How To: Use peach pits in garden mulch
If your garden needs mulch, here's a peachy-keen new idea: a mulch made of peach pits! Michael Glassman shows how Pits in Pieces™ benefits plants while repelling pests.
If your garden needs mulch, here's a peachy-keen new idea: a mulch made of peach pits! Michael Glassman shows how Pits in Pieces™ benefits plants while repelling pests.
Maxon's CINEMA 4D allows users to add a module called HAIR, integrating custom hair control to 3D projects. However, sometimes users may want to export the HAIR geometry to non-HAIR users. The process, although easy, isn't necessarily obvious. Here's how you can do it, or at least one way to do it.
Here's a way to take a boring old flash drive and make it into a Lego flash drive by taking it apart and inserting into a Lego block.
Here's an obscure one for the die hard Nintendo fans. See how to build a Ninji from super Mario Bros. 2 out of legos.
Want to play Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games on your PSP? Here's how to install GPSP and RIN, two Gameboy emulator programs on your PSP. Please note that downloading video game ROMs is illegal.
Here's how to install and run a Nintendo DS emulator to play DS games on your PC. Please note that downloading ROMs for games you do not own is illegal.
Installing a titanium rammer in your paintball gun will help reduce the kick when you shoot it. Here's how.
This shows you how to save your iPod and a ton of money by fixing a dead battery yourself. Here's how to take apart the 3rd generation iPod and remove and replace the battery.
Half the fun in flying any round engine airplane is in the starting. Here's how to start a DC-3.
Here's a tasty tomato sauce that takes less time to make than cooking the pasta. If you've got tomatoes (even canned will do), basil and garlic, you've got the makings for a scrumptious dinner.
Want to show off using the fancy flames of magicians? This video will show you how to easily make flash paper. To normally make flash paper is a complicated process involving sulphuric acid and nitric acid.. here's an easy way using toilet paper, an old flare and a camping stove.
Tapping and changing strings gets a hair more difficult. Here's one way of making this happen. Once you learn the premise I’m sure you can come up with more. Start tapping at the 17th fret - 2nd string, pulling off to the 12 fret - 2nd string, and hammering on to the 15th fret - 2nd string.
The Google Nexus 6P, manufactured by Huawei and released a little more than a year ago, has been a well-received smartphone in general. It sports front-facing stereo speakers, an awesome camera, a massive screen, supports all US carriers, and doesn't allow the infamous Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 to hamper its performance in the slightest.
Why I split it into two articles: I love images and I'm sure lots of us do. I decided to put in a lot of images as examples rather than have paragraph upon paragraph of boring text. Also, I don't think any of us like overly long articles; but if you think it's better to have it all in one article, let me know
Cassette tapes, much like the boombox, Walkman, and record player, aren't used much anymore. With the ability to put music on our smartphones, most of us don't carry tapes or CDs around because it now seems inconvenient.
Link shorteners like TinyURL and Bitly are great for Twitter (or anytime you're limited on space), but they're also great for hackers. It's easy to hide a malicious link in an innocent-looking shortened URL, which increases the chances that people will click on it.
If you're at all like me, you constantly get frustrated that repeaters only boost redstone signals in one direction. It's annoying!
This is a pretty simple how-to, because a doorbell is a pretty simple mechanism! The difficult part is in understanding music note blocks.
As I said before in my earlier post on how to make a two-tone doorbell, sound is more than just music. Note blocks can create a wide variety of notes and sounds, and those can be used for more than just making a stirring rendition of "Still Alive" from Portal.
One of the many reasons for the Fallout series enduring popularity is the wide variety of creative and retro-futuristic weapons available for the player to lay waste with. Most of them are not real, but by gumption this girl has made one of them so! This video will show you how to make something like, but probably not as good-looking as, this amazing replica of the dart gun from Fallout 3. It's made of pretty much the same materials you make it out of in the game, and might be the single best...
Wondering how all of these videos of people's screens get made? Here's a video of someone's screen with the answer. Learn how to download and install CamStudio to capture video of your screen without using a camera, and then start making videos!
Do a little landscaping work in Minecraft. Here's a video that will show you how to build a cactus farm. Learn the best design and techniques for farming cactus. Watch this video to see what a cactus farm irrigation system looks like in Minecraft.
Tired of being attacked by the goblin army in Terraria? Here's a sure-fire, or rather sure-lava, method for defeating them. Watch this video to learn how to design a lava trap that will make the goblin army vulnerable to your attacks.
Here's a simple home science experiment to demonstrate to kids the different weight and viscosity of various liquids. The liquids near the bottom are more dense while the liquids on top are less dense. This can also be used to determine the relative density of solid objects. Place them in the container and see where they float.
Kids love magic, and they love performing it too! Here's an easy trick kids can learn to get them on the way to being their own Criss Angel, except cool. You'll need a penny a pen and some magical words. Abracadabra.
If you're trying to streamline your work on your Windows 7 PC, here's a handy little program to help you speed things up. Quick Cliq lets you you customize your Windows startup menu to give you one-click access to files, folders applications.
Are you one of those people who likes to take their books into the bathtub? If you've got an eReader or an Apple iPad, you may be weeping at the inability to soak without junking your reading device. Here's a great and cheap solution for you! All you need is a Ziploc bag.
Here's an easy craft you can do with your children to make a patriotic Fourth of July paper hanger. All you need is some construction paper in red, white and blue, a pipe cleaner to serve as the hanger, a stapler or hot glue gun, and some scissors.
Here's a cute little origami tutorial! Start with a piece of orange or goldenrod origami paper, and then follow along with the folding instructions in this video to make your own little origami fish. Perfect for an origami aquarium project!
Here's a cool trick to unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch without having to slide your finger across the screen! Just tap one finger down on the left side of the slide bar, hold it there, and tap the right side.
Tired of your bathroom towels turning threadbare? Here's a helpful household hint: use diluted vinegar when you do laundry instead of fabric softener! This tip will keep your cotton towels absorbent and extend the life of the fabric.
Hey, here's a quick and easy tip for you! Did you ever wonder how other people can keep their flowers looking fresh and perky for days? All it takes is a quick little trick. Just add a little bit of gin and vodka and a teaspoon of sugar to your water, and your flowers will be fresh and perky for a few extra days!
Are the hiccups killing you? Have you tried everything and still can't get rid of the dreaded hiccups? Well, here's a new method of getting rid of the hiccups and it's called the "question method". Learn how to get rid of those hiccups everytime by using this questions & answer interview that correlates with a breathing technique.
If you're a fan of Italian animated television series, Winx Club, here's your chance to bring the characters to life! In this video, learn how to draw Bloom from the series with help from Drawing Now. Search WonderHowTo for more videos from Drawing Now to learn how to draw a variety of characters and cartoons!
Banana bread is a great way to use all those over ripe bananas lying on your counter. Here's a simple and tasty recipe for banana bread that everyone will love. It's fast, easy and really delicious. Watch and get the recipe for this homemade banana bread.
Ever hear of Swag Bucks? It's an online portal dedicated to helping you earn digital dollars called "Swag Bucks", which can be redeemed for exclusive swagbucks.com merchandise.
From the Tesco Food Club comes a delicious whole salmon recipe. Though the dish looks impressive, the actual process is fairly simple. You just wrap your fish in some foil and bake. Serve with some fresh cucumbers, and you have a dish guaranteed to refresh and impress.
So you've been given the slip -- the pink slip. Take a deep breath, and do the following. You Will Need
Here's what to look for in your packaged cuts. Blood in the package means that the blood is no longer in the meat, which means dry, old meat. Better watch this tip to learn how to pick the best fresh meat at the grocery store.
Here's how to blow dry your hair an keep a natural wave. If you don't color treat or straighten your hair, you should you these helpul tips to blow dry your hair without changing it too much and without damaging your hair. You need to use a protective spray and an anti-frizz agent on your wavy hair.