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How To: Damn, This Dude Knows How To Fold Paper

I've seen lots of amazing origami, but seriously, Benjamin Parker can fold. His intricate origami tessellations are incredible. Parker has been folding since the age of six, and has exhibited in galleries in the U.S. and Europe. To view all of his work, visit his flickr stream.

News: Balvenie Castle Exterior Shot

This is the exterior of the castle in front of Balvenie distillery. You can visit the castle for a small fee, but tours of the distillery are by appointment only.

News: Save Trestles [video]

Save San Onofre and Trestles Beach and the gorgeous waves we surf. Stop the 241 Toll Road extension that proposes to build a toll road through the middle of the 5th most visited state park in California.

News: Papercut Zine Library

A picture from the old Papercut Zine Library located in Cambridge, MA. They have since moved to Somerville, MA. The Papercut Zine Library carries over 13,000 self-published publications that focus on a variety of subjects. Visit their website to learn more! ... And if you're ever in the Somerville area, be sure to check them out!

News: Rose Levy Beranbaum's No-Fail Cake Baking Tips

Rose Levy Beranbaum is an award winning baker, cookbook author (The Cake Bible), and authority on CAKE! I recently stumbled across a collection of "Cake Questions" on Beranbaum's blog that address a variety of issues that may come up:

Apocalyptic Cakes: Morbid Recipes for "The End"

WonderHowTo has seen it's fair share of strange cakes. Semi-gruesome cakes (brains), downright stomach churning cakes (cigarettes and meat), and playfully disgusting cakes (Star Wars spilled guts).

News: Google Street View Takes You Inside the Olympics (via Snowmobile)

Google Street View has civilization well covered, but what about the great outdoors? Street View now travels via snowmobile in the unpaved Canadian wilderness, just in time for the winter games.

News: 100 of YouTube's Coolest Science Experiments

The X-Ray Vision-aries Blog has compiled a list of YouTube's 100 Coolest Science Experiments. I particularly enjoy their introduction to the selection:

News: Fan Propelled Paper Airplane (Fake or Real?)

This video has generated half a million views and quite the comment stream on YouTube. A paper airplane is placed between two fans, and suspends in the air for some time. The comments predominately charge that the action is "fake" (has a wired been suspended?).

How To: Replace the clutch on a Porsche

Mad Mike is always Ballin on a Budget, this episode Mike visits Callas Rennsport a Porsche specialist. Mike demonstrates how to build up his new used Porsche. Take a look at a brand new multi-disk clutch. Callas Rennsport replaces the belts, installs new fun-hub clutch bearings and Mike is back on the road. Replace the clutch on a Porsche.

How To: Crochet with the left hand, basic

This is a how-to demonstration for left-handed crochet, working the 'single crochet' stitch (American terminology).

How To: Learn your favorite drum licks

Darren talks about learning your favorite drum licks using the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Rock n' Roll" as an example. Visit www.unirunner.com/asd to try the Amazing Slow Downer, software that allows you to slow down music without changing the pitch. Learn your favorite drum licks.

News: Twitter Announces Polls & New Publishing Tools for Users

Twitter, the global social networking site, announced on October 21st that it would be launching a new feature that allows all users to create polls. The company stated that the goal is to allow people to "weigh in on all the topics they care about."

News: Mining vs Minecraft - Diamonds

Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. It's also considered incredibly beautiful and a symbol of live. Here we take a look at how they stack up against their virtual counterparts.

News: The Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Come with Over $500 Worth of Freebies

Samsung has announced that their latest flagship device, the Galaxy S5, will ship with over $500 worth of exclusive, pre-paid, and discounted subscriptions from leading mobile content and service providers.

How To: 9 More Double-Duty Kitchen Tools

Need to slice corn kernels off a cob without making a mess? Place the corn cob upright on the elevated portion of a Bundt pan and slice downward against the kernels with a knife so the kernels fall within the bowl to use for later.

How To: Watch American Netflix in Canada Using an Apple TV

It's no secret that Netflix streams different content based on location. Since your physical location in the digital world is simply a number, a simple switch of the DNS will make your digital "physical location" different. In your Apple TV setting, navigate to:

How To: Treat Yourself During the Holidays with These Tasty (And Tipsy) Christmas Marshmallows

'Tis the holiday season—a time for family and the best damn drunk uncle stories that you'll hear all year. Which is all the more reason to make these tasty little alcoholic treats... Spiked eggnog may be the more popular holiday vice, but these Baileys-infused homemade marshmallows from blogger Devon are looking to make a case for the top spot. Here's what you'll need to make these fluffy holiday party treats:

News: Workers That Drive the World

Humans like to think we are the workers of the world and it all relies upon us, but without these little creatures, life as we know it wouldn't exist. This little bee is just off to work for the day—one of thousands of flowers he'll visit before sundown. How inspirational is that?

How To: Buid a Mic Stand Camera Mount/Steadycam/Crane Shot Camera Boom

I took a telescope mount from a tripod and converted it so it could be mounted on a microphone stand. For a step-by-step guide please visit my project at Make: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Mic+Stand+Camera+Mount+-+Steadycam+-+Camera+Boom/2770/1

How To: Get Rid of Heavy-Duty Stains with This Safer DIY Bleach Alternative

Bleach is a great product for getting rid of tough stains and disinfecting areas around the house, but the amount of harmful chemicals these products have inside of them is extremely high, as you can probably tell by reading the MSDS for the Clorox brand.

How To: This DIY Xbox LIVE Traffic Light Tells You When Your Friends Are Gaming

Games are always more fun when you have someone to play them with, but if you're not always logged in to your Xbox LIVE account, how do you know when your friends are online? You can always log in and check, but where's the fun in that when you can hack together a traffic light to do it for you? Andrew F hooked up an Arduino with an Ethernet shield to check every five minutes to see how many of his Xbox LIVE friends are online. For each friend, it records either a zero or a one, depending on ...

News: This May Be the Most Meticulous Home-Brewing System Ever Built

You can brew your own beer on the stove, in a keg, or even inside a pumpkin, but those all look boring next to The Wobbly Boot Pico Brewery, the most sophisticated home-brewing system you'll ever see. Built by Ben_B, an engineer at National Instruments, the brewery sits on a steel frame with two incredibly shiny kegs. There's an LCD touch-panel PC, and Ben even made his own app to make it fully automated. The app lets him save recipes and also monitors the temperature of the beer. It keeps tr...

News: Iran Government Criticised Over Earthquake Response

Iran's government faced criticism on Monday over its response to two earthquakes that killed 306 people, with complaints of a lack of tents and about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to go ahead with an overseas trip Iran government criticised over earthquake response| Reuters.

News: LinkAR, the First Community for AR Devs

Hello, I'm Daniel Yelamos and I'm the CM of ARLab, a Spanish-Israel company that develops AR solutions. We've released a couple of SDKs and a few apps based on AR to help people develop this kind of software. Last week we released LinkAR, a social community for developers interested in AR community, I could type and type about all its features, but why don't you watch it for yourselves here?

Rumsfeld: Israel needn't notify US about strike

While US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attempted to convince top Israeli politicians and security officials not to launch a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities during his visit to Israel last week, his predecessor Donald Rumsfeld, seems more prepared for a possible attack. Rumsfeld: Israel needn't notify US about strike - Israel News, Ynetnews.

CFR: Don’T Worry About Hillary’S Small Arms Treaty

The Council on Foreign Relations says you shouldn’t worry about the United Nations Small Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which is currently being hammered out at the United Nations in New York.

News: The Magic of Book Covers

I love books almost as much for their book covers as I do their actual books. A well-designed book cover matches the intent and spirit of the story, and can often enhance the experience of reading it.

News: Giant Collection of Free Japanese Origami Tutorials

Hundreds upon hundreds of free origami diagrams and animations are available at the Origami Club. I caught Design Sponge's recent post on some late night folding (I like how they spelled out their name), and recalled WonderHowTo's old favorite.

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: Extremely Intricate Holiday Egg Nog Recipe

I can't resist Luxirare's decadent, over the top food tutorials... even when it involves making white chocolate egg molds covered in edible gold leaf and injected with egg nog.

News: Levitating Alarm Clock Literally Lifts You Out of Bed

Via Jeff's Arduino Blog, the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock:

News: Make a Rubik's Cubewich

From the blog Insanewiches, the cleverly assembled Rubik's Cubewich: "The Rubik’s Cube has confounded us for years. Maybe the sandwich version of this puzzling brain teaser will do the same. The Rubix Cubewich contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar."