Whether you are just starting or returning to college, or have already been out in the real world for some time, it's always a good idea to stay on top of your game by keeping your intellect sharp. While it may be easy to just sit in front of your TV, watching reruns of The Big Bang Theory, why not use that time to brush up on some chemistry, calculus, or general learning strategies?
The internet is a great place to find information for pretty much anything you can think of. So why shouldn't it be a place for official higher learning? I'm not talking about a course in Wikipedia or SparkNotes, but real colleges offering real college courses completely online. And guess what—it's FREE.
1 Identify the child's talents, and discuss the opportunities he has to use them in productive ways. If you notice that the child you're mentoring is excellent with counting money, talk about how the child should consider a career in banking or running a business one day.
This video shows how-to jailbreak or unlock any iPod Touch or iPhone with iOS 4.2.1. You'll need to follow the links, fill out the survey and jump through a few hoops, but it should be worth it if you want to free you device from the clutches of Apple.
The Slip and Slide achievement comes with the new DLC available for the hit racing game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. This tutorail shows you an alternative method to earning this achievement by drifting 1,000 yards (worth 15 gamerscore when you get it!)
So you've already earned the Amazing Driver achievement while playing Crazy Taxi, now it's time to earn Crazy Driver! This tutorial gives you a quick and dirty method for getting this achievement, which is worth 40 gamerscore (ten more than Amazing Driver!)
This is an easy exercise you can even do at home - all you need is a weight or dumbbell and a few chairs or similar low table to exercise on. This is a bit more challenging than a traditional exercise, but the results are worth it! Always keep your back straight.
This tutorial shows you how to set up an interactive chat box on your website, so you can allow members to communicate with each other in real time. It can be a bit tricky to master, but will definitely be worth it for your site in the long run.
Are you thinking of trading in your 6mpg Hummer for something a little more efficient? Well, if you've got an electric or hybrid car in mind, this video will show you how to make a choice that works for you. With a little program called Electric Car Calculator, you can determine if the savings are worth it for you to get into one of today's hybrid or electric cars.
This is a very easy achievement you can learn when playing World of Keflings - Go Ahead and Jump, worth 15 gamerscore. To do this, you will have to watch a kefling bounce from canon to canon in a complete circuit.
This tutorial shows you a few tips you can use to get the most out of your Sany Xacti microphone and other audio equipment. It is a professional grade piece of equipment, so it's pricey, but well worth the investment.
This achievement occurs very early on in Ilomilo - the menu screen, to be precise. When you hear the background music start to play, play along with it. This will earn you the Musician achievement worth 20 gamerscore in Xbox Live Arcade.
This short tutorial shows you how you can earn the You Ate All the Chips achievement in Halo: Reach. You will need the Noble Map Pack to be able to complete this tutorial, and it is worth 42 gamerscore when you do.
You can use this method to rapidly increase your money in Dragon Age: Origins. You need one item which is worth at least 5 sovereigns for this to work - and the more valuable it is, the faster you'll make money!
You'll need a jailbroken iPhone 4 or iPod Touch in order to take advantage of this hack (and, of course, the Sims Ambition app as well!). If you have both, you can download this crack from Cydia to give you free money by reselling items at 32 times their worth!
Teach your children responsibility by having them do chores. But sometimes, the stress of getting your children to do their chores seems more than it's worth. Here's a useful tutorial to set up a chore matrix or chore chart and get your children to do their chores.
The interesting thing about painting in the Chinese watercolor style is that objects, animals, and plants that look pretty simple, such as goldfish and snakes, are actually made up of a complex array of different layers and colors.
Windows Vista is jam-packed full of new security features, which could be a good thing, but they're just so obtrusive it's not really worth it. If you want to learn how to stop all of the annoying security alerts, this video will walk you through the process of disabling these security notifications in Windows Vista.
A picture's worth a thousand words and Textorizer lets you collect. Easily! It's so easy, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two and a half minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.
For this achievement tutorial, you'll be finding out how to unlock the Boob Tube achievement. As it sounds, you'll have to turn on a TV and let it play for awhile.
If you're looking for a creative and innovative way to build an antenna launcher from scratch, you have to watch this next video.
Splinter Cell is the most popular series of espionage games for the XBox family of consoles. This video deals with Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and will teach you how to glitch yourself into a skywalk on the Kinshasa level of the game. This requires some precise walking, but if you're good at the game this is definitely worth trying.
Sick of transferring megabytes and megabytes worth of photos into your computer, only to send them to your hard drive? Skip the middle step and learn how to shoot directly from your camera to your hard drive with help from this video by Pro Photo Life. Get your photos to your hard drive quicker and easier with the tips and tricks given here.
If you love fantasy books and love to draw, this video is for you. Learn how to draw a spooky, haunting fantasy tree with help from fantasy artist, Wayne Tully. Apply this tree to your fantasy drawings to make something worth hanging!
Show your love and appreciation (or you distaste and hatred) to your fellow podcasters and review their work in iTunes. Giving reviews in the iTunes Store for podcasts and other things is a great way to help others decide the worth of such items. One way in which podcasters get ‘seen’ more by the iTunes logarithms is by having people leave reviews to podcasts.
Led Zeppelin's famous song "Stairway to Heaven" is totally worth learning. Whatever the social function there's bound to be a group of folks who get down on jamming with those familiar chords. This video tutorial demonstrates how to play "Stairway to Heaven" on an acoustic guitar in a clear and simple manner, so grab your six-string and head striaght up those stairs to acoustic heaven.
Spotify can be a really great music streaming program, but there's nothing like a loud, annoying ad to ruin your aural zen. With this video, you'll learn how to remove ads from Spotify in just a couple easy steps. When it comes to setting the Proxy, copy and paste the following:
Have an Amazon store for yourself? Sell books? Well, you may be wasting your time listing certain books when they'll never sell, but there are some ways to make sure you're listing only the most sellable and profitable books on Amazon.com. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to select profitable books to sell on Amazon, and how to know which books aren't worth it and to avoid.
Practice locks are used by locksmiths and hobbyists to practice the art of lock picking. This one is worth a thousand others because it is user rekeyale without tools. You can set it up any way you wish.
Watch this video tutorial from Mike the How-To Guy to learn how to solve a wooden star puzzle brainteaser. Solving one of these wood star puzzles is pretty easy and takes but a second, so watch and learn. It's no Rubik's Cube, but it's worth check out if you're a puzzle lover.
Putting lights on the Christmas tree may not be the most glamorous part of tree decorating, but the glittering results are worth the effort.
This video editing software tutorial looks at working with large images, and setting keyframes in Final Cut Pro. The FCP tutorial also goes into working with multiple layers a little bit. Working with large images can get slow and frustrating, so it's worth learning these tricks to make it easier in Final Cut Pro. Crank the volume, the audio on this tutorial is a bit low.
In this cooking how to video we present to you the perfect omelette. A little bit fiddlier than a plain cheese omelette but well worth the extra effort. Follow along and learn how to make a fluffy souffle omelette.
Here is a dessert you need to prepare in advance, but it is well worth the wait. This recipe for creme caramel is better than any shop bought creme caramel. Watch this cooking how-to video to learn how to make a decadent sweet dessert.
See how to tie a knot in your thread for hand sewing. This knot can easily be hidden inside a quilt. This is a simple quilting lesson, but worth taking the time to learn properly. You don't want your quilt falling apart at the seams.
In this beginners CAD software tutorial you will learn how to navigate in Pro/DESKTOP. Learn how to model objects the way you desire with this extended knowledge of workplanes and viewports. Workplanes allow you to work precisely in Pro/DESKTOP and are worth knowing how to use. This ProDESKTOP tutorial is best viewed full screen.
Learn from those crazed coupon clippers who've figured out how to buy $500 worth of groceries for 50 cents. You will need Sunday newspapers, coupon websites, accordion folders to store the coupons in, and the store specific circular fliers. Watch this video budgeting tutorial and learn how to save money on food with coupons.
Watch this one minute printmaking demonstration to make a wood block for woodcut printing. First, transfer a laser inkjet print to a wood block. Then carve a relief image into the wood block. Next, ink and print on a Mini Halfwood Press using a chase device. With the right set up, woodcut printing is a fine art worth learning.
Serving pears today carries a special cachet. It's really worth knowing more about them. Pears can be poached, baked, grilled or roasted. One of the most delicate tasks is to match the right pear with the right cheese. Pears are one of most high fiber fruits.
This tutorial explains in detail how to get a Timbo style sound in Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Many of you might get impatient for the result of this beat recipe, but it's worth it.
