News: Minecraft 1.8 Demo
This one is much higher quality than the last video! Feature | Time
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News: Make Chunky Gazpacho
Ingredients: 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
How To: Make Sous Vide Bourbon-Marinated Steaks (Finished on the Grill)
Meat and bourbon is a delicious marriage—whether it's bacon-infused bourbon, or bourbon drenched steaks. The recipe below is adapted from Nancy's bourbon-marinated rib eye recipe over at 'A Recipe a Day'. For this version, we used the classic New York strip, with a little sous vide twist (optional).
How To: Search for Google+ Profiles and Posts Using Chrome's Search Engine Settings
One of my biggest frustrations with Google+ right now is the inability to search my stream, as well as the lack of any bookmarking features. To find posts I want to refer to, I either have to type in the name of the person who posted the status, or I have to keep hitting the "More" button to find what I need. Both ways are inefficient.
Minecraft Challenge: Mascot - harder than it looks
This is not an entry, obviously, but we wanted to try to make the mascot too (Kari and I). A few days ago the server we played on was down for two days so we were playing around making the mascot in a temporary world.
How To: Make Your Internet Run Faster in Windows 7
Warning If you don't trust that these steps are safe or that they won't work, than have your computer/laptop backed up so you can restore it if necessary.
News: Students Exposed To Ringing Cell Phones Score Worse On Tests
WASINGTON: Just the ring of a cell phone can pose a dangerous distraction for drivers, especially when it comes in a classroom setting or includes a familiar song as a ringtone, says a new study.
News: Good place to set up a profile
This place lets you post profiles WITH LINKS, images, shows, resources, all free. Best part...RANKS HIGH ON GOOGLE! worth the hassle of setting up a profile.
How To: Create a Helix-Shaped NURBS Curve in Maya
There are several ways you can go about creating your NURBS helix curve in Maya; I will demonstrate the two easiest ones.
How To: Sabotage Someone's Takeout Lunch with a Messy Prank
There's never a bad time to pull a prank on someone, right? Well, how about you consider setting up this prank during lunchtime? Next time you see a co-worker leave his/her takeout food unattended, that's when you'll strike. Follow the simple steps below and you'll be known as the master prankster at work. Tools and Materials Needed
News: Cocktail Blueprints
Below, two different sets of schematics for mixing cocktails: the first is the "Engineer's Guide to Drinks" designed some time in the '80s; the second is a set of sleek infographics for mixing the perfect drink, from Brazilian illustrator Fabio Rex.
News: How-To-Create A Static Home Page In Your Blog (Blogger)
INTRODUCTION If you are a part-time blogger and owns a blog which is hosted on blogger, then the first thing which you could want to do is to convert your blog layout to a professional looking website. You can either edit the XML file yourself or you could choose to use a template designed by others. If you have no idea of XML editing and neither you want to use a template created by other, then hopefully there's a way to convert your blog into a website.
News: Harry Potter Freak Spends $30,000 Recreating Magical Chess Set With 100,000 LEGOs
It took him a year to build and about $30,000 in parts, but Steve Hassenplug has created a truly magnificent robotic chess set, inspired by the magical chessboard in the first Harry Potter movie. Quite a task, but Hassenplug did an incredible job!
News: The Poisionous Snake
For this prank you will be pranking someone on the crew, well set up a fake prank with a nonpoisionous snake that the person who is being pranked must be bitten by....manny the expert can be there fake panicing say that the certain snake was hightly poisionness and that he needed to be rushed to the hospital because they didnt have the right antivenom....if you REALLy wanna get twisted with the prank you can have the car "breakdown" and make him start running, then down the road you can set u...
News: Whitman Sets Record for Most Campaign Self-Financing in US History
From LAist: Meg Whitman has set a new record, having now spent more of her own money on her gubernatorial campaign than any politician has spent in US history, according to abc7.
News: Steal This Secret Formula for Chanel Nail Polish (Sorry, Coco!)
Oh, don't look so grumpy, Coco. I'm sure Nylon's secret formulas will only be used in the direst of situations:
Illusion Revealed: The Moiré Mind Trip
Beautiful textile illusion by artist Timur Si-Qin! How Does it Work?
News: Warning these are dangerous
Warnings go to the streets and hand out trophies to people for whatever reasons and make the trophies out of very strong magnets
God Has Spoken: Algorithm Reveals Secret Number for the Rubik's Cube
By "God," I mean Morley Davidson, John Dethridge, Herbert Kociemba, Tomas Rokicki and about 35 CPU-years.
HowTo: Make the Perfect Fried Egg
The art of the sunny side up, fried egg. Master it, and you're sure to impress. Luckily, Apartment Therapy is here to instruct with another Home Hack.
News: The Tarantino Mixtape
The Tarantino Mixtape - via Eclecticmethod.net Quentin mashup sets his most memorable movie scenes to his own eclectic soundtracks
News: Creating Lists and Sharing with Specific friends
You may want to create a list of certain friends so that you can post certain status updates, photo albums, links, or application posts for just them to see. I'll show you how to set up lists
How To: Make your TV play DVDs in 3D
How To Make Your Television Play Anything in 3D It could be a while before studios release home versions of big pictures like Avatar (rumored 2011) and Alice in Wonderland in 3D. But you don't need to wait. Provided that you have a 3D-capable HDTV, turning it into a 3D home theater that is capable of playing any off-the-shelf DVD in 3D is surprisingly easy. Here's how to make the conversion
Frequent Flier Guide: HowTo Fly Super Cheap This Summer
Trusty LifeHacker brings us another helpful HowTo, but this time it's in the travel department.
News: NAB 2010 - Panasonic 3D VariZoom for the AG-3DA1
Adjust the convergence while your 3D camera is on a boom. Then watch on a Panasonic Bt-3DL2550 - 3D monitor to see if your convergence is correct. Panasonic introduced the new BT-3DL2550, a 25.5-inch 3D LCD production monitor with full 1920 x 1200 resolution. The BT-3DL2550 provides 3D display with true-to-life color in a durable, production-tough LCD panel package. Use special glasses to view the display in 3D, great for setting up shots while on the set.NAB 20210NA
News: Dr. Strangelove
Here is an interesting mini-doc about the set designer Ken Adam. Here he discusses working on the Dr. Strangelove War Room set. This style would influence many films to come and would become one of the most memorable graphic elements in film history. The funniest thing about this doc is his story about Ronald Reagan who thought the War Room from Dr. Strangelove was a real place and he wanted to see it, now that is great design! Here is the very MOD movie trailer for "Dr. Strangelove"
News: The Role of a Gaffer
Both on and off the set, the Gaffer or Chief Lighting Technician is one of the most important positions around. Though the average movie goer most likely has no idea the job even exists, they probably don't know what 99% of the other crew is/does either.
How To: Filter AOL search results for children
This video helps you filter AOL search results for the protection of your children. In your internet browser, type in or go to http://search.aol.com/. AOL Search home appears. Click the link named "Settings" located on the upper right corner of the AOL Search home. Click the radio button before the "SafeSearch ON" text on your Settings page. If the window saying "You have turned on your SafeSearch filter" appears, click OK and you're finished. Filter AOL search results for children.
HowTo: Watch TV and Movies on the Web for Free
Prepared to transition into watching TV and movies for free? Whether you're interested in using apps like Boxee and Hulu or set-top devices like Roku and TiVo, LifeHacker offers an exhaustive guide to ditching your cable bill. Check out the pros and cons of switching to web only viewing.
News: Travis Pastrana Flies Cars
Our Thrillbilly-Tricycle-Flip hero is back, and never fails to astound. Travis Pastrana is both an X-Games gold medalist and star of MTV show Nitro Circus. The daredevil kicks ass at supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, base jumping and rally racing.
News: Rug Burn the Family Jewels on 8 Wheels
A Guinness World Record has been set by nine-year-old student Rohan Ajit Kokane, from Belgaum in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka.
News: Craft a Steampunk chess set
We love these Gomi Style guys. Creators of past sensations like the cardboard chair and aqua mirror, here they come with a new inspiration. Steampunk!
How To: Add Flash buttons in Dreamweaver 8
Dreamweaver contains a useful set of pre-built Macromedia Flash buttons. In this Dreamweaver 8 video tutorial you will learn how to add these Flash buttons and set links in them. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Add Flash buttons in Dreamweaver 8.
How To: Make McDonald's Style French Fries at Home
This recipe will be a bit time consuming and may seem a bit lengthy—it can take up to an hour to complete depending how big of a batch you are making—but the end result is fantastic. That being said, here are the few things you will need.
How To: Make a Painted Wooden Bead Necklace
This is a super-fun and easy homemade gift idea, or you can use it to expand your own accessories collection!
How To: Create a Business Letterhead
When your business is in constant communication with different companies using letter paper, one of the more essential things that you need is your own stationery set. This is made up of business cards, envelopes and letterheads which you need when you do corporate mailing.
How To: Set Up a Normal Printer for Wireless Printing in Windows
Want to be able to print wirelessly without having to buy a pricey network printer? Now you can! All you need to do is follow these simple, quick, steps.
How To: Bake a traditional French brioche bread
This recipe calls for milk, sugar, yeast, flour and eggs. The amount of eggs gives this bread a light and fluffy flavor, with a thick, flaky crust. It's not very hard, you just need to set aside time for the dough to chill. Bake a traditional French brioche bread.
News: Super Collider
A simple Idea. Two Catapults are set up with a person in each of them. There should be quite a distance between both of them. Water filled with piranhas/alligators/sharks (somthing bad) seperate the two people. They are launched and collide...Someone laughs, pukes or s**ts in retaliation
News: Matrix Bullet Time
MY IDEA FOR YOU GUYS IS TO RECREATE THE SCENE IN MATRIX WHERE AGENT SMITH AND NEO HAVE A BUST UP AND ICONICLY LAUNCH TOWARDS EACH OTHER IN SLOW MO SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER THEN IT GOES INTO BULLET TIME AND PANS ROUND. YOU GUYS COULD COME UP WITH A WAY OF LAUNCHING EACH OTHER TOWARDS EACH OTHER WITH PAINTBALL GUNS AND A LOAD OF CAMERAS SET UP IN A CIRCLE AROUND YOU RECORD IT. I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO THIS AND IT WILL BE EPIC.