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198 how-to articles

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How To Sleeve Computer Cables

A fundamental component of computer building and modding is cable management. PC enthusiasts and modders complete this tedious process of ...more

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How To Strip Coax Cable

Stripping coax (short for coaxial) cable is not very difficult, and can be mastered with a little practice. While tools designed ...more

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How To Make a Network Cable

The steps below are general Ethernet Category 5 (commonly known as Cat 5) cable construction guidelines. For our example, we will be making ...more

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How To Connect Coaxial Cable Connectors

Coaxial cable is any cable that has two channels or wires shielded from each other by a dielectric (non-conductive) material. They are all ...more

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How To Install Satellite Coax Cable in a Home

Install coaxial (coax) cable between your DirecTV (DTV) dish and receivers the way you want it run. Add an old receiver to the system ...more

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How To Plug Your iPod Into Your Car Stereo With an Auxiliary Cable

Do you want to put your iPod or MP3 player into your car stereo? If ...more

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How To Properly Use "S" Video Cables

"S" video cables and inputs are widely misunderstood, not hooked up, or misused. Here is what you need to know. Assure the component you ...more

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How To Pet Proof Household Cables

Of all the aspects of pet safety, there’s one trouble area that pet owners often overlook: the dangers that household cables can present to ...more

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How To Connect a Video Card Power Cable

As video acceleration technology advances forward, the power requirements for video cards rise dramatically, because their components ...more

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How To Install Cabling in a Pre Built Home

This is how to "cable" an existing structure for internet/cable/whatever. First thing you need to do is, decide on a "path" that you want ...more

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How To Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from Starting

This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system (without ...more

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How To Install a DVD Drive

It’s fairly easy to upgrade your computer and install a DVD drive whether it’s internal or external. The total cost should be under $100 ...more

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How To Set up a DTV Digital Converter Box and Antenna

As of June 12, 2009, all televisions in the U.S. must be able to ...more

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How To Install a Stove With 220 Line

Provide power to a new outlet that will supply 220 (240) volts for an electric range. The steps below describe electrical service panels ...more

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How To Install an Electrical Outlet from Scratch

In order to install an electrical outlet and circuit from scratch you need a roll of 14-2 or 12-2 Romex cable (depending on how much load ...more

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How To Receive Satellite Signals (and Other Sources) on a PC

Watch cable, satellite, DVD or VCR sources on your home PC with some ...more

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How To Install a Ceiling Fan

If you want to install a ceiling fan but don't know how, this article will take you through the steps. Turn off the power to the light's ...more

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How To Install Outdoor Electric Wiring

Methods to get power from inside your home to another point outside (ie: pole mounted lantern), or other point that requires passing through ...more

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How To Pitch a Hammock Without Trees

A hammock, especially an ultralight like the sub-2-pound Hennessy Backpacker A-sym, makes life very sweet for backpackers . But in the ...more

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How To Copy Contents of One Hard Drive to a New Hard Drive

Connect a new (optionally larger) hard drive to a PC and place an ...more

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How To Add an Extra Hard Drive

Need more storage on your computer? This article will show you some simple steps to help you add a new hard drive and more storage space to ...more

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How To Build a Computer

Branded computers can offer both value and performance , the parts used can be powerful and not very expensive, and you can switch on and ...more

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How To Hook Up a TV Antenna

Cable, satellite dishes, and DVD players have become the primary source of programming on most TVs. Broadcasters, however, are still pumping ...more

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How To Replace the Starter Motor on a 1999 VW Beetle TDi

This article explains and shows how a VW Beetle owner can replace a ...more

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How To Wire a Light Switch From a Receptacle

Wire a new switch to control an existing receptacle. A table lamp plugged into the switched outlet of a duplex receptacle will allow easy ...more

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How To Build a Low Cost WiFi Antenna

Want to connect to distant WiFi access points (AP)? Build a directional WiFi antenna using off-the-shelf parts, no new software, and without ...more

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How To Connect to Xbox Live Through a Wireless PC

For those of you wondering, there is a very simple way off getting around the fact that the Xbox 360 only uses the 100$ Microsoft made ...more

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How To Escape From the Trunk of a Car

criminal will force a person into a trunk Be Calm if you become trapped in a trunk. Trunks aren't completely airtight, and it generally ...more

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How To Record From DVR to DVD

Is your DVR full? Want to free up space or backup to DVD? If you have a DVD Recorder (DVDR) read this article for how to do it. A Digital ...more

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How To Transfer Cassette Tape to Computer

Audio cassettes opened up a world of portability unimaginable in the days when LPs ruled the roost. Now, however, cassette tapes have fallen ...more

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How To Convert Analog Audio to Digital With an Apple Computer

Importing music off of a CD is easy because your computer has a CD-ROM ...more

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How To Install a Light Fixture

Install a light fixture and switch(es) to control it. Select the location of the fixture for the area that requires (additional ...more

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How To Hook up an iPod Car Kit (PA11 NIS) in a Nissan

If you bought a USA Spec iPod Interface (PA11-NIS) for your Nissan ...more

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How To Connect Two Computers

These instructions show how to connect two computers for the purpose of sharing data. This will let you share files and folders, printers ...more

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How To Diagnose and Replace Battery on 2005 Vw Beetle Tdi

Explains the steps and prodedures that a do-it-yourselfer can fix it ...more

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How To Set up a Private Network

A private network is one which either does not connect to the internet, or is connected indirectly using NAT (Network Address Translation ...more

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How To Take Care of Automotive Batteries

It's very important not to let corrosion set it in on your battery terminals. Once corrosion sets in, your car will randomly fail to start ...more

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How To Convert Linksys WRT54G to Be an Access Point

Most computer retailers offers the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router for about $49 and Wireless Access Points for $99. Why waste $50 if you ...more

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How To Watch Netflix Watch on Online on Your TV

Netflix watch instantly online is a great feature that allows customers to view a huge selection of movies instantly online. This features ...more

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How To Set up the Essential Effects Chain (Guitar/Bass)

The effects (FX) chain is an essential part to any guitarist’s ...more

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How To Unlock Motorola Phones with Windows

When you buy a new mobile phone you will probably get a good deal by signing up with a service provider at the same time. To make sure you ...more

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How To Build a Plywood Canoe

You can build your son or daughter a plywood canoe in a weekend. The simplest canoes are made of just 3 pieces of plywood: the two sides ...more

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How To Install a Bathroom Fan

Have you bought a bathroom fan and want to install it yourself? Let's go through the steps and see if it's something you want to tackle ...more

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How To Tune up Your Battery

In this article, you will learn how to maintain and tune up your car battery . Make sure the battery is securely anchored to the vehicle. An ...more

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How To Use Your Laptop As an Xbox Wireless Adapter

Most people using an Xbox 360 have Xbox Live in some way. You want to get online with your 360 but you have no way to connect except a ...more

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How To Wire a 3 Way Light Switch

A detailed explanation of one of the hardest electrical circuits to figure out. This is one of the easiest ways to do 3-way light switch ...more

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How To Do a 100 Hit Combo in Marvel Vs Capcom 2

A long time favorite arcade game, Marvel vs Capcom 2 has been around for years. Here is an easy way to rack up a 100+ hit combo. Find ...more

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How To Upgrade a Processor

As computer technology advances, your computer will react more slowly, taking more time to process events. Luckily, computers can be easily ...more

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How To Adjust a Front Bicycle Derailleur

On any bike with gears, the derailleurs need to adjusted periodically to ensure proper shifting. Follow these steps to ensure that your ...more

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How To Configure a Halo PC LAN Game

Want to play Halo PC over LAN, but you can't? Here's how. Put both of the computers on a LAN, whether it be with a single cable, which must ...more

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Art Borne From the Barrell of a Gun

Incredible high speed photography, capturing bullets piercing objects (via Flickr user Alex Andrea Broderick). Previously, Speeding Bullet at 1,000,000 FPS.

Beautiful Animated Boxes Conducted by Drummer

You don't want to miss this animation. The overall concept -particularly the color, movement and sound- is beautiful. The piece is entitled "Box Animation, performed by Mike Edel, and created by ...

Real Life Plastic Green Army Man

Whether you're into cosplay or not, this life sized army "figurine" is awesome. The photo realistic plastic toy soldier was a contestant in a cosplay competition at Italy's Lucca Comics ...

I Want a Robo-Chef in My Kitchen

This year's FOOMA International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition had a few robots I wouldn't mind hanging around my kitchen. The sushi-bot's hand is amazing... if only it could make the sushi ...

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We've seen lots of great parkour in the past - we learned how to front flip, we watched David Belle outrun bullets and bad guys, our jaws dropped at Cyril Rafaelli's amazing skills. Here we are, wowed ...

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