It's time to lock, load, and prepare to kill some zombies. In this Left 4 Dead 2 tutorial, you'll find out how to easily unlock the Armory of One achievement. In order to get it, you'll need to find and drop an ammo crate for your teammates to pick up. They spawn from explosive ammor to fire ammo and can be used to help end those zombies lives.
With sailors to ensnare and seashells to gather for their flimsy bras which break all to often, mermaids have little time to spare on their massively overgrown hair.
Making a delicious cake base is only part of the equation for the high-end pastry chef. Icing the cake in a really attractive pattern requires immense attention to detail and precision. This video demonstrates both in teaching you how to decorate a cake with buttercream frosting in the image of a Calla Lily with a blue background. Delicious and artistic.
Making a birdhouse is an art-and-crafts project as old as shop class. This video from Threadbangers demonstrates how to make one quickly and easily at home out of wood at your home with simple tools. It is a rather simple end-product, but that should make it easier for beginners.
Are you an amateur gardener, and looking forward to the next thing to plant? Why not plant potatoes? They're hardy, delicious, and don't require too much care. Watch this video to learn how to plant and grow potatoes in a container. At the end of it, you'll always have a great harvest and side dishes for dinner!
In this video, learn how to bend an ordinary cigarette in half without breaking it! With this amazing trick, you can bet your friends that you can bend a cigarette in two, so that both ends touch without breaking the cigarette.
Swimming does usually occur in water, but that doesn't mean there aren't land exercises that we land mammals can do to improve mobility for when we emulate finned fishies.
Do you have a small hole in your walls at home? Is it bugging you to no end? Instead of hiring someone to come and fix it, why not fix the hole yourself? In this video, learn how to repair and patch a small to medium sized hole in a wall.
When you start learning Spanish, you will need to know how to conjugate verbs properly. In this tutorial, learn to conjugate one of the most common types of verbs - those that end in the letters "-ar". This video is taught by a real teacher and includes many examples, so follow along and get ready to start morphing your verbs. You will be talking like a native speaker in no time.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 551st installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll see a great non-array formula for counting Mondays between a start and end date.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 267th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to calculate percentage change using a simple universal formula: (End Value)/Beg Value)/Beg Value = Percentage Change.
A step-by-step video tutorial presented by Andrew Wasson shows the basics of playing the slide guitar for beginners. First, choose what kind of slide you want. Metal slides are known for their high-end treble sound, while glass slides are a little warmer sounding. Andrew goes on to teach you what gauge of strings are best suited for slide playing, as well as how to pick which finger to use your slide on.
This video will show you how to make realistic edible fake blood. You will need the following: A tablespoon, container, red food color, a glass of water, syrup and flour. Mix three tablespoons of syrup, one tablespoon of food coloring and one tablespoon of water. Add one tablespoon of flour and mix well. You will end up with a very realistic looking edible fake blood.
Photoshop Universe presents a step-by-step tutorial on how to mask images over text. First and foremost you'll need to have a poem or some other block of text in mind to use. Once you've selected your text you'll use methods such as copying and pasting, using clipping masks, and mild typeface editing. By the end of this tutorial you will have the abilities you need in Photoshop to make your very own text based image!
This video by KnitWitch.com demonstrates how to bind off with patterns or in other words shows how to end off two different types of knitting stitches. You want to bind off by working the stitches the same way as if you were still working the pattern. Not only does this video show you how to bind off using multiple stitches, it also shows you how to finish off the last stitch in the row so that all of your finished work doesn't unravel.
In this video you are instructed on how to tie a bowtie. The narrator gives you step by step instructions, making it easy for you to understand. He starts off explaining the first steps and guides you all the way through to the last steps. He even offers advice on making it look extra neat by spending a little more time at the end, getting a finer result.
>1 Cut a piece of a chain about two inches long. >2 Open a jump ring with pliers and attach it to your charm and then close it with a pair of pliers.
This video tutorial shows you how to fix a collapsed volcano vaporizer. Replace vaporizer tubes with new ones. Trim them to fit with fingernail clippers. Use zip ties to secure tubes to vaporizer and other tubes to prevent future collapse. In the end, you want the square tube to jab into the side.
To join two strands of wool yarn, first you splay both ends about an inch or so. Next, overlap them and twist them together. Put the the twisted yarn in your mouth to moisten. Next, roll the moistened yarn between the palms of your hands to create a bond to and "felt" it. Tug to make sure it is secure and continue knitting.
Gluten-free batter tends to be very dense, which results in not-so-fluffy crumb cakes. To fix this problem, you only need to add some hot water at the end and mix it till the batter becomes loose like pancake batter.
This is a short but thorough guide to how to throw and catch a boomerang. We focus on boomerang grip, throwing technique, and more. The presentation is no-frills but informative, featuring a lot of diagrams and a brief demonstration at the end.
This video shows you how to install ChickHEN onto a PSP with firmware version 5.03. It then will explain how to install CFW (custom firmware) onto a PSP.
The slip knot, also called a running knot, is a very diverse knot. It's practical application ranges wildly from crochet and knitting to building a noose. The basic function of a slip knot is to create a flexible knot, with one end tied to the middle for greater mobility. Check out this how to video and learn how to tie a slip knot, because you never know when you might need it.
In this video lesson of LEARN TO DRAW with Tom Gammill, where the creator of The Doozies discusses cartooning and the spirit of Christmas. Learn how to draw a cartoon santa claus using mostly circles and half circles. Towards the end of the video Tom teaches you how to make a holiday yule log too. Follow along and learn how to draw an easy cartoon Santa Claus.
Freud once said that jealousy is both inevitable and universal. So why not work it to your advantage? While the end results of intentionally game playing are dubious, at least as far as building a healthy relationship, if you're hell bent on fostering a bit of jealousy in someone, this how-to video will do the trick. Follow along with the steps in this video and find out if flirting and acting unavailable help you out in the dating game.
Check out this video tutorial on how to store your extension cord without tangling.
Learn how to tie a Stopper Knot - A quick way to form a stopper at the end of a line to prevent it from pulling through a block or other object. This is a good knot for sailing, boating, rock climbing, general outdoors and even bondage.
Learn how to tie a Blood Knot - Used in sailing as a somewhat decorative stopper knot or on the business end of a Cat 'O Nine Tails (hence the Blood Knot's name). This knot can be used in sailing, boating, general use, camping and bondage.
Over a half-million cyclists end up in emergency rooms each year. Lower that number by following some rules on how to stay safe while biking on the road. Learn how to ride a bike safely on the road. You will need a bike with working brakes, a helmet, a pair of bike gloves, sunglasses, and knowledge of traffic laws.
Recycle your soap odds and ends into a beautiful new bar. Learn how to make recycled soap in this instructional video.
Learn how to make a "Thinking of You" Christmas pop-up card. You will end up with a personalized Christmas card that you created using your scrapbooking supplies. This is an easy and fun Christmas craft.
Dollar bill origami is fun, simple & cute. All you need is a dollar bill and some origami folding skills. Spend your spare dollar on some creativity... and you will end up with a cute origami figurine. Watch this origami dollar bill tutorial to learn how to fold a dollar ring.
Learn how to make this fun Christmas craft! To make a candy cane Christmas tree ornament, wrap red and green pipe cleaners around criss-crossed candy canes, curl the ends of the pipe cleaners and glue small bells to the front. Hang up a handmade candy cane ornament by one of the candy hooks with instructions from an experienced craftswoman in this free video on Christmas crafts.
Want to incorporate genuine Hawaiian ukulele techniques into your playing? If so, you're in luck: This video tutorial presents a number of tricks and techniques—vamps and endings, for example—that can easily be added to any ukulele player's repertory. For more information on playing Hawaiian-style ukulele, watch this video guide.
You probably take a shower almost every day. You might as well do it right. You will need a natural-bristle body brush, a loofah, soap or body wash, a bath towel, and moisturizer. This how-to video is the end all be all guide to showers. You've been doing them all along (let's hope), but here's how to do it right.
After you finally finish crocheting your piece, what are you supposed to do with that tail? This how-to video demonstrates a trick for hiding the end within the stitches of your project. Watch this video crocheting tutorial and learn how to hide short yarn tails.
This instructional beatboxing video explains how to do a better tongue roll as well as an alternate roll that is referred to as the tom roll. These are both used as fills in between kicks and snares as well as at the end of phrases. Practice the tongue and tom roll techniques and improve your beatboxing skills!
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that provides an introduction to modes. Modes are scales that are derived from a parent scale by starting and ending on different degrees of that parent scale. This is Season 3, Episode 14 of Dave Weiner's Riff of the Week series called "The Modes: An Introduction." With this lesson and a bit of practice, improve your guitar playing skills by learning about modes on the electric guitar.
This stitch pattern was featured in the May 2008 issue of Simply Knitting. Here is a brief demonstration of how this stitch pattern is worked. You will be working in multiples of two stitches with one added stitch at the end of each row. Watch this knitting video to learn the secret to knitting a cool rolling pleat pattern.
Watch this two part instructional knitting video to knit an uneven rib stitch. You will want to cast on your stitches in multiples of four. The uneven ribbing pattern uses a row of purl two, knit two pattern with an added knit stitch at the end of each row. The Continental method is used here, meaning the yarn is held with the left hand.
