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How To: Detect bed bugs inexpensively

Do you have an suspicion that your bed and home is being taken over by bed bugs? Are you waking up with small bites on your legs and arms? In this video, learn how to detect bed bugs in your home, the inexpensive way, with help from this video presented by Ask the Exterminator.

How To: Make a birdhouse

Making a birdhouse is an art-and-crafts project as old as shop class. This video from Threadbangers demonstrates how to make one quickly and easily at home out of wood at your home with simple tools. It is a rather simple end-product, but that should make it easier for beginners.

How To: Add colorful plants around a mailbox with Lowe's

Mailboxes don't have to look all lonesome, with only the curb to cheer them up. If you have one of those street boxes on a post instead of a house box, the best thing to do to make a happy mailbox is to give it some company. To improve your home's curbside appeal, take your landscaping efforts to the curb and enhance the area around the mailbox. It's a great way to accentuate your landscape.

How To: Use three way switches properly

Three way switches are a great way to control one set of lights or a light in two different areas of a home or room. They are great for hallways, enormous rooms, and even living rooms. So in this tutorial, you'll find out how three way switches work properly. It may help you install one in your own home. Enjoy!

How To: Make lip gloss from home

In this video tutorial, you'll find out how to make lip gloss from scratch using some easy items that are found in your home. The lip gloss can be made in a variety of ways and can even feature glitter. It's easy to make so sit back, pucker up your lips, and enjoy!

How To: Make kombucha tea at home

Although there is little information about the nutritional facts of kombucha tea, one thing is certain: people love to drink it. Some say it helps prevent and cure cancer and others think it helps energize the body and revitalize the mind. Whatever the purpose, people keep coming back and enjoying this tasty drink. So in this video you'll find out how to make your own kombucha tea at home. Enjoy!

How To: Create an elegant kitchen backsplash

In today's edition of the DIY Network, you will learn how to create an elegant backsplash for your kitchen. This backsplash looks lovely and is made from recycled glass tile - so it's eco-friendly! In this renovation tutorial, hosted by Fuad Reveiz and Paul Ryan, you will learn how to fix up that old kitchen and make it shiny and new!

How To: Make moonshine at home

This two-part video tutorial shows you how to make classic moonshine. The first part shows you how to make the mash. The second part shows you how to make a still and complete the moonshine. Just make sure you have the right equipment, the right ingredients, and follow the directions exactly! The quality of your moonshine depends on it!

How To: Make a homemade foam applicator tool for distressing

This how to video shows you how to create your own home made foam applicator for blending. This will be useful as you can use items you can find at home and save money. You will need a piece of wood, such as a child's letter block, a piece of foam, and two pieces of velcro. Stick the pieces of velcro on to the block. From there, stick the foam applicator on top of the velcro. Once this is done, you are ready to use your very own home made foam applicator. You can use this for blending and oth...

How To: Play "Home on the Range" on the ukulele

Want to play "Home on the Range" on your ukulele? Learn how with this free video ukulele lesson from Ukulele Mike. Whether you play the ukulele or bass kazoo, there is no better way to improve your chops than by learning to play your favorite songs. Not only is it more fun and much easier than running drills or memorizing a chord book by wrote, it's obviously also a wonderful way to build your repertory of songs. For more information, and to get started playing this American folk song (and th...

How To: Create an acid-base indicator using purple cabbage

Purple cabbage is a natural indicator and this video teaches you how to easily prepare purple cabbage in the comfort of your own home to be used as an acid and base indicator. Take one leaf of your purple cabbage, tear it into smaller pieces and place all the pieces into a beaker or bowl of boiling water for an hour. Collect the liquid from your mixture into a bottle. You’ll notice that the liquid is now dark blue or purple at which point is neutral. It is ready to be used as an indicator. ...

How To: Change your Facebook language to "Pirate"

We all know that September 19th is National Talking Like A Pirate Day, but did you know that even your Facebook page can join in the festivities? At the top of you Facebook page, click "Settings". From the page that comes up, click on the "Languages" tab. On the next page you will see a drop down menu of all of the languages that Facebook makes available to its users. Scroll down within this drop down menu until you see "English (Pirate)", and select this option. When the page reloads, your "...

How To: Prevent yellow jackets from nesting in your home walls

Rick Steinau with Ask the Exterminator demonstrates how to prevent yellow jackets from nesting in your home's walls. In mid to late summer yellow jacket populations increase. Yellow jackets can find spaces in the veneer or in cracks in bricks or siding. You can hear scratching noises in your walls as the wasps move. Observe wasp activity late in the day when they return to their nest for the night. Treat reachable holes with pesticide dust and a bellows. Leave the hole open to let the wasps f...

How To: Get thinner thighs with an easy at home workout

The host of the video, Sara is joined by Stephen. Sara introduces Stephen, and how he has come up with a leg work out you can easily do at home, with just a chair. First off they start off with a lateral step up. With this you will be able to work the inner and outer thighs. With the chair in position, Stephen instructs Sara to put her left foot on the chair, right foot on the floor. Pushing, off with her left foot, she is completely raised, in a standing position on the chair, pulling her ri...

How To: Do a cool volcano experiment at home

In this Education video tutorial you will learn how to do a cool volcano experiment at home. You will need a bottle of tonic water, mentos and some paper. Wrap the paper around the mentos to make a tube for releasing the mentos in to the bottle. Now pour about half a packet of mentos in to the paper tube and prevent them from falling off with your finger. Now open the bottle of tonic water and release all the mentos from the paper tube in to the bottle all at once. The tonic water will gush o...

How To: Make a custom paper rose

In the words of Gertrude Stein, a rose is a rose is a brightly-colored cellulose fiber sculpture. With this free video guide, you'll learn how to liven up your home's décor with your own small, custom decorative paper roses. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the process, and to get started crafting your own paper flowers, watch this free video tutorial.

How To: Create a hydrangea wreath for your home

With springtime here, there's no better time to make a beautiful hydrangea wreath for your home. Learn from a professional florist how to put together a wreath made of this lovely flower and a foam base. Impress visitors with this living decoration. You will really feel the burst of springtime with this wreath. Enjoy it!

How To: Make deer jerky at home

Deer jerky is a healthier alternative to beef, especially when you make it at home. In this tutorial, learn how to make deer jerky from scratch and serve a delicious snack to your friends and family. If you're a hunter, get creative with your catch and make some chewy jerky.

How To: Get rid of pesky fleas from your home or animal

In this video pest control specialist Mark Govan of ABC pest control shows you how to fight the war on fleas. Protect your home and animal from getting attacked by these blood suckers.Follow the advice in this video and make sure you prevent an invasion or attack on these annoying little creatures.

How To: Update your iPod Touch to the 3.0 firmware

1.First download correct firmware for the iPhone or iPod Touch. And change the dot extension of the file before that open the explorer and select Tools menu then go to Folder options, open view tab and deselect "Hide extension for known file types" option and click ok.2.Now right click on the file and click rename and change the extension as ".ipsw". Now open the iTunes and make sure the iPhone is connected with the data cable to the system. Now press down the home and power button of the iPh...

How To: Pick out easy orchids to grow for your home

Curtis Smith, Extension Horticulturist with Southwest Yard and Garden, and Rick Hobson of Rowlands Nursery, demonstrate how to pick out orchids for your home. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis orchids are very graceful with its long spray and is a very popular orchid. They make great starter orchids because they are easy to grow. They will bloom year after year. They come in a variety of shades and petal broadness. Phalaenopsis Hybrids are also successful plants to grow in the home. They will bloom fro...

How To: Remotely access a PC with Remote Desktop in Vista

Remote desktop is a windows feature which can be used to access a windows computer from an other windows computer over the internet. Note that to access a windows computer using remote desktop the computer must run on Windows Professional or Ultimate version. Remote desktop does not work if the remote computer runs on Windows basic home version. However you can remote from a computer that runs on home version of windows. Another requirement is that the two computers must be connected over an ...

How To: Play "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd on guitar

This is a short clip that gives a few pointers on how to play sweet home Alabama. The song starts with D-String open twice, B String, G string, B String twice, B String, G string, then the E string twice. It is a little hard to understand what the host is saying as his/her voice is very low in comparison to the music, but you can make it out if you turn the volume up. Overall, this is a good tutorial on how to play the two main melodies of the hit song sweet home Alabama if you are new to the...

How To: Do the master reset on the iPhone 3G

If your iPhone has frozen and you're not sure why you're in luck because there is a way to reset it. The first thing you're going to want to do is load up iTunes do a normal reset but don't turn it back on, then plug your iPhone into the connector for your computer but don't actually connect it to the computer yet. Hold down the home button then while holding it plug the connector into the computer. While still holding the home button and have plugged in the connector wait for your iTunes to ...

How To: Put an iPhone or iPod Touch into DFU Recovery Mode

Here's how to enter recovery mode on your iPhone or iPod touch the easy way. No need to press the sleep button and the home button at the same time for x amount of seconds, just turn your device off, if the device is frozen and can't be turned off normally just hold the above buttons until it turns off, now press and hold the home button and plug the device in. Do not let go of the home button until you see a screen in which the connector cable is displayed and there is an arrow pointing from...

How To: Get a powerful in-home arm workout

This video explains how to get a powerful in home arm workout. The video begins with a quote by Peter Carvell and shows adds from the company producing the tutorial. The first workout structure shown is bicep curl and triceps kickback combo, these moves are accomplished by using a rubber band hold told and pull using your bicep and triceps as shown in the video. The next move shown is the bicep isometric curl, this move is performed by holding onto a rail and doing a lifting motion with your ...

How To: Set up a standby generator for your home or business

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to set up a standby generator for their home or business. A standby generator is a back-up electrical system that operates automatically. This video shows you how to properly setup a standby generator to power your home or business in the event of an emergency. It provides many tips. If you choose to use a portable standby generator, it should be used as conjunction with the manual transfer system which consists of a manual transfer switch, power inle...

How To: Wash and detail your car without ruining the paint job

Detailing your car keeps it in top shape and looking like new. By washing and detailing regularly your vehicle will impress passerbys every day. In this two part series, The Smoking Tire shows you how to properly detail your car at home without accidentally ruining your paint in the process. This can be easily done from home, and doesn't take much advanced skill. Check out this step by step and keep your car shiny, no matter how old it is!

How To: Paint an awesome race car

Joey Logano paints the #20 Home Depot Toyota race car with Home Depot orange color. 1. Paint up the chassis. 2. Dry the paint for about 4 days using a grill specially made to fit the body of the car. 3. Bake the chassis in the oven for 160 degrees F. 4. Get some orange stickers that is exactly the Home Depot orange color. Design the body and headlights.

How To: Inspect a boiler in a home

This is a great instructional video on how to do inspect a boiler at home. A home inspection must include the boiler and heating system. What you need to look for are corrosion, pressure and blockages. When you buy or sell a house it is better to go in for a boiler inspection. The condition of a boiler depends on many factors. The age factor is also one of the reasons that cause the efficiency of the boiler decrease considerably. If there is some leakage in the pipes it might affect the press...

How To: Cook homemade chili

FIn this video Tony D'Angelo shows you how to make home made chili. The perfect chili for your hot dogs, burgers, or even your fries all made at home and on a budget. So forget those Johnny Rockets, or Carl's Jr. chili fries, its all about this home made delicious chili.

How To: Add a bookmark to your home screen on a Motorola Droid

This video shows you how to easily add a bookmark to your home screen on a Motorola Droid phone. The first thing you have to do is press anywhere on the main screen for a few seconds and select Shortcuts from the pop-up menu. Then, select Bookmark and then choose the desired bookmark from the list. This will place a web page bookmark shortcut to your home screen. Click it and it will start the browser and surf to that specific website. That's it! Good Luck!

How To: Build and install a retaining wall with Lowe's

In this installment of home improvement do-it-yourself videos, brought to you by Lowe's, host Mike Kraft, one of Lowe's home improvement experts, demonstrates a landscaping technique that shows you how to create a retaining wall with interlocking wall blocks, that features a raised planter bed. Mike gives you a list of all the tools and materials you will need to create the retaining wall, and offers some tips on creating curved lines when laying out the wall.

How To: Remove and replace tile grout

Ron Hazelton from "Ron Hazelton's House Calls" brings us this quick and easy tutorial on how to take on the household project of removing and replacing our old mildewy tile grout. In under two minutes Ron shows us the tools we will need and techniques to make this do it yourself project at home a snap. If you are thinking about taking on a home project like this, this video will help you achieve the perfect results you are looking for.

How To: Install laminate floors in your home with Lowe's

Lowe's home improvement expert Mike Kraft is back again to show to help us install laminate wood flooring in our homes. It has been assumed that proper sub-floor preparation has been done. All the tools, equipment, and materials are gone over in detail for your safety. Proper tests for moisture are described which is very important when dealing with concrete. Laminate floors are called "floating floors" because they are not physically joined to the sub-floor and can be installed over many dif...

How To: Prepare Raku ceramics for glazing

Simon Leach from Simon Leach Ceramics provides some great workshop footage on preparing to glaze Raku ceramic pots. This tutorial video provides answers on the beauty and function of Raku pots, as well as some great ideas for home decoration. Simon walks you through the process of glazing these pots, including important specifics about proper materials and methods, easy recipes for making your materials and tools at home, as well as common mistakes that you should avoid when glazing your cera...