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How To: Perform the three-card monte throw

The one card trick that every street magician or street hustler needs to know is 3 Card Monte. With the help of this video tutorial, you'll see exactly how to perform the three-card monte throw. There is no real magic here, it's all just a sleight of hand, which is needed for any magic card trick.

How To: Practice nude beach etiquette

Is the proper term nudists or naturalists? Doesn't seem to be too much of a difference, because when it all boils down, they're both still butt-naked on the beach. Nude beaches are fascinating places for the adventurous spirit, but unless you’re an old-time nudist, you probably have questions about the proper way to behave on a nude beach. Well, we’ve got the answers.

How To: Use Yelp Collections to Find New Places & Keep Your Bookmarked Locations More Organized

In the past, if you stumbled upon a Yelp listing you liked, you could bookmark it and check it out later on your profile. You can still take advantage of this feature in the mobile apps, but it's more refined now than it ever was thanks to Collections, a feature Yelp first added back in May 2018. You get more power over organizing, accessing, sharing, and discovering favorite businesses.

How To: The Easy Way to Use PGP for Encrypting Emails on Windows, Mac & Linux

In order to increase the security and harden the integrity of an email account and its content, you'll want to use PGP on your Windows, macOS, or Linux computer. This is usually the first thing security analysts do to protect communications with encryption, and everyone else should consider it too, especially since there's an easy way to incorporate PGP that anyone can follow.

Action Launcher 101: How to Change the Icon Pack for a Custom Look

Eventually, we all get tired of our home screens. There's nothing wrong with it, but after hundreds of times seeing the same thing, it all starts looking a bit stale. You can rearrange icons and widgets, or even just pick a new wallpaper — but sometimes, your layout is perfect and you still want a fresh look. Well, thanks to Action Launcher and icon packs, this is really easy to accomplish.

Signal 101: How to Quickly Delete All Your Messages at Once

If thieves, hackers, law enforcement, or other would-be enemies should ever gain entry to your smartphone, they could also access conversations you've had in Signal Private Messenger. To better secure your encrypted communications, you can password-protect the whole app and its contents — but only on Android. Even then, it's necessary to perform data deletion on a periodic basis, if not immediately.

UnaPhone Zenith: The No-Google, Super-Secure Android Phone

With the FBI getting access to iPhones, and apps like Waze being used to track people's locations, you've got to wonder just how safe and secure your smartphone is... or isn't. When you consider everything you do on your phone, from taking and sharing pictures to mobile banking, keeping your information safe is a crucial step that may seem out of your hands.

How To: PIN-Protect Photos, Log-in Credentials, Credit Card Info, Notes, & More with Keeply

In the weeks before Apple officially released iOS 8, consumers were abuzz over rumors that a new feature would password-protect your photos and text messages from prying eyes. Unfortunately, this ended up being untrue, though we did cover some alternatives to protecting your important information using some built-in features and a third-party app. Now, there's a new iOS app that can do it all.

How To: Become Anonymous & Browse the Internet Safely

We all know about PRISM. The Surveillance Program allowing the U.S Government to access private user information. Such as, Google Searches, Tweets, Facebook Posts, Private Images, and other private user data. "Hiding" yourself can be very difficult, but it is possible. I'm here to show you How to Become Anonymous & Browse the Internet Safely.

How To: Make & decorate a butterfly cake

In this tutorial, we learn how to make & decorate a butterfly cake. First, you will use a butterfly shaped pan to bake the cake in so it's already shaped. After letting it cool, you can cover the entire thing in a thin layer of white icing. Then, fill some icing into bags, using different pastel colors. From here, you will use the star tip to dab the starts on the top of the butterfly, following the design. Continue to do this until you are finished with the entire thing, then you have the ch...

How To: Recycle plastic bottles to make hanging art

In this video, we learn how to recycle plastic bottles to make hanging art. First, cut the bottom off of the bottle and then cut it in half. Then, cut the other end off of the bottle as well. After this, you can grab the bottle and start to paint your choice of color all over it. Use different colors and transition and blend with them. Lay these on one side to dry when you are finished. When you're done with these and they are completely dry, you can use them to decorate around your house. Th...

How To: Make a cushion cover

With a little practice a cushion cover can be made at home easily. The materials/equipments required are as follows: fabric of your choice (having appropriate dimensions) to make the cover, scissors, measuring tape and ruler, needles, threads, sewing machine and an iron.

How To: Make & decorate a "make a wish fish" cake

In this video, we learn how to make & decorate a "make a wish fish" cake. Start out by mixing up your icing with paste color until you have a green color. After this, brush this onto a round cake of your choice flavor. After this is all iced, grab some gum drops and orange slice gummies. Then, place the orange slices on the side of the cake to make it look like fins. Place the gum drops on the top of the cake to make the eye and the scales on it as well. Once you are finished and like how it ...

How To: Write a personal statement to finish your application

In this video we learn how to write a personal statement to finish your application. This should not be a listing of all your qualities, it should be a story. This should have a lot of information about yourself to show how great you are. Write about anything that makes you different and focus on a strength you have. Think about everything you do outside of the classroom and be honest, because these people don't know you. Write with your heart and don't brag about yourself. Think about your a...

How To: Make embellished tights

In this tutorial, we learn how to make embellished tights. First, you will need to grab some beads and jewels and then grab your choice of tights. Make sure you have some tights that have texture on them, so when you sew them you don't break the surface and ruin them. Now, take your needle and thread and place it into the bead, then start to sew it into the tights. You can make different designs or just put the beads all over. You can also use small jewels to make it sparkly. Tie off each sec...

How To: Create an engraved text effect in Photoshop

In this video, we learn how to create an engraved text effect in Photoshop. First, start a new document in Photoshop and make it as large as you want it. Now, select the foreground color as a dark gray. Next, grab the rectangle tool and draw a shaped layer, making the color whatever you want it to be. Now, go to "layer", then "layer style", and "gradient overlay". Go to the gradient bar and mix light and dark grays or black to make a metal or chrome look as you prefer. After this, write in yo...

How To: Format charts in MS Word 2007

In order to format graphs and charts using Microsoft Word 2007, click on Chart Tools. The tabs at the top of the screen provides you with your options. You can change the type of chart or graph by clicking on Change Chart Type. If there is a particular type of chart that you would like to use again and again, then you can save it as a template via the Save As a Template icon. You can edit the data in your chart of graph by clicking on Edit Data. You can modify the chart layout by clicking on ...

How To: Create a shocking Cirque Du Soleil makeup look

Halloween is coming sooner than you think; have you decided what you're going to dress up as yet? While going with the wicked witch or sexy black cat route is always fun and unfailingly cute, the easy choice quickly becomes the dull one, especially if you're essentially worn the same costume time after time.

How To: Replace the Google Chrome New Tab page with a website of your choice

Interested in swapping out the Google Chrome New Tab page with something else? This guide will teach you everything you'll need to know. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this guide can present a thorough overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started customizing your own Chrome web browser, watch this clip.

How To: Use vignettes with Lightroom

This video tutorial is in the software category where Kerry Garrison will show you how to use vignettes with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. By this you can remove the dark corners in a photo created by some zoom lenses. Select the photo, kick in the vignettes and fade out the corners focusing on the main subject matter. For this, select 'lens correction' on the right hand side and with the help of the sliders apply the vignettes. You have the choice of applying either a light or a dark vignette. ...

How To: Make healthy tuna salad and veggies

In this video, Jennifer DiDonato shows us how to make healthy tuna salad and veggie dip. To begin, drain a can of your favorite tuna and place it into a bowl. Then, add in 2 tbsp fat free cream cheese, 1 tbsp mustard, dash of dill weed, salt, pepper, and your choice of diced veggies, and mix everything together until well combined. A half cup of this only contains 145 calories and has tons of nutritional value to it. It has a lot of protein so it will fill you up easily, without having to eat...