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Learn how to polish silver with the folks from Martha Stewart's REAL SIMPLE. Beautiful silver pieces shouldn't languish at the back of a shelf. Removing tarnish might seem like a time-consuming task, but some simple household products make for an easy clean? no backbreaking scrubbing required. Watch this how to video for tips on polishing your silver. Take care of your silver, so you can pass it down for generations to come.
First item of business: apparently I need a better camera cause this shot does not do that meal justice!
This creepy-as-hell vintage jam ad is a WTF as it comes. It's not uncommon to find old ads that are somewhat off kilter. Think you can find a legit ad that's more unsettling than this one? I challenge thee!
It's a futuristic getaway vacation spot under the ocean! (Kind of the reverse of a fallout shelter :) Replete as usual with silly signs. Redmechanic (also known as my son) helped with the redstone contraptions for insta-new items.
Mario Marín has made an incredible collection of models and sculptures based on polyhedra, often using everyday and readily available items. The site is in Spanish, but click on the links on the left and there are plenty of photographs, and more can be seen in Mario's blog.
These guys take found item recycling to the max. This isn't exactly the most useful application for recycling, but if the stuff is going to be around for the next couple of thousand years, it might as well look cool.
As the weather gets colder, you may be experiencing more irritating dryness on your lips. Thankfully, if you've misplaced your favorite lip balm stick and don't like using Vaseline, you can use many common household items to relieve your kissers to make them feel soft and smooth once more.
Do you know which programs run when you start up your computer? In this short tutorial, I will show you how you can see which programs run automatically at startup in Windows XP. You'll be surprised how many there are!
This video will show you how to make several different costumes very easily with items you can find around your house. Learn how to make an easy costume like a Kraft cheese single, a chick in a box, and more. These easy Halloween costume ideas will help you be ready for the party this year.
Buying an expensive Halloween costume you're only going to use once isn't always the best financial decision. Instead, watch this video to find out how to make an easy Halloween costume. This costume idea lets you dress up as a nerd by using a few clothing items from home.
RedBull induced trailer for pre-order bonus items in Saint's Row 3. You can tell whoever made this trailer had a lot of fun. Genki, lol.
If you already have your basic keyboard shortcuts under control—we're talking classics here, Control-C (copy for PC) or Command-C (copy for Mac)—it's time to load up your memory bank. There are endless shortcuts available (truly endless—since you can customize them yourself), but you don't need to memorize them all, only those you expect to use most. Below, two cheat sheets for upping your keyboard maneuvering status from "basic" to "intermediate" for both Mac and PC users.
With gas prices soaring in the US and around the globe, the cost to drive to a vacation destination is becoming a much larger expense item in the overall travel budget. Although it's easy to see that gas prices have risen dramatically in the past several months, it's not nearly as easy to figured out how it will impact that upcoming car trip, so here are the items you need to take into consideration to calculate how much it will cost to drive to a destination.
People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
According to Amazon.com, Kindle was their best-selling item this year, which means many, if not all of you are playing with a brand new Kindle on Christmas Day. Of all of Amazon's Kindle models, the Kindle 3 (6") will be the most common eReader in everyone's hands, either the Wi-Fi version or the 3G model.
How to Fix Windows 7 Slow Start Up Is your Windows 7 slower on start up? Wondering how to make Windows 7 super fast? There are various reasons why this operating system performs slower but one common reason is that mostly it happens because of too many start up programs and services running in the background.
Jim Henson was truly a rare magical talent. Lucky for us, the master is back in brief, for 14 minutes and 54 seconds of instruction on the art of puppet making. All you need are a few common, junk drawer items such as tennis balls, spoons, socks, cardboard tubes, or envelopes.
The Butler Does it Best. Clean your entire house with just these few items!
Check this post out to find out how you can make tons of level progress with very little effort. This is not a cheat, it's a strategy using a new limited item. Make sure you take advantage of it while it's still being offered!
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to sync to an iPod or iPhone. Begin by connect the device to your computer using the provided cable. If connected for the first time, an assistant guides you through the setup and registration process. During setup, you will give your device a name and choose which items to automatically save. Make sure that your device is selected in the iTunes window and click on the Music, Video or Photos tab. Then simply select an entire library or specific file t...
Though cynical, I agree with most items in this article.
Replacing old kitchen faucets can be a great way to adding a new item that can be used to maximize your cleaning and cooking needs. This video tutorial shows you what it takes to replace an old existing kitchen faucet with a new one. It will also show you how to install shut-off valves underneath the sink as well. Enjoy! Replace an old kitchen faucet with a new one.
Sometimes Weird Sells If you ever have any doubts about your handmade items, you'd be surprise how well you can do with something so different and unique. Jessica Marie of VulvaLoveLovely has the right idea.
The Joneses - They're not just living the American Dream, they're selling it. I like the subtle type pointers to the items they are wearing and their prices, great hint at what the movie is about without revealing it all.
Learn two ways to add a drop shadow to a see-through element in Photoshop to help make your digital scrapbook. In this case Ronnie is using a sheer bow but this technique works nicely on vellum or any other kind of see-through item. Drop shadows in your digital scrapbook in Photoshop.
This video shows you how to create bulleted and numbered lists in InDesign. You learn how to customize bullets, save bullet formatting as a character style, and control bullet and number position. You also learn how to create and format sublists, create a numbered list as a paragraph style, and number items sequentially across text frames or multiple documents in a book. Create bullets and numbering in InDesign CS3.
Here is an idea for a nice smelling homemade christmas gift. This video will show you how to make rose petal soap in a matter of minutes. Remember you can use items other than rose petals! Supplies needed: fake roses, alligator clips, scissors, tall glass, fragrances, glycerin melt and pour soap. Make homemade christmas gift from rose petal soap.
Ruben Mayo explains that you should always follow the dress code at your club. You should always buy durable items, wear a peaked cotton cap, and wear comfortable tennis shoes. Now you will be able to win in style. Know what to wear for tennis.
Whether you know you have gluten sensitivity or simply want to see how you feel if you cut wheat products completely out of your diet, going gluten-free is actually not as difficult as you would think.
Weapons Plus Mod Weapons Plus Mod 1.7.2 This mod adds a lot of new weapons to the game, such as guns, swords, and more. Destroy buildings, even whole biomes with this mod! All guns have 3D Item Renderers and Models! This mod also uses 32×32 textures.
Adventure Time Mod 1.6.4 This mod adds characters from the “Adventure Time” cartoon series and some items.There are Finn,Jake,The Ice King,Gunter The Penguin,BMO and Marceline, and Finn’s Sword and Marceline’s Axe
Hi, great site - I'm especially inspired by the post on items available at the hardware store. I've used some here in my doll goggles. Mandy at artofdolls.net
The Department of Homeland Security has put out an urgent solicitation for hundreds of items of “riot gear,” in preparation for expected unrest at the upcoming Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and next year’s presidential inauguration. » DHS Puts Out Urgent Order For Riot Gear.
Learn how to create an abundance ceremony, using affordable and simple items. After watching this video, you will know how to create your own rituals to enhance your life, and to manifest whatever your heart desires. Do MAGIC! How To Create Your Own Sacred Ceremony In 7 Simple Steps | Masters Channel.
Joshua Allen Harris' work is ingenious. An incredibly simple, common household item (garbage bag) makes use of disgusting subway toxins (exhaust) to create inflatable street monsters.
This beginner's guide is designed for people with little or no prior knowledge of computer languages, who want to learn to program by using the Visual Basic language. If you have some previous programming experience, maybe in another language or from a few years ago, then you may also find this guide useful. Whether or not you have programmed before, you should already be familiar with computers before reading this guide. It assumes that you can perform simple tasks like starting a program, a...
Looks like Minecraft is getting some cool new features, including editable books and colorful wooden half slabs. Check out the video below to see the newest Minecraft Snapshot 12w17a in action. Warning: This release is for experienced users only! It may corrupt your world or mess up things badly otherwise. Only download and use this if you know what to do with a minecraft.jar file!
I had a party last week and I made my homemade egg rolls and rice. They all loved them, so I wanted to share the recipe with everyone.
An alternative to trick-or-treating every Halloween is to have kids participate in a scavenger hunt. The activity provides the same excitement and still allows you to be with your kids while they participate. A scavenger hunt can be easily organized – here are some steps in preparing for a Halloween scavenger hunt:
