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You may be able to find a blank silver chain for making a charm bracelet in stores, but if not, you can easily make your own with a length of jewelry chain, a toggle clasp and some jewelry pliers. Once you have the base chain, just string your beads using jump rings for a lovely beaded charm bracelet!

The crane is one of the best known and most popular origami figures. Now, you can learn by following this detailed tutorial, how you can fold your own elegant paper crane using traditional origami paper folding techniques. This is for experienced origami artists!

A styler pen lets you thread yarn through your Knifty Knitter tool much looser than if you had done it by hand. They're not sold in stores, but you can make your own by taking apart a properly sized ball point pen!

Start with ten squares of paper in as many different colors as you would like, and then cut them into three equal rectangles. Then fold thirty small waves, and assemble into a twenty-sided polygon (icosahedron). Perfect for a geometric Christmas tree ornament.

You don't have to know what kathal pulav means (jack fruit pulao, or jack fruit plus rice pilaf) to enjoy its mildly sweet and rich flavor. Jack fruit is a supersized fruit (the largest tree-borne fruit in the world, in fact ) comes from a Southeast Asian tree that grows in tropical regions.

The granny knot, or square not, is one of the most basic knots used in macrame. This easy to follow tutorial shows you how to tie this knot using two separate strands of macrame, and even different colors for your next project.

Slender women tend to be slender in the same ways, but overweight or curvy women tend to carry their extra weight in different places on the body. This tutorial shows you a few techniques for drawing extra curvy and voluptuous women.

Dress up like Uma Thurman for Halloween! This tutorial shows you how to make a Poison Ivy costume, starting completely from scratch. Make a tube top first, then add on the accessories and details as shown step by step in the video. Rawr!

Love key lime pie? Then you'll totally flip over these key lime flavored cupcakes. Key lime flavored cake paired with key lime custard give you (almost) more lime-y goodness than you can handle.

Red eye can be a pervasive and annoying problem for photographers. You can edit it out during retouching, but it's always better to not need it. You can use the red eye reducer on your camera if it has that function, but here are some other tips to reduce red eye when shooting pictures at night.

Being a light source themselves, as well as far away, and sometimes even moving, and only visible at night on top of all that... well, it's understandable why some digital photographers are intimidated at the thought of taking pictures of stars or meteor showers. However, this tutorial shows you some useful techniques to capture the night sky in brilliant detail.

Concerned about the unpronounceable chemicals you see on tubes of toothpaste? Clean your tetth and keep your breath fresh without having to introduce unpleasant chemicals to your system! All you need is some baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, essential oils (mints are best) and a few drops of stevia (optional). Combine together, and smile! You have homemade toothpaste!

Leg locks are some of the easiest and most effective submissions in MMA, and form an essential part of your ground game. Watch this video to see Joanne and Risha of MMA Girls teach you how to set up leg locks.

Whoever invented dessert hybrids is our hero. From French toast cupcakes to Coke-flavored ice cream, there's nothing like a little 2 in 1 dessert action to quickly get our sugar fix! Here's yet another dessert hybrid that'll have your tastebuds aching for more: A root beer flavored cupcake, topped with root beer frosting and adorned with a cute little straw to simulate the real drinks.

Side control is a great place to be in a MMA fight. There are all sorts of great things you can do to hurt your opponent and end the fight. In this video Hillary and Joanne of MMA girls will teach you how to do a kimura submission from side control and take the fight.

What's better than either French toast or cupcakes? Both desserts combined into one monolithic sweet creation. Check out this food tutorial to learn how to bake French toaste flavored cupcakes.

Bouquets made of flowers are nice...to look at. While we always appreciate a pretty grouping of peonies, when a guy combines yummy food with flowers it's heaven. If you're looking for a fun gift to give your girl this Valentine's Day, check out this recipe for making V-Day cupcakes that you then assemble into a cupcake bouquet.

Want to know how to install a new font on your Mac OS X desktop or laptop computer? It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

One of the reasons that MMA is cooler than boxing is the abundance of different moves and strategies that can be used in any situation. Take this video for instance. In it Hillary and Joanne of MMA Girls will teach you how to go from a gi collar choke to a fake scissor sweep and then into a triangle choke, hopefully to win the match. Wow.

In this clip, you'll learn how to use ATI Video Converter to transcode video. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

Taking someone down from standing is oftentimes the best way to gain the advantage in an MMA fight. In this video UFC star Joe Lauzon demonstrates how to do an armdrag to double leg takedown on the lovely and sporting Joanne of MMA Girls.

In this video, you'll learn how to play Runescape on a Ubuntu GNU/Linux PC. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to view multiple folders within a single window when using Ubuntu Linux 10.04 Nautilus. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

There is no mistaking Lil' Wayne for any other rapper on the scene right now. His look is unique and classic. If you think you can rock being a female Lil' Wayne for Halloween, watch this video to learn how to recreate the amazing Lil' Wayne costume the girl in this video has created.

Ke$ha has become proved to us over the last year or so that there is room for more than one space-diva at the top of the music charts. Her looks are fast becoming iconic, and if you want to dress as her for Halloween you've come to the right place because this video will teach you exactly how to do it.

In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to use Shapeshifter to apply custom themes to your Mac OS X desktop. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

Lady GaGa can't wear the same look twice and she can't wear anything without being emulated (except maybe the meat dress). If you saw her Hello Kitty photo shoot you probably remember the crazy makeup anime eyes she had drawn on her face. Watch this video to learn how to give yourself makeup anime eyes for Halloween or just to get some more GaGa in your life.

The robes of the Jedi and Sith are great bases for all sorts of Star Wars costumes. If you have some DIY flair and want to make your own Star Wars costume for Halloween or cosplay watch this video to learn how to make your own Jedi or Sith robes, depending on your character.

The Predator might be the most badass alien ever depicted on film. If you want to embody these formidable lone hunters on Halloween or in a film, watch this video to learn how to make a really sweet DIY predator costume that requires only three costume pieces, with the rest filled in by you/

This video will show you how you can load and run the Ubuntu Linux distribution on a Microsoft Windows XP or Vista PC. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

In this video tutorial, we learn how to conceal a document within a picture file on a Microsoft Windows PC. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

Darth Maul and his double lightsaber were by far the coolest part of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. If you've got some DIY knowhow and want a costume / prop lightsaber that will stand out from the pack, watch this video to learn how to make a Darth Maul double lightsaber out of hardware store parts for $15.

In this clip, you'll learn how to use the Assembly programming language to create your very own operating system from the bottom up. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

In this clip, you'll learn how to boost your WiFi signal strength by building a wireless repeater from an old WiFi router. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

This is a follow up to my last post on watching games in 3D. My main concern (because apparently I'm something of a technical snob, since no one else I went with considered it an issue), was that I perceived a lack of definition for a theater presentation.

The basic forehand shot in tennis is predictable for your opponent and not likely to get your very far against advanced players. This video will teach you how to put topsin on your forehand shots like Rafael Nadal, allowing you to move the ball a lot more and confuse the opposition.

If you're new to tennis, you might not have realized that there are a lot of different "correct" ways to hold the racquet. These include Eastern, Western, and Continental, as well and single and double-handed backhands. Watch this video to learn about the different grips and how to decide which one is right for you.

In this clip, you'll learn how to create a WiFi radio with an Asus WL-520GU and a WL-520GU-ASUS wireless router. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.

Being more physically gifted than your opponent is only part of successful tennis. You have to have a keen mind well versed in the tactics of the game as well. This video will teach you some basic tactics for singles tennis that will help you win matches you would have lost otherwise.

Want to play Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" on the ukulele? See how it's done with this free video ukulele lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the uke, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing "Redemption Song" on your own ukulele, take a look!