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How To: Make a delicious carrot cake

Don’t be fooled by the use of a vegetable, carrot cake is a delicious dessert that seems to go hand-in-hand with Easter and spring bakes sales. If you’ve made them before or this is your fist time start out the season with this classic cake.

How To: Make fire-starters out of dryer lint

The warmth of a fire is great while camping or on a cold winter’s night but it can be difficult to get those log roaring. Use materials you have at home to create some easy, fool-proof fire starters that you can use the next time you need to get some logs burning.

How To: Raise sheep on a farm

In these videos on raising farm animals, learn some of the basic facts about sheep. Our expert naturalist will discuss the major characteristics of this bovine species, including different types of sheep, types and colors of wool, eating habits and digestion (it is a ruminant animal), how to raise and handle a sheep, how to go about buying a sheep of your own, signs of disease, when to shear, how to tell a ewe and a ram apart, and how to breed sheep.

How To: Draw a girl

Drawing a woman is a lot like drawing a man, only curvier. You can use triangles to sketch the basic form of a woman, giving you a guideline to sketch in more and more detail until you’ve given her the look you want.

How To: Dry apple slices for crafts

Dry apples for that perfect project by following these steps. Apple aren’t just for eating. You can use sliced dried apples to add a little interest to your next craft project. Making the dried apple slices is half the fun and a great way to spend a lazy afternoon.

How To: Paint Carnation flowers in the Chinese brush style

In a special Mother's Day installment of their weekly instructional series on Chinese painting, Blue Heron Art's Henry teaches us to paint Chinese Carnations in watercolor, with calligraphy highlights done in ink with a brush. His grace and accuracy with both the watercolor and the ink would be challenging for many of the less-artistically-inclined to emulate, but the finished product is beautiful and should impress all but the choosiest of moms if their child were to make / buy it for them.

How To: Make a lamp out of a USB cable

Trick Life demonstrates how to make a lamp out of a USB cable. To make the lamp, cut the end off the USB cable, strip the wire and separate the black wire from the red wire. Attach the wire to a box using a soldering iron. Attach a six volt bulb to the wires. Insert the apparatus through the hole of a used CD or an old DVD. Insert the rest of the wire through a cylinder. Hide the wiring in the cup and glue the cup cylinder to another CD or DVD. Make a shade out of paper and attach it to the l...

How To: Apply your makeup to get rid of undereye circles

Using makeup is the best and fastest way to get rid of undereye circles. In this tutorial, learn how to erase a late night in the morning with the right type of makeup for your skin type. This process is quick and looks great. You don't need to wear a lot, just the right type. So, check out this tutorial and look fresh faced everyday.

How To: Find computer's IP address

In this tutorial, we learn how to find your computer's IP address. An IP address is used to know the exact location of someone using a computer with internet access is located at. First, turn your computer on and go to your main desktop. Then, click on "start", (which is located on the lower left hand side of the tool bar at the bottom), then click "run" and once that opens up, type "cmd" into the white empty space. Hit "ok" and when this comes up, type in "IPConfig" and hit "enter". Your com...

How To: Put your Linkedin badge on your Facebook profile

In this video, we learn how to put a LinkedIn Badge on a Facebook profile. First, go to the top right hand corner search box in Facebook. Type in, "my LinkedIn profile" and click "search". Once you do this, results will show and click on the correct one. Once you are on the page, click to become a fan and click on "application". It will now ask your permission for the application to show up on your Facebook. Now, type in your profile URL and click "add to profile". Once you do this, the badge...

How To: Make a footnote in MS Word 2007

This video shows you how to make a footnote in MS Word 2007. 1. Click on the last letter of the word where the footnote refers to. 3. Click on the References tab. 4. Click Insert Footnote. 5. A tiny number will appear beside the word where you clicked and a footnote number with a line on top will also appear on the last part of the page. 6. Type in the words or the notes. 7. You may now continue typing your work.

How To: Draw a basic hand

In this video you will learn how to draw a basic hand using a pencil, a sheet of paper and your imagination. To do that just follow these steps: The first thing to do is to draw a oval shape with your pencil. Then add the fingers and make the thumb. Draw the palm and all the other details of the hand. Don't forget to use your imagination to draw an original and funny hand. The result should be a funny and simple hand and will increase your skills of drawing. Remember to practice first before ...

How To: Make a horrible smelling stink bomb

Learn how to make a horrible smelling stink bomb from this video in simple steps. You will need a newspaper, elastic, 2 sparklers and some cat hair. First put the cat hair in the newspaper. Crush a sparkler into powder and add it to the newspaper. Roll the newspaper and tie it up using the elastic. Now attach the other sparkler to the paper. Finally ignite the sparkler and throw your stink bomb to test it.

How To: Draw a cartoon tiger

Are you having trouble with your animal drawings? Doodlekat1 shows us how to draw a cute cartoon tiger easily! You will need: blank piece of paper marker or pencil. For the head: Draw a big semi-circle and a small circle in the middle. Connect them using little curves then add the ears. For the nose: Draw a triangle on the top of the small circle then add the mouth, three dots and some whiskers. Draw two big shaded eyes. Draw stripes of varying sizes at the top and the sides of the head. Add ...

How To: Calculate the area of various polygons

We can calculate the area of the simple polygons like square, rectangle, triangle, pretty easily. Area of square can be calculated by drawing it on a graph paper, of unit cm length and breadth. Area of a rectangle is length X breadth. Area of a triangle is 1/2bh, half of product of base and height. For a parallelogram , area is the product of base and height. For a trapezoid , it is 1/2(b1+b2)h. For some other extreme polygons, we can calculate the area by making it different simple polygons ...

How To: Fold an origami sprinkler

The sprinkler origami is a simple modular paper design, which definitely suits the beginners! Made by Paula Versnick. The modules only need 8 creases and the assembly is really straight forward. You can do as many modules as you want and assemble them differently, the video shows how to fold a module, how to connect it to another one and some examples. The modules can also be sinked, it’s a really good model for practicing that move.

How To: Work with tessellation shapes in geometry

Not all polygons are tessellation shapes. A tessellation is a collection of figures that can be put together to fill a plane surface without overlaps or gaps. I’m sure that you have already seen many tessellations in real life. The tiles in the kitchen and the puzzle you have solved are nothing but tessellations.

How To: Origami a turtle big or small

Once all cats are out of the shot, this video will show you how to fold an origami turtle. The simple visual instructions allow for easy origami paper folding. The last portion of these instructions include how to make smaller versions of most origami projects.

How To: Make eco-chic wedding invitations

This how-to video demonstrates how to make unique earth-friendly wedding invitations that only look expensive. Learn about chlorine free paper, translucent velum, and how to use natural embellishments for your wedding invitations. Start making your own wedding invitations today.

How To: Easily draw wings

In this video, we learn how to easily draw wings. First, take a piece of paper and grab a pen. Next, use light marks to draw in the outline of how you want the wings to look. Draw in the sides and make sure to show the feathers out on the edges of the wings. After this, draw in details on the wing. Make sure to show the different layers of wings, including the small and larger ones. Add in colors to the picture if you prefer, then you are finished drawing these. This is easy to do and great f...

How To: Send an email using Yahoo email

In this video, we learn how to send an email using Yahoo email. First, go to Yahoo and click on "mail". Type in your user name and password. Once you're logged in, click on "Inbox" and click on "Compose". Type in the email address you are sending an email to and fill in the boxes for subject and the body of the email. Once you are finished with this, click "send" and it will tell you once you're email is sent. It's as easy as that to send an email using your Yahoo! email account.

How To: Find your IP address without using a 3rd party site

In this how-to video, you will learn how to find the IP address you are using on your computer without using any third party sites. First, go to the start menu and click run. If you are using Vista, go to search in order to the run the file. Next, you should type in cmd.exe into the prompt. A window should now open up. In this window, type in ipconfig /all. From there, your IP address should be listed. This simple video shows you a very easy way to find your IP address without having to use a...

How To: Put overgrip on your tennis racket

This video explains how to put an over grip on your tennis racket. To begin you need to remove the plastic that is protecting the grip that you plan to put on your tennis racket. On the other side of the grip there should be a paper that you can remove so that you have a stick mark. Place the sticky mark on top of the handle and start to wrap in line with the end of the handle. Wrap clockwise if you are a right handed player or counter clockwise if you are left handed. Stretch the grip a litt...

How To: Add and subtract fractions with different denominators

This video is a simple math video showing how to add and subtract fractions using different denominators. It begins with a man explaining briefly and sitting in front of a piece of paper. He writes out a group of fractions each one with different denominators, ending in three and five. To add appropriately, on must find a common denominator, which is fifteen. So he multiplies each by five and three, raising the denominators to fifteen. This will raise the fractions to six-fifteenths and twent...

How To: Clean artificial flowers

Artificial flowers are a wonderful way to add joy and color to your home without the cost or mess of freshly cut flowers. They don’t need to be watered but they can get dusty. Keep your artificial flowers shining brightly with this simple trick.

How To: Make a paper hat from newspaper

In this video Anthony teaches you how to make a hat from newspaper. If you want to make a hat out of newspaper, do the following: Take the middle section of the newspaper, where you have two pages that are attached. Fold the two pages at the center crease. Make two triangles inward, towards the crease. Fold part of the bottom area of the triangle up. Flip the page and do the same thing on the other side. Open it up slightly and place it on your head.

How To: Make your own passport size photo

This video instructs the watcher on how to create a passport-sized photo in Photoshop. First, open Photoshop and choose the image that you want using the "Browse" option. Then go to "image", from there "select image size" and select the image size you want (e.g. 35 mm by 43 mm). Next, under "File", go to "select new" and select the size of the paper you use in your printer. Select image and move it to the new file. Copy it as many times as you want in that file. Save, then print. Watch this v...

How To: Draw bodies and torsos

Check out this video to learn how to draw bodies and torsos either digitally or the old fashioned way. I start with the spine and head and ribs and pelvis, then make the arms and legs and do it all very roughly. Then I make a body out of that. On paper I let it stay really rough and then I can trace over the good lines on a clean sheet. On computer it's easier by just using layers. I haven't had any formal training ( obviously ) so if you are good at figure drawing and could offer advice or t...

How To: Calculate math without a calculator

Before the calculator and even the abacus was invented, there was a little instrument called the human brain that we used to do math. Remember that? While most of us turn to our trusty Ti-84s to do calculus homework or whip out our cell phone calculators to determine how much we should tip at Johnny Rocket's, it can often be much faster to use our own brains, along with a piece of paper and pencil.