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.
In the immortal words of Benjamin Franklin, "time is money." Spend it wisely. This self-help video offers a lot of pointers on being more punctual (like meaking friends with your watch and your date book). Stop frustrating your boss, friends, and self with your lateness. Check out this how-to video and train yourself to be on time, all the time.
This software tutorial shows you how to use the Knoll Light Factory Pro plug-in for After Effects. Knoll Light Factory Pro is the industry's favorite tool for creating lens flares, sunsets, photon torpedoes, stars and other effects. It offers a custom lens editor, auto tracking, alpha channel support, and pinpoint control over dozens of settings. If you haven't used the Knoll Light Factory Pro plug-in yet, watch this After Effects tutorial and get started.
Soups shouldn't splatter. Daniel Duane offers his advice on avoiding a common blender disaster. Just follow along with this cooking how-to video and learn how to avoid blender explosions with hot soups or sauces.
Fatty, soggy, and burnt are words you never want to hear applied to your bacon. Scott Vermeire of Prather Ranch Meat Co. offers a quick and easy primer on bacon perfection. He also addresses the very important question of flipping: when to do it, and how often. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to cook bacon to perfection every time.
No wonder iPod earbuds get grimy—they're in your ears every day. Now that we've grossed you out, here’s how to clean them. This how-to video offers some tips for making sure those headphones stay spotless. It'll keep you healthy, and extend the life of the earbuds. Watch this video electronics tutorial and learn how to clean the earbud headphones on your iPod.
Go into an arcade or video game and you'll see one of those tricky claw or crane machine. Have you ever seen anyone win on one of those? Probably not. The video demonstrator owns his own claw machine, so he offers up some tips on playing the game! Watch this video conning tutorial and learn how to beat a dropping claw or crane arcade game machine.
This video tutorial offers tips on various illustration techniques. Illustrate with watercolor and colored pencil in black and white for practical purposes. When drawing professional illustrations, there is not a lot of room for mistakes. Use water color, ink and colored pencil to begin fleshing out your drawings with light layers or paint and ink.
Master mixologist Chris McMillian offers up a tutorial on mixing a Cosmopolitan. The Cosmo is a contemporary classic--it is a drink built on the New Orleans Sour family. Instead of using sugar to sweeten, the Cosmo uses orange flavored liquor.
Playing audiobooks and podcasts is a lot like playing your music, but there's a couple of nice features iTunes offers to make it easy. For example, you can bookmark an audiobook.
Watch this video to learn directions in Japanese and their symbols. This video offers clever ways to remember the character for each direction.
In this episode we show you how to import pictures off of your Bluetooth capable cellphone and onto an iMac. Should you buy a digital camera or camcorder? What features should you look for? The techies give their input on what to look for in making those decisions. Along the same theme, the techies offer some suggestions on where to buy electronics including digital cameras and camcorders. (31min 59sec)
Crunches on the Swiss ball offer several advantages over more conventional methods and machines. When done correctly the Swiss Ball crunch is super effective.
Don't always have time to swing by the salon to trim up those bangs? Do it yourself, the right way. Ted Gibson offers an easy way to keep your bangs looking red-carpet worthy.
This clip offers a whirligig tour of the best and brightest new features of Apple's iOS 4.2, the latest version of the mobile operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Learn how to get the most out of your iOS 4.2 Apple mobile device with this video guide.
Fort Triton engine offer a lot of power and value, but do have a tendency to blow out their own spark plugs. Watch this video to learn how you can use a special tool to drill out, re-trap, and install an insert that will fix your spark plugs without having to take the head off the motor.
Ubuntu Linux is capable of many cool effects that other systems don't offer. This video tutorial will show you how to enable all of these effects, such as minimizing and maximizing windows. What? All operating systems do that, right? Yes, but this video will help you to select and modify them. Click here or here for more information about desktop effects.
This video guide offers a complete overview of how to create a seamless looping particle animation with Trapcode Particular and Adobe After Effects. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular motion graphics and compositing software or a seasoned video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free v...
Madden NFL 11 is upon us, and offers enough improvements over the previous version that even veteran players may need some help playing well at it. This video features two professional Madden players explaining a lot of basic concepts that will help you score more points and win games.
Podcasts are like portable radio shows. They are pre-recorded performances you can download onto your computer, iPod or other mp3 player and listen to at your leisure. The iTunes store offers thousands of podcasts and videocasts, and this tutorial shows you exactly how to subscribe to one so you'll never miss an episode.
It seems like everyone has Caller ID these days, but not everyone wants to give up their privacy. Whether you're calling from a cell phone or a landline, you can dial *67 to block your phone number from appearing on Caller ID, and many phone companies offer a permanent option as added service.
New to the world of DSLR video and need a hand distinguishing between different lens types? This video offers some pointers for would-be shooters. For details, and to get started using different lenses with your own Canon or Nikon DSLR, watch this video guide.
This clip offers a lesson on how to change the appearance of your Facebook profile. Whether you're completely new to the Facebook's popular social networking site or simply require a small amount of clarification on how to perform a particular task on Facebook, you're sure to benefit from this helpful video guide. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
What do President Obama, the Dalai Lama and Justin Bieber have in common? Why, they're all on Twitter, of course. Join the party. Whether you're new to Twitter's popular microblogging application or just missed a few of the essentials along the way, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which offers instructions on how to use URL shorteners to shrink links to Twitter-friendly sizes.
What do President Obama, the Dalai Lama and Justin Bieber have in common? Why, they're all on Twitter, of course. Join the party. Whether you're new to Twitter's popular microblogging application or just missed a few of the essentials along the way, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which offers detailed instructions on how to create a protected Twitter feed.
What do President Obama, the Dalai Lama and Justin Bieber have in common? Why, they're all on Twitter, of course. Join the party. Whether you're new to Twitter's popular microblogging application or just missed a few of the essentials along the way, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial, which offers instructions on how to increase your Twitter following.
This clip offers lessons in how to draw boys in the Japanese manga style. Breaking down the hair, eyes, and mouth, it gives you a bunch of tips and tricks to make a very realistic face. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started drawing your own manga boys, watch this video guide.
iTunes not letting you sync your iPhone? This clip from CNET TV offers a useful fix. Whether you're the proud owner of an Apple iPhone 3G or perhaps just considering picking one up second hand, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this iPhone user's guide.
This free video knitting lesson offers a complete demonstration of a left-leaning decrease—the SSK (slip, slip, knit)—shown in the continental style. For more information, including complete, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using this decrease stitch in your own knitting projects, watch this helpful video guide
This clip offers a lesson in how to create soft shadows within MAXON C4D. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, and to get started using this trick in your own Cinema 4D projects, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
This clip offers a lesson in how to do basic masking using Adobe Photoshop CS4 or CS5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular raster graphics editing software or a seasoned professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
Learn how to copy and back up your optical meda with this tutorial. With the right software, it's easier than you might think! So easy, in fact, that this free video guide can offer a complete walkthrough of the burning process in just under five minutes' time. For detailed instructions, and to get started burning copies of your own DVD and Blu-ray discs, take a look.
You may not realize it, but saving energy is as easy as planting a tree. Literally. Finding a great shade tree for a certain area outside your home, can help save energy in your home by offering some free shade during hot summer days.
When life gives you limes, make a key lime tart! Harnessing the tartness of limes, a key lime pie offers a surprising and delicious contrast to savory summer foods like BBQ ribs and french fries.
3DS MAX is one of the most powerful 3D modeling and rendering tools available today. This video tutorial offers instructions for using the software to render a 3D image, allowing you to see and manipulate its wireframe. This is essential knowledge for using 3DS MAX, so watch on and then get to rendering!
Straight, sleek hair is forever gorgeous, but sometimes you have to think outside of the box and stand out from the sea of girls wearing pin-straight hair. For days when you feel like putting some actual effort into your hairstyling and looking put together, try this voluminous hair look.
Morph modifiers are just one of the powerful tools that 3D Studio Max offers digital artists to change the shape of their models. This video will teach you how to use morph modifiers in 3dsmax to change the shape of objects. If you can't do this, your 3D models are going to have a lot of squares!
In this tutorial, learn the difference between good agents and bad ones in Los Angeles to make sure you get the best possible representation. Actress Julie Crisante will offer you some tips to make sure you get the best possible agent to guide you through your career.
Before you can use WordPress, you'll need to set it up on your server. This clip offers instructions on installing WordPress the traditional way. You will need web space and some FTP software to follow along. For detailed instructions, and to get started installing WordPress yourself, take a look.
Accidentally make a shape where you meant to generate a mask? This clip offers instructions on how to fix that common problem. Whether you're new to the Apple's popular motion graphics editor/compositing application or a seasoned digital video professional merely interested in getting to know Motion 4 a little bit better, you're sure to find value in this tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
