How To: 11 Food Storage Hacks for Your Next Lunch Break
Bringing your lunch to work doesn't always have to involve boring brown paper bags and plastic ziplocks.
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How To: Chill a Lukewarm Can of Soda in Less Than 5 Minutes
A lukewarm can of soda placed in a refrigerator can take about 45 minutes to chill. On the other hand, a lukewarm can of soda placed in a bowl of ice, water, and table salt can take less than 5 minutes.
How To: 7 Fabulous Ideas for Making Your Own Drink Coasters
Whether you're a coffee fiend or beer enthusiast, having good coasters is necessary to prevent watermarks from forming on your tables. But instead of going out and buying a set, consider making some custom ones yourself that match you and your home's personality.
How To: 10 Fabulously Practical Uses for Scotch Tape
Scotch tape may not be as versatile as duct tape when it comes to mending things, but it still has a number of weirdly practical uses that goes beyond taping down wrapping paper and sealing envelopes.
How To: Celebrate 2011 with These Fun New Year's Eve Party Ideas
Want to celebrate New Year's Eve, but haven't a clue how to do so? Maybe some of these New Year's Eve pa
News: Lego Mindstorms Puts the Fun Back into Number Two
Sure, unrolling toilet paper and tearing it from the roll is not difficult. But if Lego Mindstorms can do it for you, why not?
How To: Perform hot filtration in the chemistry lab
The Interactive Lab Primer (ILP) has been developed as part of the Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellowship Scheme, one of the themes of the Chemistry for Our Future program, and initiative which aims to secure a strong and sustainable future for the chemical sciences in higher education. The aim of the ILP is to address the diverse range of experience and skills students bring with them to a university by offering a resource to support their transition from school to the university chem...
How To: Tether the iPhone iOS 4.2.1 and 4.3.2 on Ubuntu 10.04
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 10.04 users who want to tether their iPhone 4 (software version 4.2.1). No jailbreak needed! You have two options - you can tether through USB, or tether through Bluetooth.
News: Poo Tea
So you get a cup of warm tea or coffee and then you put a small nugget of shit in paper or something that can hold it. Then u put a string around the shit and, like a teabag, just keep dipping it in the coffee or tea until there is nothing left. Serve at a warm temperature and enjoy.
How To: Write a heartfelt love letter
Writing a love letter be scary and intimidating when you try to get started. Finding a way to put all your emotions into words on a piece of paper can trouble even the greatest of minds. This video will offer some helpful and insightful tips to make sure you write a letter that truly expresses all of the feelings you've got inside you for that special someone. Write a heartfelt love letter.
How To: Make a skeleton picture Halloween decoration
There’s no bones about it, the Halloween party decoration in this how-to video is a real scream! You will need black construction paper, six white packing peanuts, white crayon
How To: Origami a tulip flower
Want to make a beautiful plant that never needs any watering? Then grab some paper and fold the springtime surprise in this how-to video alongside origami master, Michael LaFosse. It makes a perfect gift or even an invitation! Follow along with this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a tulip flower. Origami a tulip flower.
How To: Origami a Christmas holiday wreath
Get ready to impress your friends and family with a cool holiday paper project! Join in on the fun as Origami instructor, Michael LaFosse shows the step by step folds for an amazing holiday wreath! It's a perfect gift for your favorite teacher. Follow along with this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a Christmas wreath. Origami a Christmas holiday wreath.
How To: Make a Chanukah spinning dreidel puppet
Celebrate Chanukah with a homemade dreidel puppet. All you need are some markers, paper and tape to get this puppet project started. Watch this video activity tutorial and learn how to build a Hanukkah spinning dreidel puppet. Make a Chanukah spinning dreidel puppet.
How To: Origami a frog, duck, dog, bat, lily and more
This great video tutorial from Michael LaFosse will show you how to not only make a cool, green jumping frog, but it will also show you how to make a simple traditional origami duck, a puppy dog, a water lily, a phoenix, an advanced butterfly, and a happy good-luck bat. Just make sure you have the right size origami paper for the projects. Origami a frog, duck, dog, bat, lily and more.
How To: Hack into encrypted computer data
Xeni visits the offices of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and speaks with Jake Appelbaum and Bill Paul, two of the authors of a security research paper that shows how your computer's memory can be tricked into revealing data you thought was safely encrypted, and out of the reach of others. Hack into encrypted computer data.
How To: Make a flat paper shotgun
If you're into paper guns, this paper shotgun might interest you. Although this flat paper shotgun is simplistic compared to some other 3D paper guns that actual shoot, it's still a fun project to try out. You only need paper, so try folding this paper shotgun design now! Watch all three parts! Make a flat paper shotgun - Part 1 of 3.
How To: Make decoupage soap in Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U show
Rosie O'Donnell web show demonstrates an easy and quick way to make decoupage soap. Use dried flower or paper cutouts and glue to add a flare to ordinary soap. Make decoupage soap in Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U show.
How To: Make a charming locket
Actress-singer Mandy Moore joins Martha to craft charming lockets. You will need appliques, nail glue, locket, sandpaper, paper towel, colored nail polish, tweezers, toothpick, nail-polish remover and a cotton swab. Make a charming locket.
How To: Print accurate colors from within Photoshop
In this video tutorial you will learn how to print accurate colors from within Photoshop using printer paper profiles. This trick include tips on color management. Learn to download third-party printer profiles from the Internet. Print accurate colors from within Photoshop.
How To: Make chopsticks for kids to use
Watch a cute tutorial perfect for everyone. Follow along as Jake Ludington shows you (or your children) how easy it is to use these utensils from the far East. All you need is some wooden chopsticks that come in a paper sleeve and a thin rubber band. The video tells the rest of the story. Make chopsticks for kids to use.
How To: Use the best particular yeast for your baking recipes
With so many different types of yeast, it can be difficult for a novice baker to know which one is best for which bread type. This video shows you the difference between sourdough starter, cake yeast, active dry yeast, instant yeast and RapidRise highly active yeast. Use the best particular yeast for your baking recipes.
How To: Recreate Models of Christopher Columbus's Sailing Ships from 1492
Columbus Day celebrates Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492. In most of the New World, it's celebrated on the 12th of October, the day Columbus actually discovered the Bahamas. But in the United States, the holiday is observed on the second Monday in October.
DIY Lab Equipment: How to Etch Your Own Circuit Boards Using a Laser Printer
Homemade circuits are amazing. You can build any kind of circuit on a simple perfboard, as we have seen in previous projects. However, some projects require very tiny circuit boards. We could special order some boards from a printed circuit board (PCB) factory, but that will most likely involve a high price per board and a few thousand miles of delivery service to pay for.
Dancing Droplets: Water Orbits Statically Charged Knitting Needles in Space
His name is Don Pettit, but I like to call him Space MacGyver. He's well known for his paper clip fixes and ingenious coffee invention in zero gravity, and we've all seen the NASA astronaut in his Saturday Morning Science videos during his first stay on the International Space Station. And now he's back on the ISS with a brand new physics-related show... Science Off the Sphere.
How To: Make a Proportionally Correct Mini Hubble Space Telescope
This article will show you how to make a proportionally correct 1/187 (about) size Hubble Space Telescope. I tried to add as many details as possible, but it was hard at such a small size. It was really easy, but it did take a while to make.
SUBMIT: Your Best Double Exposure Photo by December 12th. WIN: Paper Pinhole Camera Kit
Using an analog camera to create multiple exposures is a technique that has long been in practice throughout the history of photography. Pressing the shutter button twice will superimpose the exposure of two different images onto the same piece of film. Sometimes done in an artistic manner, sometimes by accident—you never know what you'll get until you develop your roll of film.
Math Craft Monday: Community Submissions (Plus How to Make a Magic Square Tetraflexagon)
It's Monday, which means once again, it's time to highlight some of the recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. In this post, we'll also make a flexagon, which is a type of transformable object.
News: Math Craft Inspiration of the Week: The Curved Geometric Paper Sculptures of Richard Sweeney
Richard Sweeney is an incredible artist whose body of work consists mainly of sculptures made from paper. His art is often related to origami, and much of his work is related to geometrical forms. I personally really love his modular forms in paper. Many of them are based off of the platonic solids, which have been discussed in previous posts this week. Below are a small number of his sculptures, which are very geometric in nature.
Sewing the Invisible: Jum Nakao's Paper Couture
The challenge of creating garments with unconventional materials has become an all too familiar gimmick for most first year students at fashion schools. The end result is more often than not a catwalk of garbage bags, zip ties, plastic bottles and cans, assembled into a menagerie of mediocrity. Enter Jum Nakao. But while the Japanese-Brasilian artist/fashion designer does use an unconventional and impractical material (paper) for his collection "A Costura do Invisivel"(translation: "Sewing th...
News: World's First Bend-Sensitive Flexible Smartphone
Apple's iPhone is considered one of the best smartphones in the world. Many cell phone makers have tried to take down the juggernaut, with some Android-based devices coming close, but in order to become an actual iPhone killer, something revolutionary needs to happen in the mobile world. And Human Media Lab (HML) may be the ones to make it happen.
How To: Make raspberry filled, nut free Linzer cookies
A delicious dessert for your Valentine's Day dinner! For this recipe, you will need: 3 sticks of butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 large egg, 3 1/2 cups flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup thick raspberry preserved, confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar), parchment paper, a stand mixer, a sheet pan, plastic wrap, a round cookie cutter and a heart shaped cookie cutter. Make raspberry filled, nut free Linzer cookies.
News: Hacked Typewriter Has a Mind of Its Own AND Plays Video Games
Jonathan Guberman of Site 3 coLaboratory hackerspace in Toronto has created an Arduino-controlled mechanical typewriter that can type on its own, detect what is being typed on it, and run text-based interactive fiction games such as the classic (and to most, all but forgotten) Zork. Guberman says:
How To: Make Chocolate Covered Pretzels
In the mood for a treat but can’t decide between salty or sweet? Why choose when you can have the best of both worlds? Chocolate covered pretzels are a mouth-watering snack perfect for satisfying even the most wicked cravings. They are a huge hit at parties and get-togethers, and your guests will be impressed you made them yourself (not to mention that store-bought versions can cost a pretty penny!)
How To: Make a small stitchbound book
Interested in getting started binding your own mini books? In this video from TV Weekly, Tricia stitches together mini file folders for the pages and covers the book boards with lovely paper to create a professional looking bound book. Fill this journal with photos and memories and keep it close as a perfect keepsake. Make a small stitchbound book.
How To: Make a Christmas tree bauble or round ornament
Learn how to make a beautiful Christmas tree bauble ornament. Step 1. Gather your materials.
How To: Hack any vacuum into a water sucker
This how-to video shows a powerful and effective hack to turn any dust vacuum into a water vacuum. You will need a rubber band, tissue paper, a set of four straws, a pen knife, a soft drink bottle, and a vacuum cleaner. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to modify a regular vacuum into a water vacuum. Hack any vacuum into a water sucker.
How To: Draw a cartoon little girl with pigtails
Keep on cartooning with host Bruce Blitz as he shows you how to draw a proud girl with pigtails. All you need is a pad of paper, pencil, marker, colored chalks or colored pencils and eraser. Using a pencil, draw a bean shape for her head. Use your marker to draw an upside down U, down low on the face, for her nose. Draw 2 upside-down U’s for eyes, eyebrows going up and a large, proud smile. Draw a big ear on her right side, and go over the pencil lines around her face. Starting at the center ...
How To: Make a tile mosaic
Want your room to have some Mosaic tile style? Check out this how-to video! With just a few sheets of paper and some glue you can transform a boring bedside table into a fabulous mosaic showpiece! Follow along with the step-by-step instructions in this video activity tutorial and learn how to make a tiled mosaic. Make a tile mosaic.
How To: Origami a sports jersey
This animated origami video will show you how to fold an origami shirt. You will need one piece of origami paper complete this origami project. This origami shirt is easy to fold. Decorate the jersey with emblems from your favorite sports team. Origami a sports jersey.