Here's how to spot nails and screws with joint compound. This instructional video will show you how to coat nails and screw holes in drywall with a thin layer of spackle. Use a metal putty knife and fresh joint compound to get a smooth surface of spackle and avoid heavy sanding.
Here's a way to make your drywall project perfect. Mix up some thin joint compound, using more water than normally required for spackling holes in the wall. You can roll the putty onto the wall with a think rolling brush. After the joint compound dries, it only requires a light sanding. Watch this instructional video to create perfectly smooth drywall surfaces with liquid spackle.
Here's a simple modification for your vintage Diana or Lomography Diana+. Watch this instructional photography video to make a velcro film counter cover. You can also use black masking tape to cover the film counter for subtle camera work.
Want to take flash photos with your Diana+, but don't want to drop $100 on a DianaF+? Here's how you take flash photos with your standard Diana+. You can use a simple two battery flash unit and flash bracket to hold the flash to the camera. Note well: There's a trick to making this camera modification work, so pay attention to this instructional photography video.
Here's how to take a well lit outdoor portrait. It's best to shoot outdoor photographs in the morning or late afternoon to catch the best light. Use light reflectors to deflect light coming from below. This instructional photography video will show you how to make subtle lighting adjustments to take a stunning photo portrait.
Millions of workers report to a moron. Here’s how to deal if you’re one of them… A worker, that is. Reporting to a moron. Going over your boss' head can be dangerous, so be careful not to jeopardize your career and reputation. Watch this video job advice tutorial and learn how to deal with an incompetent boss.
Here's how to print, bind and publish your own paperback book. You need a color or B&W printer, a hot-melt glue gun, a clamp, and a thermal binding device. This instructional video will allow you to organize all of your downloaded files into neatly constructed books for an enjoyable reading experience.
If you are looking to begin playing the guitar then this how to video is the place to start. Here's a simple accompaniment for "You Are My Sunshine" using three chords and some basic fingerpicking. You will learn the chords for this song and some easy fingerpicking techniques. With this tutorial you will learn how to play and sing along to "You Are My Sunshine."
So you're weaving a narrow band. How do you keep the edges nice and straight? Here's a technique that combines weft insertion, beat, and selvedge control. It's useful for inkle weaving, tabletweaving, rigid heddle weaving, backstrap weaving... or even weaving small bands on a big loom. Try it!
Are you a little stumped when you look at a blank page? Here's how to regain the sense of perspective you lost when you looked at the paper. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to draw three dimensional space with the help of a Google drawing program.
Here's an instructional DIY video on how to extend your I/Os using 74HC595 chip and CUBLOC CB280. The input/output of a computer's memory can be enhanced with a modification using a microprocessing board and a mini-board. Watch this video computer-circuitry tutorial and learn how to extend I/O on a computer using a 74HC595 mini-board and a CUBLOC CB280.
High heels can be tricky to walk in, but they make you legs look great. It's the price you pay for looking hot. Here's how to put your sexiest foot forward—without toppling over. Watch this video fashion tutorial and learn how to walk in high heels.
Check out this instructional hiking video to learn 5 simple steps to maintaining a sharp, rust-free blade. Here's a backpacking tutorial video from the Backpacker's Gear School in the March 2007 Gear Guide. One of the key tips to keeping your knife sharp is to clean it after every trip. Learn other important tips to keep your blade nice and clean for your next hiking expedition.
Here's a good practical joke to scare friends and maybe even encourage them to quit smoking. All you need is access to their cigarettes and some blanks from a toy gun. Watch this video pranking tutorial and learn how to make an exploding cigarette. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
Ladies, here's some advice on wearing dance shoes from Jenny at JQDance. A tight fit insures balance and support while Latin dancing, as if the shoe were a part of the foot. Watch this video dance tutorial and learn how to wear shoes for Latin dance.
Ladies, here's a tip on which shoe size to buy your dance shoes in. A snug pair of shoes is more secure, and will make Latin dancing easier. Watch this video dance tutorial and learn how to pick the right size of shoe for Latin dance.
Doggie doors come in all shapes and sizes and cost about one hundred dollars. Watch this how to video to learn how simple it is to create an entrance in your door for your dog.To install a doggie door in your home, here's what you should know.
Need to set extend a cable but there is a wall in the way? It's tricky to do! Here's a helpful hint for feeding wires through walls in this how to video. Watch and learn how a coat hanger and a soda straw can help guide wire through tiny holes.
Here's chicken like you've never tasted it before. This instructional cooking video includes a written recipe for Chinese black bean sauce chicken. Once you've gathered ingredients, this stir-fry recipe is easy to prepare.
Here's how to place grass into your diorama scenery. These tactics may be familiar to model train builders, but there are endless fibers that can create texture for miniature landscapes. Make grass for dioramas, Warhammer, architectural models and other miniatures.
All that stands in your way is Isenberg, the leader of NEVEC, and his tricked out Mech. Here's a tip from G4TV on how to beat the final boss in Lost Planet.
Here's an expert guide for making a mojito. You'll need lime, brown sugar, crushed ice, mint, white rum, and soda water. Watch this video specialty drink-mixing tutorial and learn how to make a lovely Cuban mojito cocktail.
Strawberry season means it's strawberry shortcake time. Here's an easy strawberry shortcake recipe that is sure to please. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a delicious strawberry shortcake with angel food cake mix.
Egg yolk mixed with your egg white? Bits of shell in your egg yolk? Here's an efficient and nearly foolproof way to separate whole eggs. With an added bonus...you get to play with your food! Watch this how to video to learn a great way to separate eggs.
Here’s a nifty little trick that will have you wowing the crowd not once but twice in the very same routine. You will need a deck of red-backed cards, one blue-backed card, the ability to perform the Hindu Shuffle, and double lift skills. Watch this video magic tutorial shows how to perform a great card finding and color change card trick.
Here's a short explanation of how to get a funky strummed guitar sequence from scratch in FL Studio.
Thoreau said, “Water is the only drink for a wise man.” Here’s how to purify yours when you’re out in the wild. To purify water, you will need a camp stove or campfire, water purifier, water purification tablets, and a container to collect the clean water. Learn how to make safe drinking water while camping or out in nature by watching this video nature safety tutorial.
Here's a creative control that let's you decide what will be in focus when shooting with your Nikon digital SLR. Watch this photography tutorial video to learn how to use Aperture Priority Mode on your Nikon D80 camera.
Lost the jewel case for one of your CDs or making a mix-CD as a gift? Don't let that CD get scratched. Here's a real simple method to fold a quick and easy case for any stray CD. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make your own today!
Here's how to grab video off of a DVD and import it into the timeline of Sony Vegas or Sony Movie Studio video editing program.
The Olsen twins have a distinct makeup look. Some have ventured to call it "cocaine chic." Here's a tutorial on how you can emulate that makeup look without the nose candy.
Got a mystery to solve? Somebody’s been making off with your stuff, and you don’t have a clue who it is, do you? Here’s your chance to catch them in the act. In this how to video you will learn to make a DIY laser security system.
Watch this how to video to get tips and techniques for preparing artichokes. Don't get all choked up, learn to cook artichokes like the the Culinary Institute of America pros.
Here's a an easy to make, dollar store DIY spy microphone that lets you listen from afar and bring the sounds up close. From Make Magazine Volume 14
Wondering how you'll look with a piercing? Wanna find out without actually having to use a needle? Here's how to create the illusion of having a pierced nose without the pain
Imagine if you had to wear a fur coat all summer long. Here’s how to keep your pets comfortably cool. Never leave a pet in a parked car or more might happen than them getting overheated. This is an interesting tip: leave some fur in your backyard to deter deer, which carry ticks.
Are you in the market for a new television? Before you pull out your credit card, we'll help you sort through the lingo, from HDTV to LCD, and find the best television to fit your needs.
The process is a little more complicated than the older Samsung UMPCs, but if you're game, here's how to take the device apart and upgrade the RAM
Here's how to make the eyes in any picture pop in Adobe Photoshop in under 60 seconds.
If your CD or DVD player has become sluggish or is skipping, you may need to clean the lens. Here’s how. You will need a Phillip's Head Screwdriver.
