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How To: Make a simple airplane glider

This video is based on similar ideas from Dr. Ken Blackburn's world record paper airplane. You will need a sheet of paper and a flat surface. After you have completed the plane throw it over your head to get a smooth and slow glide. Your will find the video easy to follow and your plane will fly with style and stability.

How To: Use Reason 3.0 music software

In this series of online video tutorials you'll learn how to use Reason 3.0 music recording software. Expert Jerus Arte demonstrates how to use the program, from installing it on your computer and setting it up with the right preferences, how to control the master volume, and how to use features like the NN-19, the NN-XT, the Dr, Rex loop player, and the Redrum machine. He shows you how to use effects like the compressor and reverb, and how to mix down your song into a format that can be burn...

How To: Build a wooden bookshelf

Sometimes, you just can't find the right piece of furniture. Your walls may be too small or too long. A window may be too low or too high. Also, a simple trip to a furniture store may be enough to make your money belt tighten. Finding the right piece of furniture can be exasperating and financially depressing. However, there is another option. What if you could make the perfect piece of furniture for your home? Now, it sounds terrifying, but with some simple instruction, you might be surprise...

How To: Call 911 in case of an emergency

In this emergency preparedness video series, learn what to do when you need to call 911, or even if you call by accident. Our expert, an experienced 911 dispatch operator, Jill Maglione, will tell you what the most important information you need to give is, why you need to give your address, why you may be asked to stay on the line, how to get to the point about what type of emergency you have, how to teach kids to use 911, how to report a car accident, and more tips you need for emergency pr...

How To: Fix a snare drum

This is a fantastic video clip series that every drummer or wanna-be drummer should see. We all like different snare tones and the different materials each are made but sometimes the drum just might require extra work. That is where this series comes into play. Our expert will teach you how to take the drum completely apart, how to clean it and how to put it all back together better than before. Whether you are a pro musician or a beginner this is a topic any aspiring player can use and take ...

How To: Iron sheets

In this series of home laundry videos, you will find out the best way to iron your sheets from an ironing expert. Joyce Danielson shares her insider tips on when to leave out the starch and how to tame fitted sheets as well as those heavily creased new sheets fresh out of the package. She also discusses folding tips, how to iron and fold pillowcases, and shares her insights on how to pass the time while ironing.

How To: Make homemade sausage

In this video series, learn how to make homemade hot link sausage. Karl James walks you through the step-by-step process of cutting, seasoning, and stuffing your own sausages. You will learn how to operate a meat grinder, and how to tie off sausages after they have been stuffed. He even shows you how to smoke your sausages over a grill. With this spicy sausage recipe, you will be sure to impress. So, start learning how to make homemade hot link sausages today!

How To: Do advanced moves in SAMBO

Stephen R. Koepfer is the President and Co-Founder of the American Sambo Association & teaches at his club, New York Combat Sambo. SAMBO, sometimes called Sombo, is a martial arts program developed in the former Soviet Union in the 1930s. SAMBO is an acronym which roughly translates to “self-defense without a weapon,” and is one of four wrestling styles of amateur competitive wrestling recognized by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles.

How To: Play jazz saxophone

In these saxophone video lessons, our expert will show you how to get started playing jazz sax, one of the most popular, and most experimental, styles of saxophone playing. Here's everything you need to get started on jazz sax, including tips and techniques on saxophone improvisation, playing jazz saxophone licks, and saxophone scales and chords.

How To: Use a MPC drum machine

In this tutorial video, learn how to get started using the Akai MPC 2000XL drum machine. Our expert music producer, Amir Tauheed, will give you a tour of the basic interface for the MPC, and then show you how to load, chop, and slice samples, layer a beat, use the sequencer, and create a basic hip-hop beat of your own.

How To: Childproof your home

This professional childproofing expert, Valerie Lary, will teach you how to make every room in your home safe for children, including the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, and many others. A place that many people do not think of childproofing is the backyard. Plants can be poisonous or could cut a child. While in the home there are many things to watch out for. Our childproofing expert will take you through each part of the house and bring awareness to potential dangers and how to prev...

How To: Do activities and crafts with toddlers

In this video series you will learn several easy and fun ideas for your child to participate in that will challenge him or her and bring their creativity to the surface. It will walk you step by step through each craft and tell you what materials you will need as well as give you alternatives to certain types of materials. This fifteen video series will keep you and your Toddler occupied for hours of fun and creativity and give your child something to be proud of once he or she is done.

How To: Introduce pottery crafts for kids

In this kids’ crafts video series, learn how to nurture the growth of your child’s mind and imagination, as well as how to train them to create—through clay pottery in this instance. Our expert will give you some basic instruction on how to make pottery and what craft supplies you need. Then get some free ideas and projects to work on, including a Christmas ornament and a pinch pot. Finally, learn how to use a pottery wheel, and how to teach your kids to use one.

How To: Perform mind reading tricks for the office

In this video series, Malik Haddadi shows you how to perform some simple mind reading and prediction tricks. Learn how to predict which objects your co-workers will choose. Also, learn how to successfully read what color of marker your friends have picked. Malik also shows you the famous 1089 calculator prediction. So, what are you waiting for? You can start mystifying your co-workers today!

How To: Perform magic at the dinner table

Have you ever been at dinner when the conversation comes to a screeching halt? What do you talk about now? How about a few magic tricks? No matter who you are you enjoy seeing magic up close and in person. We all want to see something and say, “Wow, how did you do that?” Here are several fun and easy tricks that you can do at any table to freak out your friends. Our magic expert will walk you through each step of each trick and give you tips on how to pull them off without a hitch like a real...

How To: Shop at junk and thrift stores

In this series of informative videos, you will learn how to find flea market finds to use in home decoration. Flea market events are often crowded with people and crafts, so knowing what to look for is imperative. In the video titled “About Flea Markets,” you will learn more about the general idea and practices included in the flea market experience. Learn how to and whether bartering is appropriate in different flea market situations. Get tips on dealing with vendors and finding the right pr...

How To: Do basic car maintenance

For a car to operate normally, it must have some basic care and maintenance. In this automotive video series, learn what your car needs to stay in good working condition. Our expert ASE Certified Master Technician and mechanic will show you the proper techniques for do-it-yourself auto repair. Get tips on how to how to open your hood, change a battery, change the air filter, check your oil level, refill the windshield washer fluid, check the transmission fluid, change a flat tire, jump a car,...

How To: Setup an Asterisk Server

Over the years, I have enjoyed playing with Asterisk. I have found Asterisk to be extremely powerful and fun to play with. There are several books and many scattered how to articles out there, but most are outdated and the information required to build Asterisk from beginning to end can be a bit daunting. I wanted to combine all the steps into a single article and share my experience with everyone. If I have left out any steps please let me know.

How To: Create a Ghost Flame on Your Car Without Airbrushing or Painting

Would you like to create ghost flames or other custom paint effects, but don’t know how? Here is a quick, easy, and inexpensive method. This method does not require a paint gun, airbrush, or even paint. Follow this step-by-step procedure and watch the video tutorial and you’ll be able to do this to your own car. Best of all, if you don’t like it, I’ll even show you a method for removing it. All it takes to do this is 1/8 inch fine line tape, 3/4 masking tape, a piece of 3000 grit sandpaper, a...

News: External Flash

I came across your tutorial on external flash I could not get enough of it. I bought one and had no idea how to work it. Your tutorial did teach me a lot, you seem to explain it in detail. You made it sound a lot easier than it is.I am looking forward to more videos in the future to learn more about my camera and the fllash. My husband bought me a Canon Rebel a couple years ago and created a monster. I am an artist love to draw and it seems to show in my pictures.

News: Metalworker Builds Tiny Marriage-Proposing Robot to Pop the Question for Him

What's the geekiest way to propose to your girlfriend? Make a robot do it for you. As a self-declared dork, RangerX52 wanted to take a simple task like proposing and make it as utterly complicated as possibly—by having a DIY robot do it for him. With knowledge of his lady's infatuation with the childlike personality of GIR, one of the main characters from the animated Invader ZIM series, he went ahead and built a tiny robotic replica of GIR to do his bidding.

How To: Things to Do on WonderHowTo (06/06 - 06/12)

WonderHowTo is a how-to website made up of niche communities called Worlds, with topics ranging from Minecraft to science experiments to Scrabble and everything in-between. Check in every Wednesday evening for a roundup of user-run activities and how-to projects from the most popular communities. Users can join and participate in any World they're interested in, as well as start their own community.

How To: Build a Campfire in the Backcountry

In this video, John E. Hiker walks you through the basics of building a campfire at a cold winter campsite in Olympic National Park. John shows you step by step how to gather the best wood and light a fire using a fire starter. Fire starters are considered to be one of the "ten essentials" for backcountry travelers, so you should carry it with you and plan to use it at your camp. Getting to camp cold and wet at the end of a long day is no time to be a survivalist and try to light a fire with ...

How To: Ford/Cross a River Safely in the Backcountry

In this video tutorial, former Outward Bound instructor and mountaineering guide John E. Hiker demonstrates a basic technique for safely fording (crossing) a river. Typically, more hikers are killed each year from drowning while fording rivers than by bear attacks, falls, avalanches, and all other wilderness hazards combined. The technique shown here is especially useful for those crossing a deep river with a heavy backpack.