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How To: Browse the Internet on an Xbox 360 using MCE Browser

Madman McClinton demonstrates how to browse the internet on an Xbox 360 using the MCE browser. First, download the MCE browser by doing a Google search and clicking on the first link. Next, install the MCE browser on your system. Then, connect your Windows Media Center to your Xbox. Then, go to your Xbox and open up the Windows Media Center. Select the program library function from the online media option. Next, choose the MCE browser from the available choices. Enter your desired URL into th...

How To: Upload pictures to Facebook from an LG Versa phone

In this how-to video, you will learn how to upload photos and videos to Facebook or MySpace using your mobile phone. First, go to messaging and scroll down to blogs. Here, enter whichever blog you want to upload to. Next, go to message and create a new picture message. A new option called blog will be in this menu. Now, press the option and click on your blog of choice. From there, you can put in text and select your picture or video. Now you can press send. This will send the file or video t...

How To: Make homemade egg drop soup

This video explains how to make homemade egg drop soup. What you will need for this project is a pot, noodles, water, an egg and a bowl. First, you'll want to heat up and boil your water in the pot. Next, add your noodles. The noodles and flavor you will use will be Choice Ramen. Before you add the noodles, crunch up the noodle in the package. When the noodles are half way done, limp and softening, add the flavor to the pot and mix. Next, drop in the egg and simply break the yolk of the egg. ...

How To: Make a pair of large silver hoop earrings

In this video, Marc Nelson describes how to make large hoop earrings to the wearer's choice out of silver wire and beads. The process if very simple and inexpensive. First he takes a larger gauged silver wire for the actual hoop earring. Then taking the smaller wire for bead placement, he preemptively threads the smaller wire through the beads. Because you have to use the smaller wire for holding the beads in place, the wire must be much longer. It seems with enough practice and know how, mak...

How To: Fast scroll on your Android

This video in the Electronics category will show you how to fast scroll on your Android. Let’s assume you have a lot of contacts and out of them you want to find one in a hurry and you have only one hand free. Instead of scrolling down the entire contact list with your thumb, you can press the scroll thumb called the fast scroll feature, jump down to the letter of your choice and then find it in that. When you are travelling in a new place, bring up the maps, choose ‘my location’ and you will...

How To: Make earrings with gemstones, freswater pearls & wire

Marianna takes us through the process of creating a beautiful set of earrings! For this project you will need two sterling silver head pins, four fresh water pearls, some gemstones of your choice, two sterling silver ear wires, round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, and a cutter. Take your head pin and string your beads and gemstones on the head pin. Next using the flat nose plier, bend the end of the head pin to create a 90 degree angle. Then make a simple loop where the ear wires will be plac...

How To: Cover up an old tattoo

In this Beauty and Style category video tutorial you will learn how to cover up an old tattoo. The video is presented by Robert Scott, aesthetician from RSFaceBody. You have a life long relationship with your tattoo. But, if you want to cover it up for any event like a wedding, the first choice is to do that with clothing. Of course, it will depend on where your tattoo is. If it can’t be covered with clothing, you may have to use make-up. You start with the lightest foundation first and slowl...

How To: Make a floating illusion necklace

Those interested in learning how to make their own jewelry, can learn how to make a floating illusion necklace by following the steps in this video tutorial. You will need a beading board, beading wire, crimp beads, beads of your choice, a barrel clasp, wire cutters, and crimping/flat-nosed pliers. First measure out how much wire you will need. The tutorial is making a 16-inch necklace. Make sure to cut extra wire. For a 16-inch necklace, this means you should cut approximately 20 inches of w...

How To: Make garlic flavored beer-batter onion rings

Tammy Cornan, the iPhone chef, teaches us how to make beer batter onion rings. She shows us every step of the process from all of the ingredients needed to how long you should fry your onion rings in order to give them that golden brown tasty flavor. The video demonstration contains information that you just can't get in a recipe book. For example, the iPhone chef tells us which beer is the best choice for flavor, how long to leave your batter in the refrigerator in order to get a smooth crea...

How To: Give subcutaneous fluids to a cat

Your veterinarian may, at some point, prescribe some SQ fluids, or subcutaneous fluids to your cat. There are many reasons for having an SQ fluids prescription. But if you have a cat that needs these, you're going to have to learn how to give the fluid to your cat. Learn how to care for your pet with help from VetVid. See how to give subcutaneous fluids to a cat with this video tutorial.

How To: Grill salmon perfectly

Grilling salmon perfectly is a tough feat but heat up the grill and this video will show you how. First, you can make a sauce of some kind (this video does not go deeply into how to do so, so choice whichever kind of marinade you would like!). Your next step is to get your grill very hot. Now, you will need to spray your grill with no stick spray to ensure a nice clean grill. Next, lay your salmon on the grill and close it and let cook skin side up for about 2 minutes. Flip the fish, and lath...

How To: Make a shepherd's pie like a chef

In this episode of The Simple Chef, host Randy Higgins demonstrates how to make a shepherd's pie. To make this recipe you will need: 1 pound lean ground beef - browned, 1 onion - diced, 1/3 cup of water, 2Tbsp corn starch, 1 packet of beef flavoring, 4 medium size potatoes - peeled and chopped, 1/4 cup milk, and salt to taste. Begin by browning the ground beef, and adding in the onion, and cook until the onion becomes tender. Boil the potatoes until cooked, then add the milk and salt, and mas...

How To: Make a mini top hat for Halloween

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a mini Halloween top hat. This video provides all the materials required to make the top hat. The materials required include: a Styrofoam cup, X-acto knife, scissors, 2 8x10 sheets of craft foam or felt (choice of color), ribbons, feathers and any other embellishments. This video provides a visual demonstration and step-by-step narration that allows users to easily understand and follow along. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy do...

How To: Make a cupcake bouquet

This video shows how easy it is to make a great looking cupcake bouquet. You will need half a Styrofoam ball, a flower pot, some toothpicks, a piping bag with a flower tip, some colored icing and, of course, the cupcakes. Place the piece of Styrofoam in the flower pot and arrange the toothpicks to mark where you will place the cupcakes.

How To: Cook a Cajun rib eye steak

The video tutorial teaches you how to make Cajun Rib Eye Steak using the tutorial maker's special seasoning. The tutorial's Cajun Rib Eye Steak is complemented with a side dish of grilled asparagus and melons, that is also taught in the video tutorial. Preparation time for the complete meal is approximately 1 hour. Cajun Choice Blacken Seasoning is used for the steak as seasoning. The tutorial maker gives a tip on using a Jaccard to tenderize the meat while spreading the seasoning onto the me...

How To: Draw a beautiful flower

This is a very quick and easy step by step guide to drawing a flower. First, you want to take a sheet of plain white paper and a writing utensil of your choice and draw a large circle. Second, you want to make large parenthesizes shapes about an inch and a half apart and put four of those on the circle separating each by less than half an inch. Lastly, you want to finish off the petals of the flower by just creating lines outside of the ones you just made and connecting at a tip to create fou...

How To: Design a bubble bowl centerpiece for a wedding

This is a time lapse version of Flowergod episode 28. In this episode the Flowergod designs a bubble bowl centerpiece for a wedding. The demonstration focuses on color and flower choice as it relates to theme, floral depth and composition, and the overall shape and balance of the piece. Flowergod discusses techniques for arranging and concealing stones while emphasizing the bowl, as well as some general do's and don'ts for any floral arrangement. This centerpiece features white hydrangea, whi...

How To: Make a hot toddy cocktail

You will need some whiskey of your choice. It is also fine to use brandy if you like that better. Next make some tea as you would normally brew tea. The steeping process of the tea may be cut short as it is not the main flavor. After the tea has been brewed take a mug and pour the tea into it, leaving some room at the top. Add four ounces of the whiskey. It is also alright to pour to a four count; each numbered count is a ounce. Finish filling by adding honey to the batch. Then you will want ...

How To: Take a screenshot on an Apple Macintosh

This video teaches the secrets of taking a screenshot on an Apple Macintosh in simple steps. First open any colorful web page of your choice to take the screenshot. Now hold down the Command, Shift and 3 keys together at a time to take the screenshot. Now close or minimize the web page and double-click the image found on your desktop to open it. You can zoom in or out, send via email, save it and do much more with your screen shot.

How To: Choose the best prime lens choice for Canon cameras

Eyepatchentertainmen teaches you how to choose the best prime lens for Canon cameras, for video shooting. The faster the lens, the lower the light we need. The dark sequence was shot using a Nikon 15 mm 1.8 lens. Canon 50 mm 1.8 or the Nikon 50 mm 1.8 are good starting prime lenses. These run about 100 dollars. Sigma 30 mm 1.4 is a way up from that. After that there is the Canon L series primes, those are very good as well. Adaptation is also needed when you start using lenses. The most expen...

How To: Watch TV on your PC

To watch TV on your PC you need a TV tuner. You have two choices. There are usb sticks and pci cards. The pci is an internal circuit board that goes inside your computer. The pci card is very easy to install. Literally just open the computer and pop it into an available pci slot. Then you will need to install the software that came with the usb stick or pci card. Next attach an antenna to the pci card or usb stick connector. You can scan for channels, save favorite programs, and setup recordi...

How To: Make raw muesli

Karen Knowler, The Raw Food Coach, demonstrates how to make a wonderfully filling raw muesli. Start with a cereal bowl. Coarsely chop and add two or three varieties of nuts of your choosing. In this instance, Karen adds hazelnuts, almonds and brazil nuts. She then adds cut dried apricots, dates and raisins. Blend together with your hands. Now, add fresh fruit of choice. Bananas, blueberries, raspberries and apples are good picks. Stir to blend and finally, pour almond milk to taste over all. ...

How To: Cut a person or object out of a picture in Photoshop

Ok, so you ditched the ex like a bad habit but now every picture on your Myspace features their face? No problem! You can use PhotoShop to cut objects out of your picture or to make people disappear. This video shows how to do both of those so you can forget the bad memories and move on! After you master the techniques shown you can also use them to cut the background out of your picture and then replace it with a background of your choice!

How To: Make a spiral rose

Learn to make a beautiful spiral rose of paper, by watching this video. Things you will need to make this rose are: Red colored paper (or any color of your choice for the rose), a toothpick or small stick, glue, scissors. Begin by drawing a spiral on a square piece of red colored paper. With the help of scissors, cut along the lines of the spiral till the centre. Next, begin winding the spiral strip onto one end of a toothpick, from the outer end. Keep winding till you reach the other end of ...

How To: Understand histograms on digital cameras

A video from Graham River Productions, presented by Shannon Smith, explains how to interpret Histograms on modern Digital Cameras. Just because a captured image looks nice on the camera screen does not mean that it is really good. One of the better checks for quality of a photograph is the histogram display that is available on many modern cameras. Histograms accurately tell whether the full potential of the the camera's optical sensor has been utilized or not; and are the tools of choice for...

How To: Make an image your YouTube profile background

This video shows you how to give your YouTube account a background image. Basically what you do is take any image that you would like to have as your background and upload it to a image uploader of your choice. Once the image is hosted it should show a url link to the file, copy this link. Then under your YouTube account settings scroll down to channel design. From here you should see a box that asks for a background image url, paste the url into this box click yes for background image and up...

How To: Create PDF portfolios in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

A PDF Portfolio is a bundled collection of content compressed into one PDF file. Watch this 5 minute overview and learn how you can bundle documents, e-mail, drawings, flash presentations and even video into one sleek package that can be used for presentations or project management for your organization. Your portfolio can include introductory text and sets of data that can be sorted geographically by being linked to clickable maps. Not only can the entire portfolio be branded with your logo ...

How To: Appy MAC "Show Orchid" lipstick to your lips

This is a makeup tutorial video on how to apply MAC "Show Orchid" lipstick on your lips. After using the primer on your lids, apply eyeshadow. Apply eyeliner of your choice. You can use eyeliner but it is purely optional. Apply some bronzer after applying liquid foundation. Using a brush, apply the bronzer like any other bronzer. For the lips, use "Show Orchid" lipstick. A lip pencil is recommended to line the lips first. Follow these simple tips and show those luscious lips to your friends o...

How To: Choose a loom

Deciding which type of loom to buy and size isn't always easy. Looming is a lot of fun and addictive. But you don't want to buy a loom for the sake of buying a loom. This will help you make better choices instead of buying out the store and realizing you have looms you will never use.

How To: Create Rihanna-inspired tiger print nails

Julie teaches the secrets of creating tiger print nails inspired by Rihanna. You will need: a base coat, top coat, nail polish of gold, black and copper colors. First apply a base coat of your choice to the nails and let it dry. Now apply a gold color nail polish on the base coat. Use a copper color nail polish and fill in the tip of your nails as shown. Now use a black color nail polish to draw the tiger stripes. Start drawing a triangle and end up with a line in crooked directions to get ti...

How To: Draw an female anime face in 3/4

Would you like to learn how to draw amazing anime cartoons? This excellent and entertaining video demonstrates step by step how to draw a flawless female anime face in 3/4 view. It discusses the challenges of 3/4 views, how to practice difficult facial drawing techniques, and offers helpful tips on how to produce anime drawings that really stand out. It provides helpful tips on proper pencil and lead choice to quickly and easily get fine, clean and perfect lines that are a must for modern ani...

How To: Burn a DVD using Nero

This video is about burning a DVD using Nero. On menu bar choose create/edit. Select audit, edit and capture video in dialog box. Nero vision 5 appears. Go to DVD dialog box. Choose where you will import video from. Drag video into open screen. For best quality keep video size to 1 GB. You can add titles, edit or create chapters. Click next. Choose a category which are choices of how the video will appear. You can customize text and audio in this screen. Click next and view the final product....

How To: Mix a pumpkin pie martini

Planning a big fall party? This simple pumpkin pie martini is the perfect choice and a big crowd pleaser. This short instructional video takes you step by step on teaching you how to make this wonderful martini. It tells you all the ingredients and materials needed and shows you the simple steps it takes to make it. It will only take a short couple of minutes before you create this simple but delicious pumpkin pie martini that will have your guests asking for more.

How To: Make raw marinated mushrooms

Take some peeled and cleaned mushrooms and put them in a bowl. Coat them really well with some extra virgin olive oil. Mushrooms are very porous and they soak up a lot of what you put on them so you have to make sure that you use enough olive oil to be sure that they are well coated. Then gently use your hands to toss them in the bowl. Next coat them with some Tamari Soy Sauce and gently toss them in the bowl with your hands one more time. Before you eat them let them sit for up to 24 hours. ...

How To: Rotate a shape about the origin 90° counter-clockwise

Davitily thinks that you can learn to rotate the images quite easily. In this video Davitily explains the process of rotating a geometrical shape about the origin. This rotation is counter-clockwise. Davitily explains the various steps involved in this process. Two steps are explained in this process. The explanation is very simple and done in a very interesting manner. This video is the perfect choice for people wanting to learn the rotation of shapes. This video is a must for people interes...

How To: Use Stretch your Imagination Cricut for a Xmas card

This video from Cricut Christmas shows how to make a Christmas card. The narrator demonstrates the procedure explaining each step along the way. Using simple materials like paper, gum, ribbon, etc., you can create a simple yet stylish looking Christmas card. The "Stretch your Imagination" booklet by Cricut is the tool of choice. It can help create professional looking card designs easily. Watch the video to learn how to make the card.

How To: Create and start a group on Facebook

This video is about creating a group on Facebook. Groups on Facebook join friends and people with similar interests. Go to the dialog box and choose groups, create new. You then bring up the form. Choose a name and describe the name. Scroll down and choose the group type. Click create group. You can also add a photo of the group. Scroll down and choose enable photo, video or links. Then you decide who has the responsibility for making changes to the group-members or an administrator. Decide w...

How To: Make a snowflake using only scissors and paper

This video is about how to make a snowflake using only scissors and paper. For this you have to go through a few simple steps: (1) Take two plain sheets of paper. (2)Fold them into the shape of triangle. (3) Fold them again up to three triangles. After making a small fold of triangle (4) cut the triangle using scissors. Make any shape of your choice and cut carefully and neatly. Now just open the shape and the snowflake is ready. You can use colorful paper also.

How To: Plant Lamb's Ear as a ground cover in your garden

When watching this video, you will realize why Lamb's Ear, or stachys byzantin, may be a perfect choice of plant to set in front of your other plants. With a sea green color and low profile, it will set the rest of the garden off beautifully. Place it along borders of the garden or even along your driveway. Lamb's Ear is a hardy, drought resistant plant that is easy to care for and will do well in sunny areas. It does shoot up and grow a large flower later in the season. This would be your op...