How To: Decide if you want to go to cosmetology school
The term "cosmetology" is not what most people think it means. In fact, cosmetology involves the study of skin, hair, and nails, rather than makeup.
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How To: Add text and titles when editing video in iMovie
Edit your video footage like a pro with iMovie. This informative video from Vimeo's excellent Video 101 series of tutorials reviews the steps involved in using the software to create basic text overlays in the popular Mac-based non-linear editor.
How To: Edit videos like a pro with Windows Live Movie Maker
Edit your video footage like a pro with Windows Live Movie Maker. This informative video from Vimeo's excellent Video 101 series of tutorials reviews the steps involved in using the software to create a basic 5x5—that is, a video composed of five clips of five seconds each. The different steps highlighted include importing your video clips, trimming the footage, editing audio, adding transitions, adding text & titles, and uploading to video sharing sites.
How To: Build an inter dimensional portal in the game Minecraft
There's an easy way and a hard way to build a portal in Minecraft. The hard way involves getting your hands on a diamond pick, and those are not thick on the ground. Here is the easy way to build a portal!
How To: Complete level eight in the indie game Machinarium
More point and click puzzle game goodness! This video is a walkthrough for level eight of the indie game Machiniarum. Here, you have to solve a puzzle involving a few old consoles and a bicycle generator. Here is how you can figure out all the puzzles for this level.
How To: Prank someone with a falling shoe
How these kids got to do those for a school project is beyond me. Must be the education system these days. Anyway, this video features some charming youths teaching you how to do a simple prank involving duct tape and falling shoes.
How To: Do a Russian Roulette vodka trick at a party
Party magic might be the most fun kind of magic of all, especially when alcohol is involved. This video will teach you a cheap party magic trick called Russian Roulette with vodka, where you pretend to guess the vodka shot from among a bunch of water shots.
How To: Create a loosely pulled back hairstyle for back to school
During September, going back to school is an extremely exciting time involving new classes, new books, and new hotties to drool over. Look your best and be the object of the drooling by styling your hair into this easy loosely pulled back look.
How To: Create a simple low messy bun for school
This is one of those hairstyles we remember throwing together at the last moment before grabbing our books and jetting off to school. As simple as they come, this low messy bun basically involves hastily putting together a bun and then adding a headband for chicness.
How To: Better install automatic sprinkler systems
Sprinkler Daddy's Sean Stefan explains automatic sprinkler systems in a nutshell. You'll see how to better install automatic sprinkler systems with a little sprinkler knowledge. It's a lot easier to envision yourself installing your own underground sprinkler system if you know basically what's involved. So, to make your landscaping needs less in the future, and your grass beautiful and greener than ever before, just watch this educational piece.
How To: Play roller derby for beginners
Roller derby is a sport (kind of) that involves two teams skating rounds around an oval track and trying to get ahead of one another. The fun, of course, is that there are "blockers" who try to prevent the "jammers," or scoring players, from getting ahead.
How To: Use your math skills in unexpected careers
Just as English majors get tagged as being word junkies who will go on to become college professors or writers and nothing else, Mathematics majors get tagged as nerdy smart alecks who will also either become college professors or work at MIT as a researcher.
How To: Prepare macaroni and cheese with Paula Deen
You've probably had macaroni and cheese before, but we can bet you've never had the dish Paula Deen style - that's right, with ten sticks of butter thrown in.
How To: Boil or steam a pumpkin for Halloween or Thanksgiving
If you're looking for a new dish to try, why not get into the seasonal spirit and cook some pumpkin? Whether you're planning on making fresh, holiday pumpkin pies or pumpkin bread, adding fresh, cooked pumpkin is a tasty alternative to using the canned pumpkin puree you can find in most grocery stores. There are a variety of different ways to cook raw pumpkin, and perhaps one of the easiest involves boiling or steaming.
How To: Create voluminous waves by using the scrunching method
If you're scared of curling your hair because you don't want to damage your hair through heated products like flat irons and curling irons, then here is a more eco-friendly, heat-free alternative that costs almost nothing but produces gorgeous results.
How To: Avoid the triggers of irritable bowel syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a disorder that involves a several symptoms related to altered bowel habits and abdominal pain. In this medical-minded how-to from the folks at ICYou Health Videos, you'll learn how to avoid the most common triggers of IBS and be apprised of treatment options.
How To: Do the AATW (Abbas Around the World) soccer freestyle trick
This trick was designed by its creator, Abbas Farid, the famous freestyle master from the UK, and member of Monta Soccer. If you want to learn this soccer freestyle move, this video breaks it down for you. The AATW (Abbas Around the World) can be complicated for you first-timers, but once you get a handle on the tricks and combos involved, it will be as easy as kicking the football.
How To: Make a DIY paper tray from compact discs for your home office
Your home office is missing something… hmm… maybe something to hold your recycled printer paper, and what better to hold your recycle paper than a recycled paper tray? Nextraker shows you a neat hack involving a few dust-collecting compact discs that will make a eco-friendly paper tray to organize your desk. It's a amazing what you can do with a few old CDs.
How To: Use the BLAST search on the NCBI website to search for gene sequence matches
If you're involved in biomedical research, identifying gene sequences might form a large part of your job. The NCBI's website contains a powerful search tool called BLAST that allows you to search for matches to any gene sequence you enter, and this video will show you how to use it.
How To: Start circular breathing to enhance your brass or woodwind playing
Circular breathing is one of the most important physical skills involved in advanced brass and woodwind playing. Kenny G set a world record by blowing one note on sax for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. Watch this video to learn how to start circular breathing and start being able to play longer strings of notes.
How To: Do the funky body wave hip hop dance move
The body wave is a very simple move to understand and a great move to learn if you're just starting to take hip hop dancing lessons. The move involves moving the body like a wave, rolling smoothly from the head, neck, and butt.
How To: Do the shimmy dance move with your shoulders
Shimmies can be done really for any occasion, not just on the dance floor. Some people shimmy when they're happy and others handle it on the dance floor to playfuully tease a dance partner.
How To: Do the L.A. diva turn trendy dance move
You don't need to have superhero upper body strength or even a couple of dance classes under your name to freestyle at a club with ease. Barring break dancing, which could, you know, snap your neck in half, we'd like to present you a simple and impressive clubbing dance move.
How To: Do a sexy upper body roll sequence
If you're dancing at a club and your usual hip shaking and grinding with that cute guy at the bar you've just met are getting, well, boring, then bust out this dance move for major cool points.
How To: Do a cool diagonal finger tutting combo
Finger tutting is one of the coolest techniques for giving lightshows at raves or spicing up a hip-hop routine. This video will tech you a cool finger tut combo that involves a lot of back-and-forth and diagonal finger connections. If you don't have strong, flexible fingers, move on. You'll need them here.
How To: Solve SN1 & SN2 reaction problems that involve solvents in organic chemistry
In this free video science lesson from Internet pedagogical superstar Salman Khan, you'll learn how to undertstand the effects of solvents on SN1 and SN2 reactions. Whether you need help studying for that next big test or could just use a hand finishing your homework, you're sure to be well served by this video lesson. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Troubleshoot the dashboard gauges on an LLV postal truck
The United States Postal Service (USPS) use what's called a Grumman Long Life Vehicle, or LLV, for their postal trucks. This video will show you how to troubleshoot the dash gauges in an LLV that are acting crazy. If you;re a mechanic and you have the same sort of electrical problem with the gauges when using turn signals or hazards, this video will help you find the solution, which could involve the parking brake.
How To: Perform the "your name is the key" card trick
Looking for a new card trick to add to your repetoir? Maybe you're just a spectator looking to see "how the trick works"? Welcome to "Your Name Is The Key" a fantastic card trick that involves displaying the spectators card by counting the cards for each letter in the sentence. This video goes into great detail for each step showing you how he performs the trick and various methods to getting the best results.
How To: Clean hard water deposits in your kitchen or bathroom using home remedies
Hard water deposits suck, but have no fear, this video is here! This video is filled with some great home remedies, mostly involving white vinegar and lemons as a main ingredient. Clean off the sink, the dish washer, toilet and more!
How To: Bake a strawberry pie
Strawberries are a delicious summertime food, and they become even more of a treat when baked into a pie. The recipe for this tasty strawberry dessert involves berries, sugar and whipped cream baked into a tasty pastry crust.
How To: Get your own e-mail address
Want to get involved with the information superhighway? E-mail is the best technology to stay connected with friends and family. Use these tips to create your own email account in Gmail, MSN or Yahoo! mail. Keep track of addresses, improve your networking and learn the basics of instant messaging.
How To: Create temporary engine failure and exhaust explosion with a balloon car prank
If you're interested in getting someone back or just would like to play a nice little prank, this next video will show you how. In this tutorial, you'll be performing a car prank involving the car's exhaust. It doesn't damage the car, but it does take power away from the car temporarily and results in a loud bang from a balloon. So check out the video above, be safe, and enjoy!
How To: Decorate the perfect 50th anniversary cake
This cake is the perfect way to celebrate the love and commitment that is involved in fifty long years of marriage. A 50th anniversary is a huge event and only the most beautiful cake will do. In this clip, learn to make a cake from start to finish. Save all the money you would pay a bakery and add a personal touch to your celebration. Enjoy!
How To: Photograph macro photography with Paul Ward
Want to make your photos look professional, but don't have a digital SLR and don't want to go through tedious and neverending photo tutorials? Then you've hit the right video.
How To: Play Waving Flag (the World Cup 2010 theme) on guitar
In this tutorial, learn how to play the theme song, Waving Flag, for the 2010 South African World Cup games on your acoustic guitar. You will get a run down of the song and all the chords that are involved. So, celebrate your country by grabbing an instrument and strumming along as you cheer them on! Go Team!
How To: Follow stitch set instructions in crochet patterns
Need help figuring out what a pattern means when it refers to a stitch set? This free video crocheting lesson from Internet crochet superstar Mikeyssmail provides some much needed help and presents a walkthrough of an exampe involving a Catherine Wheel stitch. For more information, and to get started using stitch sets in your own crochet projects, take a look.
How To: Deal with an overbearing, domineering employee
Sometimes, the most talented people can be the hardest to deal with because of their tendency to dominate the situations that they are involved in. This video features an executive coach outlining strategies for managers to deal with overbearing, domineering employees in a way that utilizes their talents while keeping them from impinging on the productivity of the rest of your team.
How To: Approach innovation practically at work
Innovation is a lightning bolt that every company would like to bottle. Doing so in a corporate environment is nearly impossible. This video features a business expert outlining some tips for managing innovation and innovative ideas in your business, nurturing those ideas into profitable new services or products that your business can offer. It includes defining roles for different people involved in the innovation process and what steps to take in the innovation process.
How To: Delete search history, cookies, and temp files in IE
If you're having trouble when it comes to browsing the internet, this tutorial may have a possible solution. In the video, you'll find out one of the best ways to make things a bit faster. It involves you deleting the search history, cookies, and temporary files collected when your browse. This video focuses on Internet Explorer 8. So good luck and enjoy!
How To: Ride the tube on your backhand
In this video, Andy Irons teaches you how to ride the tube on your backhand while surfing. Backside tube riding involved surfing the interior part of a hollow wave. This trick is fun and hard to do, but you will learn great tips to get you started from Andy in this tutorial.