One of the fun and special traditions enjoyed and shared by the deaf community is signing stories using number or alphabet hand shapes. In these stories, various hand shapes do not stand for the numbers and letters themselves, but are used as signs or gestures to convey concepts. They are signed in alphabetical or numerical order, and used in amazing ways to sign or act out a story.
Chad west covers some basic masking concepts to add a pre-made border file to a photograph.
The hangman's noose is infamous for its use in hanging prisoners during executions. It was supposedly invented in Britain but eventually spread throughout the world, going beyond the prisons and even into our own homes. But the hangman's knot isn't all doom and gloom. There are plenty of practical (and non-lethal) applications for the hangman's knot, like a fishing or boating knot. Everyone should know this roped knot; this tutorial will show you the knot-tying process. Just remember, to be a...
Get rid of all your preppy shirts by morphing them into something spectacular. This is chic simplicity. A smart and casual princess cut button-up shirt that will never go out of style. See how to turn a preppy shirt into a cute princess top in this video from GiannyL.
A clear and easy method of making the traditional and healthy Russian food pickled cabbage is displayed in this video. Our chef begins by highlighting the nutritional values of the food, then goes on to detail the type of cabbage suitable for the dish. The chef then demonstrates how to correctly slice the cabbage with both a standard kitchen knife and a slicer, and then garnishes the cabbage with sliced carrots and salt - a vital part of the meal, explained by the chef: too much would be unpl...
This video is a language lesson in Tagalog. You will learn how to say that you like something or don't like something, that you know or don't know something, and to ask questions beginning with "Do you like", "Do you know" and "Do you understand". The way to ask someone if they like something is, "Gusto mo ba?" To answer positively, say, "Gusto ko!" To answer negatively, say, "Hindi ko gusto." To ask "Do you know?", say "Alam mo ba?" To answer positively, say, "Alam ko." To answer negatively,...
Have a tee shirt that has lost all of its spunk? Instead of letting it linger in the closet for the rest of its life, bring it back to life with a makeover. A T-shirt doesn't just have to be a T-shirt! See how to turn a tee shirt into a sleeveless top in this video from GiannyL.
Don't have the perfect scarf? Sometimes you can't buy perfect, sometimes you have to make perfect, so create your own cozy scarf! Can't find the right material, color, or style? No problem, design your own. See how to make a a cozy scarf in this video from GiannyL.
Learn how to find the slope of a line in this math tutorial. Whether you're doing your math homework or trying to figure out how steep a mountain is, the slope of a line is simple to calculate and has many practical uses.
Elegant fashion is easier to come by than many assume. This tutorial shows you how to sew your own simple V-neck women's tunic with added flutter sleeves. You don't even need a pattern, just a few torso measurements for your wearer!
Crafts are easily completed once you learn how to quickly thread a sewing machine. You Will Need
Are you tired of the clutter on your desk or table from stacks of bills, letters and junk mail? How would you like to have a practical and attractive way to clean up that pile? Learn how to make a mail organizer with seashells in this free crafts video series.
A development duo has concocted an iPhone app that displays related tweets based on objects recognized by the device's camera.
Today it was revealed that Avis Budget Group will now support and maintain Waymo's driverless car fleet in Phoenix, the company's first public trial of self-driving cars. This is an unprecedented partnership in the autonomous vehicle field and conveys the steps driverless companies are taking to make their vehicles more accessible to the public.
When you're browsing the internet on a computer, you just need to hit Ctrl F (or Command F) and type something out to find all instances of that word in the webpage. It's a handy feature baked into most browsers (nearly all mobile browsers have a "find" feature, too), but unfortunately, it doesn't work with real-world documents, signs, and menus—or at least it hasn't, up until now.
Google I/O is right around the corner, and everyone's expecting new virtual and augmented reality news. Here's what to expect from this week's announcements.
Given how much use it gets on a daily basis, the power button is always one of the first hardware features to call it quits on an Android phone or tablet. So if your power button is acting up, or you don't want it to, you can extend its lifetime by simply finding ways to use it less.
Basically using the same concept of the classic "baking soda in ketchup bottle prank" Except here we will be using a small packet of ketchup. Refer to the instructional video for a demonstration on how it's all done.
DATING & RELATIONSHIP IN FRANCE VS. THE U.S This video compares and helps understand dating and relationship concept in France Vs. in the U.S.
This video is teaching you how to have proper Risk Management when trading. Not managing your risk will eventually kill your capital, whether you are trading stocks, forex, futures or indices. After explaining the concepts instructions are provided for you to adopt the principles mentioned.
This web design tutorial will teach you how to add titles and descriptions that are relevant to your web page. Also you will learn how to add keywords for your website by using the website properties panel to add relevant keywords and phrases to your document in Xara Web Designer. The concepts taught for this web design tutorial are also referred to as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) meta tags.
Acetone-based nail polish remover is great for removing nail polish, and it's also great for some DIY uses around the home. From eliminating scratches to fixing the consistency of correction fluid, its uses are varied but all effective. With nail polish remover, you can also clean your computer keyboard, get rid of ink stains, and even remove leeches from your skin. Talk about versatile!
Always downing a glass of red wine in the evening? Don't be ashamed. Red wine has some great health benefits when consumed in moderation, including improved memory, lower risk of heart disease, and even bone strengthening. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
Have you ever felt like you wanted to totally annihilate someone in Minecraft with a machine gun? Yeah, me, too. Thankfully, you can!
Add instant art school style to your outfit by crafting this propeller Steampunk brass ring. Steampunk style, which fuses Victorian/industrial age style with anachronisms like old watch parts and propellers, is on trend right now with Hollywood as well as the indie craft scene.
So you've set up your civilization, have started producing a few resources and built up a solid base. Now it's time to delve into the more complex aspects of Civilization 5 - dealing with things like economy and diplomacy. This tutorial delves into a few of these advanced concepts to ensure an effective and strong mid-game.
False eyelashes scare even the most makeup-saavy girls. After all, who wants to glue someone else's hair onto their eyeballs? It's a freaky concept, but applying false lashes can take your look from ordinary to fantabulous in almost no time.
An enharmonic equivalent doesn't sound like fun, but in fact the term is fancy jargon for a rather simple concept: it is the duplicate of a note, key signature, or interval that is spelled differently. So two notes are enharmonic if they have the same pitch but are named differently. At least, this is the basis for enharmonic equivalents.
With the "Thor" movie coming out in 2011 and the actors recently debuting a five-minute trailer at Comic-Con, fanboy buzz about this Norse comic book hero has officially reached fever pitch. Guys like the story - the son of a king cast down to earth as punishment, who seeks to redeem himself while falling in love with a human nurse - while gals like the fantastically ripped men.
If you've ever been to a Marie Callender's restaurant, then you know their chicken pot pie is the most popular and most often requested dish. That's because chicken pot pies, while a rather simple concept, contain just enough bready goodness, veggies, chicken, and sauce filling to get you full and way satisfied.
Betty Crocker will always have a fond place in our hearts, but every now and then we find it fun - and okay, maybe a little ego boosting - to bake a cake all our own from scratch (gasp!). While the concept is unheard of amongst busy adults and college students, baking using only what you have at home (and not something premixed) is well worth the effort.
These aren't your mother's bake sale pies. In fact, they're not really pies at all. Rather, these delicious and pretty treats are cupcakes decorated like pies. A simple concept, yes, but these cupcakes make for a divine arrangement. You'll learn how to arrange various colors of jelly jeans to look like food - red for strawberries and blue for blueberries, for instance.
Frittatas are a delicious and healthy meal. They include almost all of your food groups and are packed with fiber. The basic concept behind frittatas are that you can throw whatever leftovers you have into a bowl with eggs and create a unique version every day! In this recipe, Giada De Laurentiis from the Food Network shows you how to make a lighter version with egg whites so that you can avoid some of those calories and cholesterol. Enjoy!
Are you a left-handed crochet addict who's tired of finding only right-hander oriented YouTube crochet tutorials and having to put a mirror up to the screen to get what the heck is going on?
Conceptually, what is node-based compositing and what do nodes do? This clip uses the factory analogy to convey the concept. Blender can process video, images, sequences, and families of images in a directory. Then you'll fire up Blender and talk about threading nodes and how images are duplicated and routed through the compositing network ("noodle"), how threads are created between sockets. Creating threads, cut threads. The clip also points out common threading errors and misrouting threads...
A crochet single rib stitch is essentially a fancy way of saying a crochet stitch with an undulating up and down pattern. A "rib," or elevated stitch, runs across the finished piece vertically, forming an interesting pattern that can be used to accentuate scarves and mittens.
Sometimes math problems are easier to solve if you can convert a number into different types. In this tutorial, taught by a real math teacher, learn how to take a mixed number and turn it back into an improper fraction, and vice versa. This process won't take long and it will help you on many types of algebra problems.
Katherine Miller teaches the secrets of starting your term paper research by using concept mapping method. Use a large sheet of paper and a marker to map out our ideas. First take an example like "Succeeding at college and grades" and write down the factors affecting your goal. The most common factor is money, now write down the things that has an impact on money like jobs, business and loans. The other factors are outside life, health, places for help and study habits. Simultaneously write i...
This video shows you how to make a security device out of a door bell. The concept is that most thefts happen when people are away from home. To make sure of this the thief rings the door bell to make sure that nobody is home, if nobody answers then they will break in. A lot of people have dogs and alarm systems which will scare off the thieves, but this alarm system combines both. To make this devise you have to buy a speaker system that connects to your door bell. When the door bell rings i...
Forget expensive steadicams! Save money on your film budget and make a DIY steadicam that's almost as effective as the real deal. Chappy shows you how to make one for only 30 bucks! You can make this steadycam with parts from your local sporting goods or hardware store.
