, major holidays when portraits are being taken, and your birthdays.
How To: Play "Winter Wonderland" on the ukulele
Want to play "Winter Wonderland" on your ukulele? See how it's done with this free video ukulele lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and it chords. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the ukulele, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing this classic winter holiday song on your own ukulele, take a look!
How To: Make a lattice crust for fruit pies with Betty
In this clip, Betty will show you how to make a beautiful lattice topping for your fruit pies. Don't leave a boring plain pastry topper on your masterpiece, make an easy basket-weave pattern instead. Nothing is more delicious than a pie for the holidays. Enjoy!
How To: Recycle a cereal box into a stationery set
Cereal boxes make great craft materials during the winter holidays, standing in for the much harder to bake and make gingerbread for faux gingerbread houses and making excellent durable ornaments.
How To: Make Gajar (Carrot) Kanji, a Indian pickled veg drink
In this tutorial, learn how to make Gajar Kanji. Gajar Kanji is a simple Indian beverage that is often served around the holidays in India. The ladies from Show Me The Curry will show you how to make this delicious juice from scratch so that it lasts a long time in your fridge. Enjoy this beverage around Christmas or all year long!