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How To: Create PDO's (PHP Database Objects) in PHP

Learn to work with PDO in PHP with this informative video tutorial from JREAMdesign. The PDO extension is a consistent interface for accessing several types of databases in PHP and it has a ton of options. This knowledge is also required for Zend Certification.

How To: Find a regression line in statistics

Learn how to solve statistics problems that require you to find the regression line. Whether you need help studying for that next big stats text or just a hand finishing your homework, you're sure to be well served by this four-part free video math lesson from Salman Khan.

How To: Make DIY Bay Rum aftershave

Bay Rum is one of the most sought-after varieties of aftershave, and is usually made via a complex process requiring much equipment. It need not be, however. Watch this video to learn how to make your own Bay Rum aftershave at home quickly and easily.

How To: Tie a perfect "good luck" knot

In this knot-tying tutorial, we learn how to fasten a perfect "good luck" knot—a knot so named because it is said one requires quite a lot of luck to tie it properly. Not so, says video creator TyingItAllTogether. For all of the relevant details, and to get started tying this knot yourself, take a look.

How To: Calculate the number of periods it takes to pay off a credit card in Excel

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 39th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate the number of periods it will require to pay off a credit card balance in full.

How To: Make an old hoodie into a laptop bag with no sewing

Isn't it weird that only 30 years ago hoodies were not very popular? Since then the hoodless sweatshirt has all but disappeared, and most people have more hoodies than they know what to do with. Watch this video to learn how to turn one into a cute laptop bag with no sewing or modification of the sweatshirt required!

How To: Tell whether a frozen turkey is fully thawed out

Cooking a turkey is a long and arduous process if you're never done it before, and requires careful preparation. If you've bought a frozen turkey, one of the first things your need to make sure of is that you've thawed it properly before you start cooking it, and this video will show you how to make sure your bird is all the way thawed.

How To: Play 'Never Have I Ever' to break the ice at parties

Never Have I Ever (or I Never, depending on which coast you're from) is a fantastic drinking game that requires no equipment or coordination. Just a preferably mixed group of drinkers with secrets to hide. This video will explain how to play this perfect ice breaker game and get to know your friends better than you ever wanted to.

How To: Find how many toothpicks will be needed to form the nth figure in a sequence

From Ramanujan to calculus co-creator Gottfried Leibniz, many of the world's best and brightest mathematical minds have belonged to autodidacts. And, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever to follow in their footsteps. With this installment from Internet pedagogical superstar Salman Khan's series of free math tutorials, you'll learn how to employ inductive reasoning to determine the number of toothpicks you'll require to generate the nth (e.g., the 50th) figure in a sequence of figures.