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How To: Use a square lashing

Square lashing is a knot-making technique that has been made famous by the Boy Scouts of America's massive pioneering projects, and is really integral to any structure made out of poles like the one you see in the thumbnail. This video will teach you how to use square lashing to bind two poles together perpendicular to one another. You will need to know how to tie a clove hitch to make this work.

How To: Upgrade the B&N Nook Color to firmware version 1.2

In this video, you learn how to install the newest firmware update from Barnes & Nobles for their Nook Color eReader. See how to go from software version 1.1 to 1.2 to fix any past bugs and access all of the new features that v1.2 has to offer, including NOOK Email, Adobe Flash Player, Angry Birds, NOOK Kids Read and Play, enhanced books and more.

How To: Use Google Buzz on your Android phone

If you have an Android phone it's easy to use Google Buzz. One of the salient advantages of a Google Android smartphone over, say, an Apple iPhone, is the inherent extendibility of the open-source Android mobile OS. There are a seemingly infinite number of settings to tweak and advanced features to discover and use. This free video tutorial, in particular, discusses how to access, read and use the Google Buzz social networking/microblogging tool.

How To: Ace an acting audition for a film

Acting auditions are stressful, and are different depending on what type of project you are trying out for. In this tutorial, get tips from working actors on how to audition for a film or TV show. Learn how to work the camera, emote, and read your lines the way casting directors want you to. Follow these tips and break a leg! See you on the silver screen!

How To: Understand binary numbers in 60 seconds

Understand how binary numbers work, including how to read binary numbers, and create your own. This mathematics or computer programming tutorial is a zip to get through. It covers practical and theoretical use and need for binary code understanding. Binary means zeroes and ones in a series. This is paramount to digital transmission versus analog that transmits in a sinusodial wave form.

How To: Edit metadata in Aperture

Aperture's metadata inspector is a one-stop location for editing the metadata associated with your images. Some of this metadata is automatically stored within the image files of your digital camera, and aperture automatically reads it when you import your photos. You can add other metadata, such as keywords, yourself.

How To: Modify a pen to help you cheat on exams

Learn how to make a pen in which to easily conceal and retrieve test and exam answers by watching this how-to video. If you're too lazy to do your reading, or you don't think you have a prayer of passing, try a cheat sheet. Check out this video tutorial and learn how to hide answers or notes on a pen. Just remember, you're only cheating yourself by not studying.

How To: Snooper-proof your RFID chip loaded wallet

Did you know that malicious people can use scanners to read the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in your credit cards and identification documents and steal your personal information? Learn to protect your personal information from hackers and scammers with this simple method involving aluminum foil.

How To: Do squats simply and effective

Squats are one of the most famous and practical of all of the exercises that you can do in the gym,. This video features a personal trainer correcting some common mistakes that people make while doing squats, and providing advice on the proper form for squats that will allow you to gain the most benefit from them without damaging your joints and back.

How To: Play The Smiths "Please Let Me Get What I Want"

This tutorial shows any acoustic guitar player who wants to learn how to play The Smiths' "Please Let Me Get What I Want". Without having to read any music notes, follow the finger movements and learn the frets to press on the guitar. For an added effect, a second guitar player can be added. The tutorial goes through how to play the entire song and at what tempo.

How To: Pronounce 6 letters that look the same in Cyrillic

Check out this instructional language video to learn how to pronounce 6 letters in Russian that look the same, but are different. Learn how to read and write the Cyrillic alphabet with Viktor Dmitriyevich Huliganov with this 3rd lesson. This lesson covers the letters B, P, H, X, C, Y which look like English letters, but have a different sound. Watch this tutorial video that is great for language nerds and beginning Russian speakers.

How To: Pet a dog properly

When you meet a dog, the first thing you do is pet the head and the dog likes it, right? Wrong. Most dogs don't like being pet on the head, even if you think they do, and they're constantly sending signals that they don't want to get a head patting. Learn how to read a dog's body language to find out whether or not they want to be pet on the head by watching this instructional video.