How To: Design and build an effective fortress in Dwarf Fortress
This video will give you an overview of a successful endgame fortress from Dwarf Fortress, giving you tips on achieving a similarly successful fortress throughout.
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How To: Use the Dwarven Justice and Economy systems in Dwarf Fortress
In this video you will see the results of the creator's preivous attempts to use a cave-in to trap demons in their peculiar chamber, then learn how the Justice and Economy systems work in Dwarf Fortress.
How To: Defeat demons with a cave-in on their pit in Dwarf Fortress
The best way to deal with demons in Dwarf Fortress in to seal them in their peculiar chamber by creating a cave-in above it. This video will show you how to do just that.
How To: Use siege weapons and disarm enemies in Dwarf Fortress
This video will show you how to make and use siege weapons and disarm enemies in Dwarf Fortress. It also includes an arena battle at the end for kicks.
How To: Deal with magma, build floodgates, levers, and bridges in Dwarf Fortress
Magma is valuable but dangerous stuff in Dwarf Fortress, and this video will teach you still more about how to handle it. It also covers how to build bridges, floodgates, and levers that will link up and create effective dwarven infrastructure.
How To: Channel water and magma safely in Dwarf Fortress
Water and magma can both destroy even a sturdy dwarf fortress very quickly. This video is all about liquid safety, teaching you how to channel water and magma using u-tubes and other tools without flooding your fortress and killing your dwarves.
How To: Deal with underground rivers and magma pipes in Dwarf Fortress
This video starts with a new Dwarf Fortress fortress, and will show you how to deal with underground rivers and magma pipes.
How To: Defend vs. a goblin ambush and use graveyards and coffins in Dwarf Fortress
At this point in the game, Dwarf Fortress is starting to get serious. This video will show you how to defend against a goblin ambush and deal with graveyards and coffins, the resting places of your dead dwarves.
How To: Make leather items like bags and quivers and dig wells in Dwarf Fortress
In this video you'll learn how to make a wide variety of leather items, including bags, waterskins, backpacks, and quivers, as well as dig wells for your dwarves drinking water in Dwarf Fortress.
How To: Handle moods, herbalism, engraving, smoothing, and crossbows in Dwarf Fortress
This video covers a wide variety of Dwarf Fortress topics, including moods, making crossbows, smoothing stones, herbalism, and engraving.
How To: Set up fortress defense, deal with traders and migrants in Dwarf Fortress
This video will show you how to set up an effective fortress defense, deal with Elven traders, and make use of your migrants in Dwarf Fortress.
How To: Build walls, use military patrols on invaders, and make bins in Dwarf Fortress
In this video, you'll learn how to use military patrols to repel invaders, make secure entrances to your fortress, and create bins in Dwarf Fortress.
How To: Create crafts, encrust them w/ gems, trade them, use hotkeys in Dwarf Fortress
In this video you'll learn how to have your dwarves make crafts, how to encrust those crafts with gems, and then get them to the trade depot so you can sell them in Dwarf Fortress. It also discusses the game's many hot keys.
How To: Prepare dwarves for their journey in Dwarf Fortress with skills and equipment
After you generate the world and choose a location for your fortress in Dwarf Fortress, it's time to prepare your party of seven dwarves to journey there. This video will show you how to assign their skill points and choose the right items to help you reach the fortress and succeed there.
How To: Apply Newton's laws of motion to rollouts with NASA
Learn what happens during an aircraft rollout from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, more commonly known as NASA. They spill the goods on Newton's three laws of motion and how they affect the rollout phase of landing airplanes. Learn from the master of space exploration -- NASA!
How To: Make a ball of plasma in a microwave
There are about fifteen states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasma, et cetera. Plasma is commonly found in stars, and is a rare natural phenomenon here on Earth. In this video, I show you how to make artificial plasma in your microwave.
How To: Draw a simple brontosaurus (brontosaurio) dinosaur
Enter the Jurassic Period with this drawing tutorial on the dinosaur commonly referred to as the brontosaurus (or just brontosaur). It's actual genus is called apatosaurus, which is a sauropod dinosaur, one of the largest land animals ever! This how-to illustrates the step-by-step details to drawing the mighty brontosaurus. "Brontosaurio" is the Spanish translation of brontosaurus.
How To: Become a bounty hunter in California
Has Duane "Dog" Chapman inspired you to become a bounty hunter? Believe it or not, you're not the only one. How to become a bounty hunter is one of the most commonly asked questions to this videomaker via email, fax, and telephone. In this video, learn how to get one step closer to your dream by knowing what the requirements are to become a bounty hunter in the state of California.
How To: Use dowsing rods
Learn how to use dowsing rods for ghost hunting. Actually, dowsing rods were more commonly used to find hidden water wells in the ground, or for finding unmarked graves. This video tutorial will show you the basics of dowsing rods.
How To: Practice nadi shodan or alternate nostril breathing
This yoga how-to video is intended for level one and two yoga student who are proficient in breathing practices. Follow along with this yoga breathing lesson and learn how to do nadi shodan. Nadi shodan is more commonly known as alternate nostril breathing. This style of yoga breathing is used to relax the body and calm the mind. Try doing alternate nostril breathing at home.
How To: Use panels in Ubuntu for quick access to applications
Ubuntu Linux offers panels that you can create and customize to launch your most commonly used programs and applications quickly and with ease. Ubuntu panels and the applications launcher are found at the top of your screen–at least initially. This video tutorial offers step-by-step instructions for customizing your own Ubuntu panels. For more information on using panels within Ubuntu Linux, take a look!
How To: Brew gyokuro tea with ice cubes
Tea is usually brewed with hot boiling water. In this how to video our host shows you a new method of making gyokuro tea with ice cubes. This brewing method is more commonly known as shinobi-cha and it is very easy way to enjoy your tea longer. Watch and start making tea with ice cubes using the shinobi-cha method.
How To: Do a double crochet decrease and increase
Improve you crocheting skills by learning decorative stitches. This how to video is a tutorial that will show you how to do double crochet decreases and increases. These stitches are commonly abbreviated as DC DEC or INC, double crochet decrease or increase. Crochet several rows of these stitches to create larger yarn projects.
How To: Create a natural weed killer
Many commonly used pesticides are harmful to your family and the environment. Watch this video on how to create a natural weed killer for a greener, weed-free home.
How To: Make gajar ka halwa (carrot pudding)
Watch as our host Manjula shows you how to prepare gajar ka halwa. This dish is more commonly known as carrot pudding and makes a perfectly light dessert.
How To: Knit a Kitchener stitch for a seamless join
The kitchener stitch, also called grafting, is a knitting technique used to create woven seams. It's commonly used for the toe of knitted socks, but you'll find it used whenever you need an invisible seam.
How To: Make venison salami
This is a short video teaching you how to make beef, venison, or beef & venison salami. Commonly available vertical sausage stuffer and mixer were used to produce 2-5lb salamis. The process excludes the grind but is concentrated on the mixing, stuffing, and cooking process in a residential environment. Slicing and packing are touched on lightly using a commercial slicer and residential vacuum sealer. The recipe is available at the end.
How To: Make a venison pastrami log
This is a short video on how to make beef, venison, or beef & venison pastrami log. Commonly available vertical sausage stuffer and mixer are used to produce 2-5lb pastrami logs. The process excludes the grind but is concentrated on the mixing, stuffing, and cooking process in a residential environment. Slicing and packing are touched on lightly using a commercial slicer and residential vacuum sealer. The recipe is available at the end.
How To: Perform the Turn in the Road Driving Test Manoeuvre in England
This video will show you how to perform the turn in the road driving test manoeuvre. Commonly know as the three point turn, it is used to turn the car around in the road to face the other way. You will need to keep the car slow and move the steering wheel quickly when you do this.
How To: Make a Mediterranean beef shawarma sandwich
Shawarma is a Middle Eastern-style sandwich usually composed of shaved lamb, goat, or chicken. Less commonly, it contains turkey, beef, or a mixture of meats. Shawarma is a popular dish and fast-food staple across the Middle East, and is consumed across the rest of the world as well. Shawarma is known as guss in Iraq; it is related to the gyros of Greece. Gyros, however, is typically made of pork meat, or less commonly chicken, although beef or lamb is usually used outside Greece and Cyprus. ...
How To: Find the first Sasquatch in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
If you thought zombies were mixed in with your John Marston wasn't awesome enough already, how about Bigfoot? Or more commonly known as Sasquatch! How about six of them? And how about an achievement for finding one of them? Achievement Hunter has got the video for you! In it you will learn the location of the first Sasquatch which will help you unlock the achievement "Six Years In The Making"!
How To: Distinguish between the bench press, incline press, and military press
When it comes to weights and lifting them, often people slack off or just forget about form because it's easy to do so. Additionally, it gets a little hard to think about sitting up straighter and rolling your shoulders down when you have a 100 pound weight above your head.
How To: Find wild food and wood in a city setting for urban survival
Forget surviving the wilderness— surviving the city is hard enough! This video talks about herbs, bushes, plants and trees that you can use in a survival situation in an urban environment. If you're down on your luck, forget about coins on the street corner and survive off your natural environment.
How To: Use a magma forge, roads, sculpture gardens, and ponds in Dwarf Fortress
THis video will show you how to use the immensely useful magma forges to make items without using fuel, and also how to use roads, sculpture gardens, and ponds to improve your fortress.
How To: Build bedrooms, farms, and stairs in Dwarf Fortress
Now you've got a little bit of a fortress going, and it's time to continue building your infrastructure. This video will show you how to build bedrooms, farms, and stairs.
How To: Make pork chops with rhubarb and port wine sauce
Rhubarbs aren't a commonly consumed leafy plant, but people are most definitely missing out on a unique and tangy explosion of flavor. Though the rhubarb's leaves cannot be eaten (they are mildly poisonous), their bright red stems add tartness to any dish they're tossed in.
How To: Make delicious candy clay for cake decorating
Candy and clay aren't two words you usually hear in the same sentence. But for pastry chefs and bakers, candy clay is a deeply ingrained part of their cake decorating vocabulary. That's because candy clay is a much better tasting sister of fondant, which is commonly used to decorate cakes.
How To: Make French Pâte Sucrée (sweet dough) for pastries
Consider this French Baking 101. There are certain constituents in any sort of ethnic food, from Moroccan to Chinese, that many different recipes call for. Steamed rice, for instance, is used in a variety of Chinese foods, while tajine is a common preparation usd in Moroccan dishes.
How To: Easily make your home energy efficient with plastic
If you're trying to save some cash, as well as help the environment, there are many things that you can do around your home that will help. One thing you can do is use plastic. There are many different uses for plastic and it comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They are most commonly used in caulks and sealants and can help prevent any cold or warm air from leaving the home, saving you money and energy. If you're interested in finding out what else you can do, check out this tutorial abov...
How To: Smooth out 3D models with Blender's Edgesplit modifier
In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip, you'll see how to make a lowpoly model appear smoother than it actually is by using an Edgesplit modifier. This technique also resolves the issue with artifacts you commonly face when displaying a lowpoly model as smooth. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular open-source 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this free video software ...