In this two part tutorial, learn how to recreate Blake Lively's boho chic braided look from the Teen Choice Awards. This style is very versatile. You can wear this style for everyday, work, school or formal occasions like prom, weddings, etc.
If you've ever watched or listened to music from Christina Aguilera, you know for one she can sing and two she can definitely dance. So many of her music videos have featured great dance moves from the lively young performer. So it's no surprise that her new single Not Myself Tonight, would feature a set of dance moves. This tutorial takes you through the steps and shows you what you need to do in order to bust a move. So good luck, be careful, and enjoy!
In our opinion, the best kind of curly hair is the kind that looks the most natural. So rather than tight ringlets that look like they've obviously been twirled around a curling iron, we're talking about loose, carefree waves that are slightly undone.
"Gossip Girl" stunner Blake Lively is as close to perfect as it gets, with great gams, a lithe body, and a face that has launched a thousand Youtube how-to makeup tutorials.
Blake Lively is one of the most stylish women on the planet. If you want to emulate her look, this video is the place to start. Learn how to give yourself the braided ponytail hairstyle that Blake rocks so well.
Everybody wants to learn how Blake Lively does her fishtail braids in the hit TV show Gossip Girl, and this video will show you how it's done, like a professional hairstylist! Christine Choi from the Neihulé Salon in Los Angeles is here to demonstrate the perfect fishtail braids.
Only have a few minutes to get ready but want to look chic? No problem! Spend all the time you can on your makeup and clothing and do this super fast hairstyle to top it all off. This updo, inspired by Blake Lively's style on "Gossip Girl" is a very cute, stylish way to keep your hair up but avoid a boring ponytail. This look combines braids with buns and everything in between for a gorgeous look that won't make you look bald from the front like some 'dos. So, if you are short on time or pati...
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.
A performer from the UK street stunt team 3Run demonstrates the wall flip. It's a simple but always impressive parkour move. The performer vaults off the wall and goes spinning back over himself, landing on his feet. The performer offers a lot of advice for how to do the trick, making it (almost) look easy.
Winged eyeliner is a makeup look that girls either love or don't attempt to try because it seems to hard. As habitual winged eyeliner wearers Lauren Conrad and Blake Lively prove, winged eyeliner is extremely sexy and also elongates and brightens your eyes.
In this programming tutorial, Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University explains the six parts of a Flex 3 class. He demonstrates how to create and extend a class using Flex 3, and how to bring that class into a Flex project using xmlns name space. Learn how to work with custom classes in this beginners Adobe Flex Builder 3 tutorial.
In this web application development tutorial we show you how to create an Adobe Air desktop application and how to produce an unsigned certificate. The example shows how to embed a browser into Adobe Flex 3.
This tutorials shows you how to get started with Camtasia. It addresses techsmith online tutorials, audio recording devices, and basic editing (cut and insert).
This Adobe Illustrator tutorial demonstrates the basic shape modes in path finder (add, subtract, intersect, and exclude), and shows how to use the direct selection tool and expand features of Illustrator. Finally, a bubble box is created (for the Yahoo Map project) with the add shape mode and a drop shadow effect added.
Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky Universtiy demonstrates how to grab a website's resources for reconstruction in Flex using HTTRACK and Wireshark. This tutorial is especially helpful for sites you want to grab that think they are very locked down and secure. All with the free softwares HTTRACK and Wireshark.
In this tutorial, Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University discusses the MVC (Model Viewer Controller) architecture, installs Cairngorm into Adobe Flex 3, and discusses one of David Tucker's examples. The MVC model is comprised of a Model (encapsulates information from the d base (XML file), View (presentation layer that the user interacts with, and Controller (processes and responds to events and invokes changes to the model and viewer). See how to use the MVC model and install Cairngorm ...
This web application tutorial teaches how to deploy a Flex 3 application on to a webserver for Internet use. Learn how to figure out what files you made in Flex Builder 3 need to be uploaded to the web to make your application run.
This tutorial is on using SketchUp to draw a simple 3D model with textures and using Google's 3D Warehouse. In addition, the potential for use with Ppervision3D is discussed through SketchUp's 3D collada export.
NKU had so many instructors ask them for a Jeopardy game that Mike Lively created one and put it on Google Code for free distribution. This tutorial is narrated by the game designer Alissa Gilley. Learn how to create and play flexJeapardy using Flex.
This CoffeeCup Web Form Builder software tutorial shows how to create a MySQL database to be used in CoffeeCup Form Builder to build web forms. Mike Lively shows you how to do this using cPanel and the Site Ground server for hosting since it allows an unlimited number of MySQL databases. Start by creating your database in cPanel and then upload the results to CoffeeCup Form Builder.
Fireworks has a great batch processing mechanism for images. In this tutorial, Mike Lively converts a PowerPoint presentation to jpegs and batch processes them down to a smaller size within Fireworks.
Birds are a challenging subject for any artist, cartoonists included. Watch this professional cartoon artist demonstrate his technique for drawing cartoon birds that are lively and fun. These birds fly around the page. If you are looking to add birds to your cartoon portfolio, watch this video.
Forget regular backgrounds. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab has live wallpapers, which are essentially backgrounds for your homescreen, but with a lively feel. It reacts to you. But if you want to change it, you can, and this is how you do on the Android OS. Press MENU < WALLPAPER < LIVE WALLPAPER and then browse and select the one you want. The click SET WALLPAPER to save it.
Sexy curls paired with major volume is a combination that few women can pass up, especially for an event where they want to look as foxy as possible. Seen on fashion-forward celebrities like Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Kate Hudson, big curls give your hair extra volume and make you look more youthful.
Without sharps and flats, piano players would fall asleep at the piano bench and faceplant their sheet music. Keep your next piano session a lively (and alive) one by watching this tutorial on what sharps and flats are and where they're located on the keyboard.
Braids seem to be the latest Hollywood trend. Very rarely do you see boho stars like Nicole Richie, Blake Lively, Mary-Kate Olsen or Mischa Barton without at least one twisted strand in their hair.
This video game tutorial demonstrates how to build and script a flag with a simple load URL command in Second Life. Scripting a flag isn't that hardest thing to do, once you get the hang of it.
In this video we cover downloading Papervision 3D using tortoise svn then using those Papervision classes with open source code in Flex 3.
In this tutorial, Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University demonstrates how to create a 3D clickable Carousel in Adobe Flex 3 and Papervision3D. All code can be downloaded from Google Code at:
This is a tutorial on the Rotation Trick in Second Life. The Rotation Trick can be used to create large circular structures fast. A scaled down version of a 70 Meter learning center is built in Second Life to demonstrate the Rotation Trick procedure.
This simple Adobe Flex tutorial shows how to download source code from Google Code and get it running in Adobe Flex. If you are new to programming and building applications with Adobe Flex, this project is a great way to practice or get started learning about Adobe Flex.
Mike Lively and Alissa Gilley show you how to use and customize their open source Flash video player in this tutorial.
Snagit is a great image capture software package made by TechSmith. It does much more than capture images and has an intuitive image editor. Mike Lively shows you how to use SnagIt in this tutorial.
Mike Lively shows you how to use Dreamweaver to FTP. It's one thing to build a website in Dreamweaver, but you still need to get it on your site! The tutorial shows how to upload content to the web via FTP using Dreamweaver.
Valentine's day is approaching and that either means giving or receiving red roses. In this how to video The Daily Lily shows you how to arrange roses in a glass vase. This flower arrangement is sure to stay lively and look beautiful in your home.
This video shows you a mind-reading card trick. This particular trick requires 8 cards: 4 kings and 4 queens. First, the subject is asked to memorize one of the 8 cards as they are laid out before the subject, face-side up. The cards are picked up and sorted in various ways and the subject is asked a series of questions. The questions are always asking whether the card the subject memorized is in a certain group that the trick performer presents. The card in question always is in the group th...
The best way to fish is with live bait, but buying bait can be expensive and it isn't always guaranteed fresh. Once you learn how to cast your own bait you will be able to catch large amounts of bait fish on your own, and cut out the middle man. Happy fishing!
Street performers don't get a lot of respect from the establishment, it is a great way to hone your skills at magic and other performing arts. This video will give you tips on working a crowd and other aspects of street performing, as well as teaching you a puzzle you can use in your act.
In this video, one of the gentlemen from the London stunt team 3Run shows us how to do a front flip. This is a very impressive trick that sends the performer spinning forward over the ground. Common sense would lead you to think that this trick requires a lot of strong, fast movements, but as the performer demonstrates, it's all about a light, delicate touch.
Aspiring street performers, circus performers, and tricksters: Listen up! In this video, learn from "The Amazing Kenny" the contact juggling isolation Enigma. This trick uses Fushig Balls and is perfect to mistify your audience!
