Watch this video tutorial to find out how to turn unwanted magazines into practical, creative drink coasters. These coasters last surprisingly long and are easy to make! This crafty project is eco-friendly, and reduces waste in your home. Check out this how-to video and find out a way to recycle old magazines into coasters.
This how-to video details different ways to hold onto a bicycle handle bar to maximize comfort. This is especially important for long rides. Demonstrated are in the drops, in the hoods, or on top of the bars. Watch this video cycling tutorial and learn good handlebar positions on a bike.
If you do a lot cycling, or are about to go on a long bike trip, you might want to check out a new bicycle seat. This how-to video shows different options for saddles. There are different materials and styles to help keep you comfortable while sitting. Watch this video cycling tutorial and learn how to pick out a good bike seat.
That digital video camera is a delicate piece of equipment, you need to treat it right. Check out this how-to video and learn how to properly operate it to ensure good footage and a long camera lifespan. This video guide covers basic camera handling and maintenance, and these general rules are useful for whatever brand video camera you're using.
Nina Perlove teaches vibrato for the flute in this instructional flute video. This technique can be applied to other wind instruments, too. This tutorial is great for a beginner attempting the vibrato for the first time, or for someone looking for ways to improve their vibrato. These exercises have a long history and have been tried and proven. Practice your vibrato on the flute and improve your flute playing skills!
This hair styling tutorial, brought to you by ELLE magazine, shows you how to get long, straight, sleek hair. Achieve this easy look for everyday with this how to video.
In this instructional acoustic guitar lesson, learn a fun and easy song with 3 chords using the main progression from Tom Petty's "Free Falling." This tutorial is great for beginners who haven't been playing for very long and want to play a song using a few simple chords. With this lesson and a bit of practice, play "Free Falling" by Tom Petty and improve your guitar playing skills.
Watch this training video for making Earth Loop Geothermal Slinkies. Geothermal technology takes advantage of the earth's natural heat-storing ability. A geothermal system include three main pieces of equipment: underground piping, a heat pump and an air-handling system. The geothermal process is based on a simple premise: Below the frost line - usually about six feet deep – the earth is a constant temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit all year long.
If you like to share websites via email, are a writer who needs to share email in her stories, or just need to make a quick written note of a website address, you need to know how to use web address shorthand. Some URLs can be hundreds of characters long and therefore too tedious to reproduce in writing. To make an easier-to-communicate link, you'll need to use a URL minimizer, like TinyURL. Learn how with this address-minimizing how-to!
Crochet a Tunisian knit stitch with a long crochet hook. Begin with a chain of forty loops. This instructional crochet video demonstrates how to do a Tunisian knit stitch with a six row example. The Tunisian stitch is also known as the Afghan stitch, traditionally used for crocheting blankets.
Watch this instructional metalsmithing video to make a chainmail cube. This is a simple pattern that takes a long time to complete, but creates an impressive design that differs from jewelry and armor chainmail projects. This metalwork cube is satisfying to hold in ones hand.
This photography tutorial shows you how to make a better shutter release lock for Diana Plus and vintage Diana cameras. This is helpful for low light situations and long exposures. You can make a replacement shutter release lock with a clothes pin and a file. Have fun taking night photographs with this handy tool.
In this video gardening tutorial, you'll find step-by-step instructions for cloning any plant from a clipping (or "cutting"). Plant propagation is very simple and can save you a lot of money in the long run. To learn more about the cloning process, watch this cloning how-to. (NB: Do NOT, as the video suggests, put freshly cloned plants in direct sunlight while in a hot house or you will have steamed plants!)
Watch this instructional arts and crafts video to make a charming pyramid shaped gift box. Fill this gift box with candies or other small surprises to give a personalized, yet affordable gift to a friend, teacher or boss. You can use store bought wrapping paper or use recycled pieces of scraps and ribbon. This unique gift is also good for holiday parties, grab bags, valentines, party favors and birthdays.
This is how to store a rope so it will not tangle. If you have long lengths of rope to carry along on a boating trip or camping adventure, it helps to wrap the rope into an accessible yet compact series of loops. This rope will unwind easily for all your rope tying needs.
Hand spinners who want to master long-draw drafting for woolen spinning need their fibers in a special form: carded rolags. Combed fiber won't do it -- neither will carded batts. This introduction shows you how to make carded rolags. Start by washing your fleece....
The bowline knot has a long history in sailing. The bowline, or bow line, knot was used to secure the sail in position toward the back of the ship, allowing the sail to capture the wind. Contemporarily, the bowline knot is used anytime a strong, looped knot is required. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to tie a bowline knot.
If your cell phone doesn't have internet capabilities, or you're just unwilling to pay the insane price of the web connectivity rates, you can still access Google as long as you can text message. Google responds to text messages with the best match, so it's more ideal for looking up phone numbers, addresses, weather reports, or a word definition. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to search Google on phone through SMS text messages.
Learn simple repair tips and the tool kit you'll need to keep your snowshoes chugging all winter long with this report from the December 2006 issue of Backpacker Magazine. Associate editor Jason Stevenson covers all the snowshoe snafus--from plastic zip ties to replace stripped rivets to extra webbing to cinch down shredded bindings--in this backpacking tutorial video. Repair your snowshoes and continue your backpacking expedition!
Over a period of a long time, the evaporator in a fridge will freeze up. So the defroster will switch and start defrosting. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to do a bench on a residential refrigerator.
One of the long-standing problems of guerilla and indie filmmakers is the quest for exactly what kind of prop gun to use in their films. To help guide you through this quest, Mat Nastos takes a look at all of the options open to filmmakers, including blank firing guns, Airsoft guns, Japanese Model Guns, Real Action Markers and even firing blank loads with real guns. Check out this instructional prop video to learn how to choose a prop gun that's right for your film.
In this tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost.com takes a look at two tiny, but nevertheless very useful, Web services. The first, tinyurl.com, will take a long Web address and shorten it to make it easier to send in email. The second, http://tinymail.me, will hide your email address. For more information consult this great how-to.
This easy recipe for a grilled chicken sandwich is great for a picnic. Use ciabatta bread with a little olive oil, shitake mushrooms, garlic, chicken, and shallots. This sandwich packs well for long hikes or sack lunches. Pack some fresh greens for a refreshing side dish.
This video manicure tutorial shows an elaborate ribbon-style design that can be painted on acrylic or if they grow long enough, natural nails. You will need white, pink, black, and sparkly nail polish. Watch this instructional video, follow along, and learn how to recreate this ribbon style manicure on your own nails.
Bored of basic French manicures? This nail look can be created either on acrylics or if they grow long enough, your natural nails. You will need white, black, and purple nail polish. Watch this video manicure tutorial and learn how to create a white, black, and purple revamped French manicure look.
This video manicure tutorial shows a creative design to paint onto either acrylics or real nails, if you're lucky enough for them to grow long enough. You'll need nails, white nail polish, green nail polish, and sparkly orange nail polish. Watch and follow along to create this colorful striped look on your nails.
How say faux hawks were only for short hair? Get the faux hawk without cutting your hair. Watch this hair styling how to video to learn how to style your hair with a faux hawk.
Want to see your book in print? Going the route of agents and sending your manuscript off for publication is a long grueling process that may not even pan out. If you're not looking to get famous and you're just looking to get your book in tangible form, take a look at this instructional video and learn how to self publish your own book.
People have been drying foods in the sun for more than 1,000 years. You can dry meats, fishs, vegetables, or fruits. It's a remarkable way to preserve and store delicacies for a long time. Thai beef jerky is no different. It must be dried, preserved and cooked. Serve this with rice or as a snack.
Beef can go a long way besides making a hamburger. This Thai dish is unusual and savory. You will need beef, garlic, sugar, salt, oyster sauce, black sesame oil, sesame seeds, and cooking oil. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make deep fried beef jerky with Thai chef Kai.
Perhaps best known as the stuffed grape leaf, which is more precisely called warak areesh, yaprak dolma or sarma. This is a great vegetarian recipe. You will need grape leaves, long grain rice, parsley, tomato, mint, green onion, yellow onion, cayenne pepper, salt, lemon juice, and olive oil. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Mediterranean stuffed grape leaves.
Cutting and deboning your own chicken at home can save you money in the long run. In this how to video Chef Paul explains how and where to cut on a chicken to remove the bones in the breast meat. Be careful with knives.
Poison ivy is a real pain. And it is especially bad to have poison ivy in your garden. Learn how to identify and remove poison ivy with little to no risk to your skin with this gardening tutorial. Remember to be careful and wear long pants and gloves when handling poison ivy
Want to have a beautiful potted plants but don't want to put in all the effort? You can create spectacular flower pots that last all season long with these four easy tips. You don't need to spend too much time on your flowers and you can get great results with this how to video.
This is a very simple but very delicious and refreshing long drink. You don't need to worry too much about the measurements, just fill a tall glass with ice and add one part gin, one part green tea, and one part ginger ale. Watch this video mixology tutorial and learn how to mix a gin green tea cocktail.
Maintaining your in ground pool means properly vacuuming it from time to time. This how-to video, made by Teddy Bear Pools & Spas, demonstrate how to manually vacuum an in ground pool. Watch and learn how easy it is to keep your pool running smooth all summer long by with proper vacuuming.
Maintaining your in ground pool means properly operating and cleaning cartridge filters. This how-to video, made by Teddy Bear Pools & Spas, demonstrate how to operate and clean your pools cartridge filter properly. Watch and learn how easy it is to keep your pool running smoothly all summer long with proper cartridge maintenance.
Maintaining your above ground pool means properly vacuuming it from time to time. This how-to video, made by Teddy Bear Pools & Spas, demonstrate how to manually vacuum an above ground pool. Watch and learn how easy it is to keep your pool running smooth all summer long with proper vacuuming.
Can't stand your iPhone going dry so quickly? Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to extend your iPhone's battery life. Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at some techniques to help you stretch the iPhone battery so it lasts through a long day.
All you need for a quick new look is a handful of run-of-the-mill bobby pins. You will however need medium to long hair, a brush or comb, styling gel or mousse, a ponytail holder, as well as those bobby pins. This video hair-styling tutorial shows how to create three simple updo hairstyles.
