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How To: Magic trick on a calendar

Learn how to do a easy magic trick on a calendar. Ask a friend to draw a 3x3 box around any nine of the numbers on the calendar. Almost immediately you can say what the nine numbers all add up to! Amaze your friends with this cool magic trick.

How To: Install non-woven wallpaper

Non-woven wallpaper is easy to install and it's reusable. Tim Carter of AsktheBuilder.com explains how this cool wallpaper is different because it doesn't expand when the adhesive contacts the paper backing. These new non-woven wallpapers are huge time savers because there is no need to pre-paste a sheet of paper and book it while you work on another piece.

How To: Create soft, sexy curls with hot rollers

It's time to bring hot rollers back. If you want those sexy, soft curls and are sick of using your brush and hair dryer, try curling your hair with hot rollers. Andi Scarbrough of Byu-ti Salon shows Katherine Kendall a quick and easy way to curl your hair with many cool tips to achieve that "Hollywood Glam" in minutes.

How To: Create grunge image borders in Photoshop

See how to add grungie borders to your images to give them a cool effect in Photoshop. If your borders are white and the background of the background of the website or page you are uploading them to is also the borders will blend in giving it an even cooler look. This is a great Photoshop picture effect!

How To: Create interactive presentations with VoiceThread

John explores some ideas on how you might use VoiceThread, a newcomer in the diverse Web2.0 space, that allows you to post pictures and video online and get input from others through voice-enabled comments. VT has some really cool possibilities for the educator. For now, at least, you can get a Pro-account as an educator and set up identities to use for students in your classroom. Teachers can also use VT to post presentations with narration.