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How To: Play C, Am & F chords on the ukulele

Michael Lynch gives a second tutorial on how to play three different chords on the ukulele, C, Am, and F. First, start by bracing the ukulele against your chest, cradle it in your right arm, and make sure that your left hand is correct on the neck of the instrument. Make sure your left thumb is also correctly placed. Make sure your fingers are arched high so you get the best sound. Do not allow your fingers to touch other strings or you will get the wrong sound. To play the first chord make s...

How To: Draw an eagle with an American flag

Michael Weisner, a 2D illustrator and graphic designer teaches us how to draw a majestic Eagle on a waving American flag. To start, you should box in the area for the flag. It should be roughly centered on the page, add a bit of a wave to box to simulate the wind on a flag. Complete the rough outline with the flag pole on the left side. Now you can begin with the Eagle. Use an oval to draw the chest of the Eagle and allow you to easily place the wings and other important features. You should ...

How To: Secure DNS with DNSSEC in BIG-IP v10

In this tutorial, Peter Silva talks with F5's Sr. Field Systems Engineer, Michael Falkenrath about the new BIG-IP GTM v10.1 DNSSEC feature. Whether you're new to F5 Networks' popular network appliance or are a seasoned network administrator just looking to better acquaint yourself with BIG-IP, you're sure to benefit from this free video software tutorial. For more information, including detailed instructions, take a look.

How To: Make a "Prison Break"-style crane from folded paper

Make a lucky paper crane à la Prison Break protagonist Michael Scofield. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make a paper crane using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, and to get started making your own paper birds, watch this arts-and-crafts guide.

How To: Make an awesome Christmas wreath

Are your wreaths looking a tad shabby? Make your own Christmas wreaths this holiday season with help from Mary Fletcher Jones and materials readily available at any Michael's craft store. To complete this beautiful wreath, you will need the following items:

How To: Make grilled baby lamb chops appetizers

Michael grills baby lamb chops and tops them with crisp rosemary. Because of their size and the bone that sticks out after you grill them, these grilled baby lamb chops make a great appetizer for any party. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn the best way to cook tender, juicy and rosemary lamb chops.

How To: Do bear crawls and sprints

Bear crawl and sprint drills allow for a total body workout and help to improve stamina. Learn how to perform bear crawls with sprints properly from Michael Rosengart, a professional fitness trainer in Santa Monica, California, in this workout tutorial. When performing bear crawls and sprints you should crawl on all fours, hit mark & turn around, sprint back and vary with crab walks & back peddles. With this how to video you can incorporate bear crawls and sprints into your workout.

How To: Side glide and backslide or moonwalk dance

Ever wonder how some people can smoothly glide across the dance floor like they were dancing on melting butter? This how-to video demonstrates the moves behind doing a side glide and a backslide, or Michael Jackson-esque moonwalk. Follow along with the step by step directions to get the right skills for this dance move. Watch this trendy dance video tutorial and learn how to side glide and backslide or moonwalk.

How To: Moonwalk with a running man

Check out this dance video that demonstrates how to moonwalk. Learn this classic move made famous by Michael Jackson and practice your moonwalking skills with this video. This video also explains how to combine the moonwalk to the running man. Soon you'll be able to do the Moon walk and running man like a pro. Practice, practice, practice!

How To: Play "Dust in the Wind" and "Wildfire" on guitar

In this song tutorial, you'll learn how to play the introductions to two popular songs, "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas and "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey. While this tutorial is best suited for intermediate and advanced guitarists, players of all skill levels can play along. Watch this lesson to get started playing "Dust in the Wind" and "Wildfire" on your guitar!

How To: Build a faraday motor

Build a faraday motor with tips from this how-to video. In the early 1800s, physicist Michael Faraday invented the first device to convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. This is an easily built version of his motor. The magnet sets up a magnetic field, and the electrical current through the screw sets up a separate electromagnetic field around the screw. The two fields react and the result is rotation.

How To: Play blues guitar like T-Bone Walker

Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music, Michael Williams explains how to spice up your rhythm guitar playing and get that T Bone Walker sound by adding chromatic approaches to the chords in your favorite blues guitar progressions.

How To: Stretch a canvas

How to stretch a canvas with Celebrity Artist Michael Bell. Step by step, learn how to stretch a perfect canvas every time, how to tone the canvas, and incorporate text, mixed-media and paper in a work of art on canvas. Watch a work from start to finish.

How To: Make a balloon bird

Michael is here again to show us how to create another balloon animal: the bird! This guy knows his stuff, so pay attention and you'll be making a balloon flock in no time. This particular balloon bird looks more like a parrot, so you can also sit it on your shoulder.

How To: Make a balloon car

Michael Floyd shows us how to make a balloon car. Make sure you have TWO balloons ready for this one. The final car is a bit difficult to make out, but I'm sure if you follow the steps, you can tweak your own balloon car quite nicely.

How To: Make balloon wolverine claws

In this video we learn how to make balloon wolverine claws with Michael. This is very simple, you just need two balloons that are 250 and two balloons that are 160. Use gray balloons to make them look more like claws. From here, you will take your blue 260 and inflate it then tie it. Make sure there is 4-5 inches left on the tail. This will allow you to tie the balloon and create pinch twists with it. Continue to twist the balloon, then incorporate the gray balloons in with it. When finished,...

How To: Draw an adorable little puppy

Michael Weisner teaches us how to draw an adorable little puppy in this tutorial. Start out by drawing the outline of the dog, drawing in all the details as well as the body. After you have the base done, grab a Sharpie and start to draw the top of the head and the ears. Make lines on the top to make it look like the dog has fur and don't forgot the eyes and nose on the face. After this, trace out the rest of the body, including the front and back paws. Make sure to add in any shading you fee...

How To: Read yarn to examine its texture and consistency

Have you ever marveled at those knitting doyennes at Michael's who can just run up to the yarn aisle and speedily pick up some yarn because they know exactly what type of of yarn they need for their project without reading the yarn label? Most of us struggle with different yarn consistencies, scanning the label to get a feel for how the yarn would play out if knitted.