How To: Shake the perfect classic margarita
Why settle for dampened down store-bought cocktail mixes when you can shake up your own? Bypass aisle five and watch this quick tutorial on how to make the perfect margarita.
Why settle for dampened down store-bought cocktail mixes when you can shake up your own? Bypass aisle five and watch this quick tutorial on how to make the perfect margarita.
Want to test your origami-making skills? This video shows you how to make an origami steamboat icosahedron, a 20-faced star that'll put your origami cranes and origami flowers to shame. This pinwheel-inspired shape resembles modules by Tomoko Fuse.
Looking for a primer on how to create and work with array formulas in Microsoft Office Excel? You've come to the right place. In this free video tutorial from everyone's favorite MS Excel guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 12th installment in his series of Excel array formula series, you'll learn how to use the array function MMULT to multiply multiple matrices in matrix algebra. (NB: This is an array function that requires the Ctrl + Shift + Enter trick.)
Proper Scene style requires the right clothing and accessories. You can't look totally Scene without the right finishing touches. Check out this video and accessorize yourself Scene.
Racquetball is not very complicated, but it does require a bit of practice and learning of the rules. This video tutorial will show you all of the basics you will need to know as a beginner player. Once you watch this tutorial you will be up and running and ready to start a game of your very own. So, have fun!!
In this video tutorial, learn how to find, download, and install the Adobe Flash Player plug-in onto Firefox. Written instruction can be found here. Certain video sites, such as YouTube, require you have this plug-in to view videos.
In this video, one of the gentlemen from the London stunt team 3Run shows us how to do a front flip. This is a very impressive trick that sends the performer spinning forward over the ground. Common sense would lead you to think that this trick requires a lot of strong, fast movements, but as the performer demonstrates, it's all about a light, delicate touch.
Any time is the right time for slime! In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to whip up a nauseating glop of green goo. It's actually a remarkably simple process, requiring just a few basic steps and materials you probably already have around the house. So get to work, and then get sliming!
If you've ever seen the card trick Asher Twist, you've probably wondered how it was done. Well this magician will show you just how to do it, so maybe you can start doing it yourself! This trick requires excellent slight of hand to create a simple yet effective illusion. Check it out!
Do you have a broken NES system lying around somewhere at your house? This video shows you how to fix it yourself with very few tools required.
Alley-oop! Surfline's Timmy Curran gives an explanation of how to perform a good alley-oop by providing professional tips. Remember: performing an alley-toop requires good timing.
Need rope, but don't have any. This is a great emergency trick for making rope with plastic bags. This video demonstrates a simple method for converting your used plastic bags into rope. It requires only bags and a working set of hands.
If you know how to do a few card tricks, maybe it's time you learn a bit more. Work on your XCM (extreme card manipulation), watch this video tutorial to learn how to perform the "flipback cut" flourish card trick. Some basic skills required to perform this aerial flipback cut are the flip back and the 360 close. Remember, to be a magician, you need to practice.
Learn how to fold the JKF-178 Jetplane. Materials required :- An A4 size paper of type 80gsm and a pair fo scissors. Its' another variations of my other paper planes models. Hope that it will be well received. Would appreciate frank comments and fair ratings from all. Enjoy. Thank you.
No one likes having their food messed with. That makes it all the more fun to do so right? This video will show you some fun pranks that you can pull to mess with the food of your friends and neighbors. They include making surprise disgusting layer dip and ordering unusual combinations of items at the grocery store, but are all freakin' hilarious and require relatively little setup or risk.
Sometimes, a project requires you to go back and fix or adjust something you created in Photoshop. Today, Bert takes us with him as he fills a once empty water glass, and fixes a reflection on one of his older pieces using the spherize tool in Photoshop.
This video is for those of you that find yourself in the position that requires hand feeding an un-weaned baby bird. Hope this helps.
This edition of NCIX Tech Tips will show you the steps to install a new hard drive for your PC. He'll also talk about other alternative large capacity storage solutions that don't require opening up your PC.
This excellent detailed video demonstrates how to create rigid molds with a fast cast urethane. Ideal for smaller models/molds with a flat side, fast-cast urethanes are widely used for their ease of use, low cost, and quick de-mold times. However, their use requires careful application of release agents. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.
This is an excellent video that covers creating a clear silicone rubber mold to deal with a complex parting line or irregular shape. When a project requires a complex parting line, it is often easier to pour the entire mold in one process with clear rubber, then cut your parting line. This process also saves at least a day in creating the mold. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.
We may not all be Macgyver, but we can certainly channel our inner detective by bolstering our lock picking skills. And some of the hardest locks to crack open are combination locks, which have several disks are require advanced lockpicking skills.
This video will show you 7 different ways to speed up Windows XP. This tutorial requires one freeware program that can be found at www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm.
This video will show you how to download old school Nintendo (NES) games on your iPod Touch. This will also work with an iPhone.
Mousey the junk bot is a light sensing robot made out of an old computer mouse. Bre Pettis of Make Magazine goes over how the pieces are installed and talks about some mistakes that he wishes he could have avoided. This project requires a drill, a dremel, and soldering skills.
Learn where to go, what to do, and what weird character to speak with to unlock the wonderful world of Reek Fishing! And beware, just like real fishing, it requires time and patience. This is a walkthrough for Nintendo Wii's Zelda: Twilight Princess.
In this video, we learn how to do some easy hairstyle for school. To do an easy bun, take a hair tie and put it in the hair in a side twist bun. Let some of the hair stick out, then take bobby pins and stick them in the bun to secure it, then you're done! The next look requires you to take your bangs and braid them together. After this, pull the braid behind your head and secure it with a bobby pin. The next look requires you to braid a section on the side of your hair, then put it into a pon...
Bread is beloved by many for its ability to complement just about any Italian bruschetta, spinach dip, or onion dip. Sandwiches couldn't be sandwiches without bread, and bread is a required foodstuff in a healthy diet. But purchasing the right bread for you requires more than just throwing what's on sale in your cart. In this video, you'll learn which types of bread are best for your health.
This beauty and style video demonstrates how to make transitional dreads. First the color of fibers is chosen of required lengths. The strands are put around elastic supports held taught by two posts of bed or other furniture. The base color, in this case blue, is pleated like hair up to a length required. Before pleating, the fibers are loosened with a comb. The lower portion below the pleats is loosened with a comb and twisted tight. Over the pleats the other color, in this case cream, is w...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make coleslaw dressing. This video provides all the ingredients required in order to make the dressing. The ingredients required include: 1 cup of mayonnaise, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tbs of white vinegar, 1 tbs of prepped horseradish and 1/2 tsp of celery seeds. Users simply add all the ingredients to a bowl and whisk it. The coleslaw can also be mixed with shredded raw cabbage or shredded carrots. Once mixed, leave the dressing in the refrigerator for...
Drilling is always a messy job. Some just drill and leave the mess behind to clean up later. Some require someone to stand next to them with a vacuum cleaner, sucking up the dust as they drill. But to eradicate the extra manpower, and to clean up your mess as you drill, try something a little simpler... a mere piece of paper.
With as much creativity and freedom that we have on Android, it feels a little underwhelming that the only gesture we can perform on the status bar is a downward swipe to expose the notification tray or quick settings. Maybe this is a field for Android to expand on in the future, but until that day, third-party developers are exploring this now.
There are many impressive features on a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, but just like any other smartphone on the market, the most used one is the camera. How many times did you take a picture today? Or admire all the selfies in your gallery? Or upload a video to Instagram, Vine, or Snapchat?
This video will show the lowdown on knitting four-row stripes. Actually, this works with any knitting task requiring over 2 rows, where you want to change the colors of your yarn. Master knitter Judy Topaz walks you through the whole process.
If you've already mastered the crane and the basic origami lucky star, then this five-pointed star is the next logical step to take. Made from a dollar bill, this origami project doesn't even require special materials to assemble.
The biggest determent to doing origami, other than time and complexity when you get to harder pieces, is quite simply the origami paper. It doesn't cost much, but like any type of crafting it does require some monetary devotion.
Here's another video showing you how to rip up a piece of paper and then have it magically restore itself to its pristine state. This requires two pieces of paper and little handy work, distraction and you're off to the races!
If you're a small business operator and AT&T is your carrier, you'll want to take advantage of the AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers. This video shows how to request an online registration code (required to register your account), how to use it to register your account, and how to set up your username and password.
If you spend a lot of time alone or close to it in the wilderness, then hopefully you already know how important it is to bring a properly packed survival kit. This is true for offroading enthusiasts as well as pedestrian outdoorsman, but the kit requires some great specifically related to your being in a 4x4. This video will show you what you should pack in your 4x4 offroad recovery kit and explains why this stuff will keep you safe.
Card tricks are the best type of tricks. They require little equipment, are easy to understand, and contain nearly limitless potential for trickery. Watch this video to learn how to do a card swipe trick on unsuspecting friends or fellow bar patrons.
This video will teach you how to make a chiptune-style lead synth track using Reason 4. Chiptunes are basically electronic music songs made out of 8-bit sounds, mostly from video games. The synth lead you will be making in this video is not, as such, a true chiptune, it's better because it doesn't cling dogmatically to outdated technology.