When you think about preparing for an internship, I'm sure your first thought is to go shopping for professional outfits or to brush up on technical skills. While that's all important, there's so much more for you to think about.
Seagrass may help your favorite beach stay a little less toxic. A new study, led by Joleah Lamb, a postdoctoral researcher in the Harvell Lab at Cornell University, found that coastal seagrasses reduce levels of pathogens dangerous to humans and marine organisms in near-shore waters.
Considering that Google makes Android, it's rather strange that the operating system doesn't have a baked-in solution for doing a reverse image search. Sure, you can long-press pictures in Chrome to search for other instances of a photo, but it's not possible with pictures you find in other apps, or photos you've downloaded to your phone.
Technology has progressed by leaps and bounds and has blessed people in a number of ways, but at the same time, it has troubled them also. Computers are now used in every aspect of life. No matter if you are a businessman, an employee, a student, or even a housewife, a computer can assist you in your routine work. You save your personal information, documents, and other similar sensitive stuff on your computer that can hurt you if they get compromised.
This short animated tutorial will show you how to assemble an origami heart that even the clumsiest butterfingers among us can perfect. Since Valentine's Day is coming up, you best hone your skills at this heart so you can give a few to your amor.
An EDC, or every day carry, is a survival it meant to be carried at all times in case of a disaster. This video will teach you how to assemble a compact and effective EDC that will make you prepared for most urban survival situations.
Broken crayons kind of suck. They make it hard for you to stuff all your crayons back into your crayon box uniformly, plus then you have to ditch the wrapper and it all looks like a mess.
So are you a Windows or a Mac? Well, some days you may be one, and other days you may be the other, SO, this handle little how-to will show you how to use Quicksilver to boot up into either OS whenever you want.
Three disparate but useful indie filmmaking techniques, one video. One stop shopping just in time for the holidays. This video will teach you how to make day into night with editing, normal things giant with filming, and make actors fall from high places without hurting themselves unduly.
Want to play "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini on the ukulele? Learn how with this video tab from Glen Rose of Jazzy Ukulele, which presents a complete breakdown of the song's component sections, chords, and strumming & picking patterns. For all of the details, and to get started playing "Days of Wine and Roses" on your own uke, watch this free video ukulele lesson.
If you've ever watched Achievement Hunter videos, you know they only cover Xbox 360 games. Hence the name, Achievement Hunters. Well, this time they're taking a different approach. In this video, you'll be going after the Liberation Day achievement in the new, highyl anticipated Starcraft 2!
If you are looking to celebrate the Day of the Dead in style, check out this tutorial. In it, you will learn exactly how to apply makeup to your face so you like like the Sugar Skulls, a Mexican tradition.
This beauty video demonstrates how to create sexy Valentine's Day makeup.
Create a MAC "Hello Kitty" romantic Valentine's Day makeup look with the makeup tutorial from Lauren Luke, aka Panacae81.
When Christians are out celebrating Christmas this year, Judaists will be out celebrating Hanukkah, or Chanukah, which is a lesser Jewish festival that lasts eight days from the 25th day of Kislev (December), and commemorating the rededication of the Temple; it is marked by the successive kindling of eight lights.
Take the chill out of a cold day with a hot toddy. Learn how to make one with this bartending video. To make the hot toddy, you will need:
In this April Fool's edition of Household Hacker, we will show you how to prank a roommate, sibling or anyone really.... Follow the video instructions and have a fun day. First the table smash, then the toilet spray & finally, the tire balloon prank. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
Learn easily how to make this amazing and funny prank. Non-toxic, but can stain your skin for about 3-4 days. It's time to take your revenge!! Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
Though your kids will think this "rainbow" milk looks really cool and will instantly want to consume it, doing so may not be the best idea. That's because in order to create this rainbow milk you'll need to mix in color additives and very non-edible soap.
We know it feels like you're surrounded by a wall of pink and red on Valentine's Day, especially when you enter any retailer, but you have to admit these two colors evoke quite the aura of romance.
Trust us when we say that no woman out there can resist the temptations of a chocolate dessert. Whether it's white chocolate drizzled on top of strawberries or chocolate lava cake, there's something about chocolate that draws us in time after time.
If we had the time, we would totally make all of our own Valentine's Day cards. But if you have kids, then you know that crafting 36 individual cards for each student is more than a pain in the behind.
Whisper sweet nothings to your Valentine this Valentine's Day by making him or her this adorable origami heart. You can tuck a message like "Happy Valentine's Day" or "I Love You" inside for a personalized and sentimental touch.
We would never turn down real, super fragrant roses and peonies. But to be honest, getting dead or dying flyers is not all that attractive, especially since they wilt a few days in.
Christmas is more than just Santa and presents under the tree— it's a time for family, festivities, love and more importantly— Christmas songs! And the quintessential Christmas song during the wintertime is none other than the "12 Days of Christmas".
Glow-in-the-dark stars, paint, stickers, and even fabric are pretty commonplace, but glow-in-the-dark eyeshadow? Using glow-in-the-dark eyeshadow, xsparkage will show you how to craft a raver look that will truly stand out as you dance under black light.
Give someone you love a cake that will knock their socks off! In this three-part video tutorial, learn how to create an adorable little sheep cake topper out of fondant icing for a Valentine's Day themed cake. "I love ewe!" says this sheep! Make hearts melt and mouths water with help from this video tutorial.
Playing along with your favorite songs is an enjoyable, and highly effective, way of developing your playing technique. In this piano tutorial, you'll learn how to play "A Day in the Life" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles. While the lesson is geared toward players of an intermediate skill level, all players can follow along given adequate time and motivation. To get started playing "A Day in the Life" on your own piano or keyboard, press play!
Crysis 2 is finally upon us, and on multiple platforms no less! It might be the best-looking game ever, and this video walkthrough will guide you through the first mission "In The Deep End." This applies to all three versions of the game, which are remarkably similar. Well done Crytek.
Oh how we love open source software. If it wasn't for Open Office, we never would have been able to write that seven-page English paper while on our friend's Microsoft Office-lacking laptop during an impromptu road trip to Mexico. And Ubuntu, an open source secure operating system, offers you similar convenience. A much more intuitive computer operating software than your standard Windows or Mac OS, Ubuntu is great if you know what you're doing.
If you're an avid knitter, then you're probably making dozens of different pojects at the same time: scarves, Afghan quilts, hats, and wee slippers for your dog. So you need a video that doesn't waste your time (so you can finish that last row on your striped rugby scarf) by giving you an all-in-one tutorial.
If you're looking to create something cool for less than $2, check out this video and see how to make a Ke$sha inspired garbage bag dress. This dress is similar to the one Ke$ha wore this year to the MVA show, turning the fashion world on its head and showing everyone that you don't have to spend a million dollars to turn heads. For this project you'll need a trash bag, some scissors, some tape and a stapler. For your own flair, grab sparkles, streamers or whatever else you can think of to ma...
Sure, you can buy Rice Krispies or something similar - but making your own puffed rice at home is not too difficult, and is much healthier! This techinque works with any starch. Fully cook your rice, and then dry it out (it usually needs about 24 hours to dry completely). Then take an oil with a high smoke point (such as canola oil) and heat it in a wok. Pour your rice into a strainer, and then submerge in the oil for a few seconds.
When it comes to Valentine's Day presents, let's face it: Non-handmade is best. It's not that we don't want that hand knitted heart sweater, but it's nice on the romantic holiday for a sweeter and couple-centric treat like a couple's massage or tickets to a play.
We've all heard about lipstick ladies who would rather die than leave the house without their warrior red lips painted on. Red lips, they know, instantly pull your look together and make even the dullest complexions look bright and glowy.
Camp Searchlight may be an infested ghoul town, once owned by the NCR, that's completely engulfed by radiation, but popping a few Rax-X's and a healthy supply of RadAway should do the trick! If you can last long enough and find Logan you'll be able to get the key to the Fire House there in town. Inside of the Fire House lies a unique weapon called Knock Knock, a powerful Fire Axe that looks similar to the ones used by the Pyro in Team Fortress 2! To learn the location and get the axe yourself...
Evan Rachel Wood, also known by "True Blood" fans as vampire Queen Sophie Anne, has for the past few years been a big fan of retro, glamorous makeup inspired by screen sirens of the 1950s. She adopts this retro look on "True Blood" with voluminous curls, winged cat liner, and red lips.
A 'rollover' is a little Java animation when one text or image replaces another one of similar size. This can call attention to a featured product or allow you to have a scrolling news or update feature. This tutorial shows you how to add a rollver to your website using Dreamweaver.
In this tutorial, we learn how to pronounce "Tha'a" "Zay" "the-al" & "'6a'a" in Arabic. Start by taking a look at the families of letters that have similar pronunciations. From here, you will want to practice saying each of the different letters out loud and then start to use them in sentences. After you do this, take a look at four main pronunciations, the "tha'a", "zay", "the-al" and "6a'a". These will sound different depending on the words that they are used in. Make sure to get the accent...
Create your own macro lens using the standard 50 mm lens that is shipped with your Digital SLR camera.
