Who doesn't love Duck Hunt? It's arguably one of the most popular games ever created for the original NES system, even in spite of the mocking dog that everyone hates. I'm sure a lot of people still have their old controllers in the attic somewhere, so unless you're lucky enough to have an NES that still works, why not put that childhood nostalgia to good use?
Are you interested in beginning research of your family's history? I began this journey about 3 or 4 years ago and here is what I found. I've done almost ALL of my research online, and gotten farther, faster and more comprehensively than anyone else who has researched my family the old fashioned ways. This is the kind of thing that technology is made for. Here's how to use it.
Want to build your own life-sized, working replica of WALL-E? Be prepared to take on a second job! Mike Senna spent two years perfecting his own version, working 25 hours a week and totaling somewhere around 3,800 hours for the whole project. He had no blueprints to go by, so he spent a lot of time watching the movie over and over to get everything just right. The video below shows some of the construction; skip to about the one minute mark to see WALL-E in action.
Want to be the John (or Jane) D. Rockefeller of Restaurant City? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to hack Restaurant City with Cheat Engine 5.5 (02/04/10).
John from FoodWishes shows us how to make a beautiful and delicious smoked pork shank with white beans.
Peter John displays his Rider-Waite deck and explains the differences in other variations of the Tarot cards, including describing what a beginner should look for when buying a new deck. He also demonstrates how you can use playing cards to give a reading.
The Celtic Cross spread is a versatile way to give a divination which can explain the past, present and near future for your querent. Peter John gives a sample Tarot card reading and demonstrates how to use the Celtic Cross spread.
Peter John explains how to interpret the appearance of a Major Arcana card in a reading using the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. He shows how the High Priestess and Empress cards indicate that a pregnancy might be in the future for your querent.
Many people who perform tarot card readings use only the Minor Arcana - the court cards and the twos through aces of each suit. Peter John teaches the way to explain the Minor Arcana of the Rider-Waite deck and how to incorporate it into your next divination.
Some spreads for giving a Tarot reading ask you to pick one of the court cards from the Minor Arcana to represent the querent. Peter John presents an easy system using hair color and age to select the right card for your client.
Tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and grenadine make up the tequila rose cocktail. Follow along with bartender John as he gives step by step directions for how to mix up this fruity specialty drink. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix the tequila rose cocktail.
Dewar's scotch and soda water make up the scotch and soda cocktail. Follow along with bartender John as he gives step by step directions for how to mix up this classic drink. Watch this video beverage making tutorial and learn how to mix the Dewar's scotch and soda cocktail.
Buying a home is a big step so find out just what is involved when you are ready to bid for the house of your dreams. The whole process can be bit nerve-racking but as long as you stick with it you’ll be a home-owner in no time.
FreshDV had the opportunity recently to speak with Jerome Courshon on the marketing and distribution of movies and films. Jerome offers a full course in the “Secrets of Distribution” . If you are a filmmaker of any kind you owe it to your crew, your cast and yourself to watch this segment. From contracts, residuals, and pitfalls to avoid Jerome covers the 101 basics of film distribution and helps prepare you for what you need to know once the ink dries on the DVDs. In Jerome’s words:
Have you ever found yourself lost in the Appalachian Mountains, or stranded in the Mojave Desert? Maybe it was because you couldn't read a map… a real map… a real hands-on, folding paper map. Reading a map is an important skill that may be lost in the internet and GPS era, but it' s a skill that everyone should have.
Eagle Lake Woodworking, hosted by John Nixon, offers great do-it-yourself guides for building your own furniture, especially in the American Arts and Crafts style, and turning your garage into an amateur woodshop. Search Eagle Lake on WonderHowTo for more carpentry tutorial videos. From Eagle Lake Woodworking on this specific lesson:
Check out this woodworking video from Eagle Lake Woodworking. Learn how to build a table saw crosscut and miter sled by watching this five-part series.
Learn how to play "Awake" by Secondhand Serenade, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:
What girl DOESN'T want to look like a bombshell? While the perfectly proportioned girls on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway are an unrealstic representation of real women, their hair and makeup are something we can all achieve...if you have the know-how.
The holidays mean two things to us: Delicious, sugary holiday cookies and a great deal of hustle and bustle from shopping, parties, and meeting with friends. But with all this on your plate it's easy to get overwhelemed and not know how to fit everything in.
In this video we learn how to draw long manga hair. First, draw straight but curved lines going out from the top of the head to the side of the paper, giving the girl really long hair. Then, draw the other side of her head with long lines that drift down to her shoulder area. Draw in a lot of lines that are not straight, because that won't look real. Just draw them slightly curved so they look like they are falling down from the head. Then, draw on the lines to the forehead for the bangs and ...
Coming soon to an Android device near you: Diminished Reality! What's Diminished Reality? A lot like Augmented Reality, really, but with one big difference: Where AR giveth, insinuating virtual elements into a live representation of the real world, Diminished Reality taketh away, hiding actually-existing objects within a live feed.
In this video, we learn how to change your name on Facebook. First, go to Facebook and log into your account. Once you are on here, click on the settings button. Now, find where it says "name" and click "change". Once you change this, enter in the name that you want to show and then choose the name that you want to display. Once you are finished, click "change name" and then you will have to certify that this is your real legitimate name. Once you do this, your page will refresh and your new ...
Holli Holi. Nope, this isn't a Neil Diamond song ("Holly Holy"), but a colorful festival celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs to welcome the spring. Holi is the Hindu and Sikh festival of color, usually done in the first or second week of March. Holi is also well known for it's mischievous nature and merrymaking fun, so for all of you Good Indian Girls out there, this is the time to make your colors real shine! Watch this video to learn a little bit more about Holli and how to celebrate it.
Meddlesome mother in laws are pretty cliche these days and a common problem made fun of in many romantic comedies. And while on the big screen the pesky, overbearing mother in law is something to laugh at, having a woman of her nature in your own, real life is ego deteriorating and detrimental to your marriage.
Consider this video Cake Decorating 101. No matter what you do in the future with cake decorating, knowing how to apply fondant smoothly to a cake's surface is one of the most important and most often used skills in a pastry chef's career.
In this video, we learn how to draw a skull. Start off by drawing in the eyes and then draw the nose and basic outline of the head. Add in lines on the head to show broken and cracked bones. After this, draw in eye sockets and add details to the nose as well. Shade in the eyes and then start to draw the jawbone and where the teeth are at. Shade between the teeth and then draw the chin in. Add in shading where you feel it's needed, then add in more cracks to make it look more real and you're f...
Start teaching your children the art of recycling… and the art of crafting. Making this recycled doll's broom is perfect for any young girl who enjoys beauty and you figurines. A crafty broom will help Barbie learn responsibility, and teach your young ones about helping their environment out. This doll's broom is made from real evergreen leaves, along with a popsicle sticks and some tape. Easy!
Modding you XBox 360 case is not for the faint of heart. There is a real possibility any time you take a saw to your Xbox that it isn't going to work afterwards. For those of you who have moved beyond the fear, watch this video. It will teach you how to cut your CD drive as part of a larger case mod so that you can see the CD spinning in the drive while you are playing. It looks cool, it may actually be cooler, what more do you need?
The term "chibi" means "small person" or "small child" in Japanese. While it can be used to designate such personages in real life, it is more often used to refer to small, doll-like characters in Japanese manga, anime, and jewelry/fashion wares.
Deafall traps are the type of trap most familiar to the American public, largely due to the efforts of Elmer Fudd to catch Bugs Bunny on Looney Tunes. In real life, they tend to work quite a bit better than they did on the show. In this video, Wilderness Outfitters presenter Crier demonstrates how to construct one type of deadfall trap, the Ojibwa Deadfall. Knowing how to make traps like this will make you much are able to survive if you are stranded in the wilderness with no food.
This tutorial gives a start to finish explanation of how to make an Internet Wi-Fi router with Windows Vista. With real time computer screen video and narrative, it is easy to follow along at home.
SCRABBLE was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts, an architect in New York, in an attempt to make a word game that combined anagrams and crosswords, which involved chance, luck and a great degree of skill. Together, Butts and game-loving entrepreneur James Brunot, refined the game and made the games by hand, stamping letters on wooden tiles on at a time. They eventually came up with the name SCRABBLE, which means "to grope frantically."
This video is about drawing Goomba mushroom, a game character from the Super Mario Brothers. The materials required is a sheet of paper and sketch and coloring pens. The video begins by drawing the eyebrows, the eyes, the pupils, the mouth and then the face. Then you add in the rest of the body and legs. At the end coloring is done to the sketch to make it real life like and attractive. This is a great video for die hard fans of Super Mario brothers and those who want to pin up a neat picture...
In this cooking tutorial, learn how to make spicy honey Caribbean salmon with a delicious salmon sauce. To make the sauce, you will need the following ingredients:
The author demonstrates how to draw a figure of a nude woman from behind through a un-narrated short film demonstrating his drawing in real time.
Blip TV user Mr. Root teaches you how to mount an ISO image file using the Unbent Linux terminal. To do this and have access to the files inside of an ISO, without unarchived it, start the terminal. Type in dirk CD. Make sure the ISO image is on your desktop. Then type in sud o mount -o loop -t iso9660 and then the name of your image file, followed by CD/. This will create a new disk drive, which can be seen on the desktop. You can explore that disc like a real one. To unmounted your image, s...
This short video will show you how you can make a rose just by using toilet paper. Cut out a piece of toilet paper and fold it around your finger. Make out the rose bud by leaving the top part and turning the toilet paper around several times tightly to form the stem of your paper rose. Arrange the petals of the rose by opening them up to make it similar to a real rose bud. Open up the lower part of the toilet paper in the form of a skirt. Fold it up towards the bud part and fold tightly to f...
Drawing a human being doesn't have to be difficult. With a little practice, it can be as easy as pie. You'll need a sketch pen, pencil and a paper. Draw the outline of a boy and a girl. Then you can draw the eyes, nose, lips and the body structure respectively. Then give the shades on the outline to make it look more graceful.
This video shows the viewer how to correctly use acid stain to stain a floor. In the video the acid stain is applied to a floor using in a spray. This is done using a device similar to one used to apply weed killer to plants; another suggestion would be with a watering can that has an adjustable nozzle. Basically the acid stain can be applied with any device that can be used to apply the acid in a thin and even layer. This stops the acid from staining the floor in an uneven manner and helps t...
