Even if you plan on never giving yourself a manicure or a pedicure for the rest of your life, it doesn't hurt to have a bottle of clear nail polish in your home. You can use this clear adhesive stuff to seal envelopes, make your handwritten labels smudge-proof, keep your bathroom screws from getting rusty, fix small tears in your window screen and more.
The Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus is a project developed by Julius von Bismarck and Benjamin Maus. The drawing device illustrates a never-ending story through the use of 7 million patent drawings (linked by over 22 million references). Scroll past the instructions to go straight to the video demonstration.
This collection of instructional videos from BaseballRox with baseball player Jeff Pick focuses on proper pitching mechanics with an emphasis on safety in the sport of baseball.
A full QWERTY keyboard makes typing out a text message simple on the Blackberry Curve. Short cut keys may take some time to get used to, but once mastered, texting will only take a second. Watch this video cell phone tutorial and learn how to send an SMS text message on a Blackberry Curve. Send a text message from a Blackberry Curve cell phone.
In this Soundbooth CS4 tutorial you will learn how to use the volume keyframing tool within Soundbooth CS4 to automate volume levels within a clip. Learn how to choose key points for volume changes and then make gradual changes to the volume of your audio in Soundbooth CS4. Automate volume in Soundbooth CS4.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. He'll show you how to make mushroom stuffed saddle of lamb. The key to this recipe is taking the water out of the shitake mushrooms. Make stuffed lamb with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay.
What can you do if the key won't turn in the ignition? Well, hopefully you're near a computer so you can watch this video! Learn how to fix a stuck ignition. Fix a stuck ignition.
As Muhammad Ali said, "You can't hit what your eyes can't see," and that's why bobbing and weaving are key maneuvers in boxing defense. Here's how to float like a butterfly in the ring. Bob and weave for boxing defense.
Abdominal work is critical for supporting your torso and strengthening your lower back. Learn three yoga postures to work on improving key stomach muscles. Do yoga postures to strengthen your abdominal muscles.
This video tutorial will introduce the basic essentials of using the pen tool effectively. The tool helps you outline or draw objects. Learn what you can do by holding down the shift key as you use the pen tool. Use the pen tool effectively in Illustrator.
Watch banjo expert Geoff Hohwald teach you the basics of rhythm techniques of banjo also known as chopping or vamping. While it may seem to be a boring skill, being good at vamping is actually the key to great bluegrass music. Play basic rhythm chords on a banjo.
Mr Zog's Sex Wax shows you how to wax a new or unwaxed board. Make sure your board and wax are cool or it will flake. Start off going across the stringer, than go parallel to the stringer to begin to get bumps. This is key to an easy ride, like tires on a car. Wax a new or unwaxed surf board.
Justin Rose shows us how to get a little more distance on our drives. The set up is the key, with a wider stance, weight to the right side, and increased arm speed in the follow through. Get that little extra distance on your drives.
Justin Rose shows us how to hit a punch shot into the wind. The key is to shift 60% of your weight to the forward leg, and stay down on the ball. Hit a better punch shot iron into the wind.
Learn how to use Avid Interplay Assist to log and mark clips and media in the Avid Interplay workgroup environment. This tutorial covers metadata and locators, adding restriction, key mapping, searching, creating a shotlist, playback , and archiving. Use Avid Interplay Assist.
Tracey Cox talks about the five key areas of compatibility (chemistry, compatibility, common goals, speed, and timing) that lead to long term relationships. If your relationship meets enough of these criteria then it will likely stand the test of time. Know if you've found "the one".
See the key milestones your 8-month-old, now in his ninth month of life, is likely to reach -- such as crawling, imitating, self-feeding, and figuring things out. Know what to expect during the 9th month of your baby.
Buddy Mason describes how you can improve your outfield catching for the game cricket. You should get in position, get your hands ready, and then make the catch. A dropped catch can be the difference in a key match, so see a ball all the way into your hands, and make sure it stays there. Improve your outfield catching.
This video covers key concepts and methods for optimizing animations. You learn how and when to cache bitmaps, depending on the construction of the FLA file. You also learn how to organize ActionScript code in your document. Optimize animations and FLA files using Flash CS3 Pro.
Dashi is a key ingredient in many authentic Japanese recipes. Follow this expert led guide to find out how to make it the right way. A great place to start if you are preparing a Japanese meal. Enjoy this Dashi recipe. Make dashi.
This video shows you how to use the Line tool, Eraser tool, and all of the shape tools in Illustrator. You also learn how to use modifier keys to access additional options. Check out the video by Matthew Richmond now! Use the Line, Eraser, and shape tools in Illustrator.
Stuart Dennison demonstrates how to change a bicycle brake cable and you will need a set of allen keys and a brake cable. To check, you should pull firmly on the break lever and make sure the outer casing is positioned correctly. Change a bicycle brake cable.
Stuart Dennison demonstrates how you can replace brake blocks for your bicycle and do not let them wear down because the metal will scrape the rims. You will need a screwdriver, set of allen keys, and a new set of brake blocks. Replace brake blocks.
Middle-aged woman shows how to remove candle wax from a carpet. Knowing what kind of carpet you have is key into understanding if your carpet can be cleaned or not. Video recommends calling a professional if you are unsure. Different methods help to provide satisfying results. Remove candle wax from a carpet.
If you're doing any type of compositing that includes live footage, there's a good chance you have a blue or green screen background that needs to be removed. This tutorial shows you just how to key out footage using Adobe Premiere Pro. Make sure you click on "video tutorial sections" in the top left corner and pick the lesson. Remove a green screen background with Premiere Pro.
Professionally and academically speaking, I am a computer scientist, but I also enjoy lock picking as a hobby, so I thought I would share what knowledge I have with this. Before we start doing anything, first we need to understand the fundamentals of how locks work and then acquire and familiarize ourselves with basic lock-picking tools.
A match stick puzzle. Can you make the matchstick cow look the other way by only moving two sticks (not the tail) and the eye. This also makes a good bar bet. Solve a match stick cow puzzle.
This recipe shows you how to make a six foot long muffaletta sandwich - perfect for serving on game days! The key to the muffaletta is in the olive relish. Make it out of lemon juice, lemon zest, a touch of honey, garlic, chili flakes, oregano, pepper, red onion, bell peppers, banana peppers and olives. Make a giant muffaletta sandwich out of cold cuts and olive relish.
It's time to address brakes in this next tutorial. In this video, you'll find out how to adjust cantilever style brakes. For this tutorial, you'll need a 5mm allen key, a 10 mm open-end wrench, a strip of sandpaper, and an optional cable puller.
If you've found out that your cassette cluster is loose or is getting stiff, it may be time to replace your freehub body. In order to do this you'll need to make sure you have all the right replacement parts and 10mm allen key.
This next video is going to show you how to remove and install square-spindled crank arms. The tools you'll be needing for this project include either an 8 mm allen key or 14 mm socket wrench, crank puller, 16mm open-end wrench and an adjustable wrench.
If you're going to stop by the 2010 World Expo in Shanghia, China, you'll probably get sidetracked at one point or another. Any traveler to Shanghai will want to see The Bund. But if you don't know how to say "Bund" in the Shanghai language, you can kiss your site-seeing days "zeh wèh" (goodbye).
With the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China this year, the one thing every attendee should know is a little Shanghai dialect. Nothing big, just the key phrases, and the most polite phrases, like "thanks" and "you're welcome." Politeness always wins the best of them, even in foreign countries.
The title says it all. The worlds best skater, Tony Hawk, teaching you how to do the most basic and important skating trick: the ollie. The most important tricks you are going to learn in skating are ollies. The ollie is the act of jumping up using only your feet and the bringing the board up with you without grabbing it. The key elements of the ollie are timing, timing, timing, timing, timing… and your weight distribution and foot placement. Kris Markovich also helps out Tony in this video H...
Learn how to make a great apple cider brine to flavor your pork, turkey, or chicken with this cooking video. This apple cider brine recipe is brought to you by JJ Gonson on How2Heroes. Search How2Heroes on WonderHowTo for more cooking videos.
In the Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at making an alpha channel based upon the luminance in an image. Alpha channels allow you to store transparency in a graphic and transfer that transparency to another non-linear video editing program or compositing application and key or composite in real time.
Have you ever wanted to have the power to make things disappear? Ryan Oakes is going to show you how to obtain that power with this trick. You will need a cloth handkerchief, a shoelace, and three to four key rings. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks.
One of the key tasks of a nurse is being able to take blood samples, and the only way to get good at the procedure is by practice. Knowing the steps to drawing blood (to go to the lab) is key to both yours and your patient's safety. This interactive video module will help familiarize you with the phlebotomy medical procedure, but is not meant to be your sole method of instruction— always ask for supervision in performing a procedure if you've never done one before, or have little experience.
Associate editor Tom Skowronski of Videomaker demonstrates how to cut video transitions for action scenes. Create an illusion of continuity by keeping only key shots of continuous motion, while taking out aspects that slow the pacing of the video. Use the technique of 'cutting on the action' to transition from one video clip to another clip of the same action. Maintain screen direction between shots by making sure that any moving subject is always moving in the same direction on screen across...
For this particular example, I will be working on Wndows (sorry X users). I might write a similar guide once I am more comfortable with programming in Linux.
