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How To: Crochet fuzzy white baby booties

When the temperatures dip during the fall and winter, there's no cuter way to dress up your little one than with a pair (or two, or three...) of baby booties! Whether you make 'em in snow white, crimson red, or hippie dippy rainbow hues, they're snug and cute adornaments for those little tootsies.

How To: Do a shatter & disintegration effect in After Effects

Themadcowmoo continues to show us how to create a shatter & disintegration effect in Adobe After Effects. In the second part of his two part video series he begins by getting rid of the extrusion depth in the shadow by changing the value to 0 (0.00). He then instructs on how to accomplish and even smaller disintegration effect by selecting the 'Shatter Map' tab, going to the fractal layer, choosing 'Fractal Noise' in the top right panel and then selecting '10' as the value within the 'Transfo...

How To: Do Sookie Stackhouse's minimal "True Blood" makeup

The third season of "True Blue" just kicked off last week, which means hot chicks and shirtless guys. Though many of the character spend most of the show rather, um, naked, which takes up most of our attention, next time you watch the HBO series you should also pay attention to the girls' makeup, which always flatters and never looks overdone.

How To: Dance the triple-step for Swing

When learning any new dance, it's important to take your time and constantly practice any new steps you learn in order to embed it into your very mind. As dance intructors always say, practice makes perfect. So when watching this tutorial, remember those words as you are attempting to dance the triple-step for swing. It usually consists of a side step, then a together step, followed by a side step again. It seems pretty easy to do, but you never know. So good luck, pay attention, and enjoy!

How To: Apply makeup to look gorgeous in pictures

It's obviously important to look better than everyone else on your wedding day (sorry, but you know it's true), but even more vital to look great in wedding photos since you'll be looking back at them 10, 20 years down the road and you want to know you looked your best on your special day!

How To: Make a homemade jalapeno popper pizza in six minutes

If you're a frequent visitor at a local sports bar and restaurant, you've had to have been introduced to those little bite size pieces known as jalapeno poppers. These tasty treats contain jalapeno, cream cheese, and sometimes others ingredients and are the perfect finger food when watching any sporting event. Well in this tutorial, you'll be finding out how to make your own jalapeno poppers, but in pizza form. Sure, it may not be small, but you'll have more ingredients to enjoy and with the ...

How To: Install a t-top navigational light on your boat

Navigational lights on a boat can be extremely important. They not only can be used in cases of emergency, but also let other boaters know that you're there and to either keep away or watch out. It can be a little bit difficult to install, but after watching this tutorial may seem simple. So find out how to install a navigational light on your t-top tower on your boat. Enjoy!

How To: Line and cast a fishing rod

In this brief video tutorial, the host Ian Leahy gives you step by step instructions about how to line and cast a fishing pole. For this video you'll need your baiting hook, some small line weights, bait, plyers, and some heavy-weight fishing line. First, he suggest you check your reel to insure that it functions properly, and to be sure to keep your bail down while you line your fishing rod. He also gives you some excellent tips on how to make lining your rod simpler. Keep watching while he ...

How To: Add fractions with unlike denominators

Watch this video to learn how to add fractions with different denominators. Use the least common denominator method to add the different fractions together. After watching this 2 part video, you'll be more than satisfied with your ability to do this simple math trick! Put it into practice, and pretty soon you'll spit out answers in seconds!

How To: Make an easy shrimp stir-fry

Shrimps can be easily stir-fried and watching this video will tell you exactly how to do it the easy way. 1 pound of raw, washed and deveined shrimps are used for this recipe which is marinated in 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon salt. For the sauce, combine 1 tbsp paprika or hot sauce, 1/3 cup of water or stock, 3 tbsp ketchup, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp red vinegar, 2 tsp sesame oil and 2 tsp sugar in a bowl and mix well. Heat a pan and add 2 tbsp of cooking oil ...

How To: Brine & cook a turkey in the oven

Cooking that big Thanksgiving bird doesn't have to be daunting. Check out this tutorial and learn how to brine and cool your turkey in the oven and cut down on the cooking time. No holiday is complete without turkey and by watching this video you will be able to make your own. Your family will be so happy to gather around the famous bird this year!

How To: Quickly fix a skipping DVD with toothpaste

How annoying is a skipping DVD? Picture it: you're in the middle of your favorite flick, and suddenly the characters freeze and seemingly melt away right before your eyes. Sure, you can skip ahead and start watching again at another point in the film, but that's no fun. And it always seems like the disc skips at the best part, doesn't it? Well, this tutorial will show you how to do a quick fix with a tube of toothpaste. It's not just for your pearly whites anymore!

How To: Play "Orange Crush" by R.E.M. on acoustic guitar

To learn to play REM’s “Orange Crush” on the guitar you’ll want to learn the song in two parts. In this video you’ll learn the intro and then the chorus. All you need to know are some basic chords and with a natural strumming pattern you’ll be playing the song in no time. It helps to sing along. You’ll get some hints and tips to get an even better sound.

How To: Incorporate music into a PowerPoint presentation

This video provides step-by-step instructions for how to insert sounds or music into a PowerPoint presentation, using Microsoft Office 2007. The narrator uses the insert sound tool and selects an audio file that, and demonstrates how to make it play automatically when the PowerPoint slide show is played. He also shows how to customize the effect options by using the animations tab, which allows you to choose when the track starts and finishes, for how many slides, and at what volume. After wa...

How To: Use neutral density or ND filters

Photography is a fast growing hobby with the relative drop in prices of high grade equipment. The use of different filters in photography is a very common thing, and different filters have very different uses. The neutral density (ND) filter reduces the amount of light reaching the film or sensor. This allows the photographer to create different effects with the available light, allowing slower shutter speeds and larger apertures. The video helps explain the differences in shutter speeds and ...

How To: Do Facebook smileys

This video illustrates the method of using Facebook smileys. The process is composed of the following steps -Step 1While typing a wall post or a message in Facebook , click on the smiley button present in the top right corner of the text box where are typing your text.Step 2You will be presented with a drop down menu with the smileys that can be used in Facebook. Select anyone of them and insert them in your post by right clicking on it.Step 3You can add any number of smileys by following the...

How To: Uninstall and remove Linux

Watching this video will allow you to learn the complete step-by-step process of uninstalling a dual-boot partition of Linux on a Windows Vista machine. The author will first walk you through uninstalling GRUB, the boot manager used while the partition with Linux was still being used. After showing how to uninstall GRUB, you will be walked through both with audio instructions and corresponding on-screen actions in windows to remove the Linux OS files from the two partitions used by the machin...

How To: Crop and resize images in Adobe Photoshop CS2

When using Adobe Photoshop being able to crop and resize an image is essential. This live demonstration shows you step by step directions for these useful functions. To crop, select a certain area and hit enter, everything not selected will be deleted. If you mess up you can undo. This is a great way to take a large picture and only use the parts you want to concentrate on. Video also shows how to resize picture using width and height or mega pixels. Gives tips on how to keep your picture fro...

How To: Not pay for texting on the iPhone or iPod Touch

This video shows you how to bypass expensive texting charges and use this free and easy way to text people without the need to download apps, go to websites, or jailbreak your device. Works on basically any cell phone. No need to ever pay $20.00 for unlimited texting with AT&T, watching this you'll be able to text for free whenever, and whoever.