How To: Creep Out Your Workmates on Halloween: Windows Edition
Want to get even this Halloween? Want to scare somebody with nothing but a few lines of code? Here's how it can be done...
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News: Why Steampunks Shouldn't Buy iPhones
This may seem like an odd subject, because what do Steampunks and iPhones even have to do with each other? Actually, more than you might think!
How To: Fold an easy and cute origami strawberry
Does it get any cuter than an origami strawberry? We think not. Whether you're itching for spring or just need something fun to do to pass the time, you can produce these lifelike mini strawberries in no time.
How To: Make a stroller embellished baby girl greeting card
The arrival of a baby is always a joyous occasion to celebrate. But rather than purchasing a cheesy mass-produced card and wilting flowers at the hospital gift store, why not make the mommy a card yourself?
How To: Make eccentric fabric coasters with Whitney Sews
Still using those boring plastic coasters that you got at a sale at Ralph's? Add some personal style to the mix the next time you serve your friends some soda by making your own coasters!
How To: Make the Prodigy song "Voodoo People" from scratch in Ableton Live w/ samples
The Prodigy were one of the first groups to really grasp the potential of electronic music and bring it to the forefront of pop, and they are still fucking legend on the electronic scene. If you have Ableton Live 8, check out this video to learn how to produce their classic song "Voodoo People" in Ableton, including what samples to use and what to do with them.
How To: Set up your computer sound card for use with Ableton Live
Ableton Live can turn your computer into an electronic music producing and sequencing machine pretty quickly, but making sure your sound card is configured correctly before you use it on stage is crucial. Watch this video to learn how to set up your sound card for Ableton Live quickly and easily.
How To: Make iron sulfide with sulfur and iron
In this home-science how-to from Household Hacker, we learn how to create an exothermic reaction by combining sulfur with iron, producing iron sulfide in the process. For all of the details, including step-by-step instructions, as well as to see what happens when these two elements meet, watch this video guide.
How To: Use the vocoder effect in FL studio to make and record cool vocal effects
FL Studio is a very powerful piece of audio production software, and it of course incorporates everyone favorite old-school voice distortion device: the Vocoder. This video will show you how to create a really cool vocoder effect in FL Studio, allowing you to zazz up the vocals on any track you're producing with that Zapp & Roger electrofuck edge.
How To: Play the Lupe Fiasco song "I'm Beaming" on piano
The Lupe Fiasco song "I'm Beaming", like many songs produced by The Neptunes, sounds really good when you play it on piano. It's not too hard, leaves room for improvisation, and sounds awesome. This video will show you how to play the basics of the song quickly and easily. Now, you'll be beamin'.
How To: Make a song acapella using Audacity
Highly produced and vocoder-heavy songs are the musical signs of our time, but there's nothing that beats the raw power of an a capella tune. If you want to make a song you recently recorded (or a song you like) a capella, then watch this tutorial.
How To: Perform the Let's Do Lunch card magic trick
Performing close-up card trick magic in a business environment can be one of the most lucrative envrionements in which to do so. This trick, called Let's Do Lunch, is perfect for just such a setting as it integrates the business cards that your audience are sure to have in abundance. It requires no set-up and only minimal sleight of hand, but produces a great effect. This tutorial video will have ou performing it in no time.
How To: Fake depth of field with lens blur in Photoshop
Want to blow out everything behind a foreground object but don't have $500 to drop on used DSLR camera? Then the filter trick outlined in this 17-minute Photoshop CS4 tutorial is for you. Using lens blur, one can create convincing depth of field reminiscent of a view camera or a wide-aperture lens. This technique is complex and requires some real observation and thought, but can produce beautiful results.
How To: Make a Sugar Snake with Sulfuric Acid and Sugar
Sugar (a carbohydrate) is dehydrated with concentrated sulfuric acid. Since a carbohydrate was once considered just hydrated carbon, if you remove the water, carbon would be left over. The acid rips the water out of the sugar and the heat generated by this reaction causes the water to turn to steam. A black mass of carbon is produced.
How To: Draw M.C. Escher's impossible object
Draw it your self! with pen and paper, in the best style of M.C. Escher. Amazing three-dimensional impossible object. Takes only 2 minutes and produces this illusion object.
How To: Hide a secret text in a .wav sound file
Here's a demo which shows a way to produce WAV sound files with TEXT using Photoshop or any photo editing software.
How To: Safely catch a bat
Bats getting caught in houses is a regional problem. In general, bats are scared of humans, but they will bite when they feel cornered. The New York State Health Department produced this video to urge New Yorkers to avoid the risk of rabies and rabies treatment by capturing and submitting for laboratory testing any bat found in their home that may have come in contact with humans or pets.
How To: Embed a browser into Adobe Flex 3 with Adobe AIR
In this web application development tutorial we show you how to create an Adobe Air desktop application and how to produce an unsigned certificate. The example shows how to embed a browser into Adobe Flex 3.
How To: Create a vinyl scratch effect in Reason 3.0
In this music production software tutorial you will learn how to create a vinyl scratch sound synthetically in Reason. See how to use the NN-XT Sampler to produce a somewhat authentic sounding Vinyl Scratch right in Reason 3.0.
How To: Create exploding water
Watch this instructional science video to learn how to create hydrogen from water, salt and electricity, for only a few dollars. This is an experiment that produces explosive gases, involves electricity and water and a number of risks so please be careful. Not an experiment to be performed by idiots. Create exploding water with this educational tutorial.
How To: Preserve identity with Photoshop
When you watch the news or a television show where someone doesn't want to be identified, it is common to see the face blurred out or obscured. In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to blur someone's face in an image and preserve or hide their identity. So if you are producing videos or podcasts or need to hide part of an image, this tutorial will show you how to do it in Photoshop.
How To: Balance a GlideCam using a Canon XL2
Watch this quick instructional cinematography video that shows how to balance a Canon XL2 professional HD digital camera on a GlideCam 4000 Pro. Learn how to secure the camera using this handheld camcorder stabilizer to prevent unwanted swaying, shoot fluid traveling shots, and produce professional works.
How To: Scream metal rock vocals
Learn how to produce those sounds from your very own throat! Scream those metal rock vocals! Scream them loud! Yeah!
How To: Make a really foamy reaction with elephant toothpaste
Elephant toothpaste is the name given to the catalyzed decomposition reaction of 30% hydrogen peroxide that uses soap to collect the oxgen gas that is produced. It is a favorite of most students at chemistry shows.
How To: Blow smoke like a human chimney
From nowhere, you produce billows of smoke out of your mouth...it's like you've manufactured smoke in your lungs! Here all you need is a match and some strong lungs.
How To: Use polyurathane casting resin
Here learn how to use polyurathane casting resin in silicone molds. This video is produced by Carl Hill from Gatehouse Candles.
How To: Make sounds with circuit bending
Circuit bending is when you take an old sound producing machine and change the circuitry to make new sounds. Make Magazine's Bre Pettis and circuit bending expert Justin Gerardy discuss the various tips and tricks of circuit bending.
How To: Understand thunderstorm electrification and lightning
There were two broad objectives to the 2004 TELEX project: One was to try to understand better why storms tend to produce a lot of positive cloud-to-ground flashes. The second part looked at the electrification of mesoscale convective systems.
How To: Use Minecraft slime finder to find slimeballs for sticky pistons
Don't waste time building a slime farm that isn't going to produce slimeballs. Watch this video and learn how to use Slime Finder to find the most productive areas of your Minecraft world for harvesting slimeballs to use with sticky pistons.
How To: Create a farm for both animals and monsters in Minecraft
Both animals and monsters produce things you need in Minecraft. This tutorial shows you how to build a farm that will spawn animals during the day and monsters at night, so you can accumulate more of everything that you need!
How To: Make a Christmas garland out of recycled paper stars
Have a green Christmas this year! Instead of buying more mass produced holidy decorations, make your own! This short video shows you how to make your own Christmas garland of tiny stars using recycled paper. Any festive color will do for these stars!
How To: Use the V stitch for your next crochet project
This tutorial is for those who are at least intermediate crocheters. Make sure you have the basics down before attempting this crochet stitch, called the V stitch, which uses a 13 + 3 stitching pattern and produces an elegant finished project.
How To: Figure out if you can grow an October Glory maple tree
Why wouldn't you want to grow a maple tree? Not only would planting and watering it help relieve stress and help you become one with nature rather than with Facebook, but the tree also produces maple syrup.
How To: Make a simple latex mold using liquid latex rubber
In this DIY guide from the folks at the TAP Plastics, we learn how to produce a simple latex mold using liquid latex rubber. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this clip can present a complete overview of the technique in about seven minutes. For all of the details, take a look.
How To: Create voluminous waves by using the scrunching method
If you're scared of curling your hair because you don't want to damage your hair through heated products like flat irons and curling irons, then here is a more eco-friendly, heat-free alternative that costs almost nothing but produces gorgeous results.
How To: Create electronic music with the music editing program Massive
This tutorial goes over the music editing and creating software Massive. You're shown all the various features of the program, and how to get them incorporated into your own projects. You'll be producing electronica and remixing your own music in no time!
How To: Make a Christmas Cactus bloom with darkness
Christmas Cactus are pretty plants, but getting them to produce their amazing flowers consistently can be a pain. Watch this video to learn how a little darkness and plant food will have you beauty flowering in no time. Well, some time, be patient.
How To: Play "Flying Purple People Eater" on the ukelele
If there's a more fun song to play than "Flying Purple People Eater," then we havne't met it. Produced God knows how many years ago and now a classic Halloween party tune, "Flying Purple People Eater" combines kitsche with humor in a most delightful way.
How To: Determine whether Crenshaw melons are ripe or not ripe
YourProduceGuy has some tips and information about determining the ripeness of Crenshaw melons in the produce department of your local grocery store. Crenshaw melons are a part of the muskmelon group, which includes honeydew melons, also. Watch the video and find out how to tell if it's ripe or not yet ready to eat.
How To: Determine whether watermelons are ripe or not ripe
One of the hardest fruits to determine the freshness of is the watermelon. It's the biggest question in the produce department of grocery stores, so you're not the only one having problems. This video from YourProduceGuy gives you the tips to finding out what to do when picking out a fresh and perfectly ripe watermelon and the local store. There's a sweet spot for every fruit.