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How To: Sharpen a knife with Gordon Ramsey

Don't cook with a blunt knife. It is dangerous. This is an important tool maintenance video.

How To: Make a simple paper airplane

While working with some 14 year olds, I was shocked to find out that only a handful of them could make a decent airplane... so here's a simple design that goes pretty far if you throw it right (I'll let someone else make a video on how to throw an airplane). Learn how to make your own paper airplane with this instructional video. All you need is paper and scissors.

How To: Wear Ugg boots properly

Let's face it, Ugg wearers need a fashion wakeup call. This video is LONG overdo.

How To: Do the Outline Stitch

Here's a couple video tutorials from Needle 'n Thread for a basic hand embroidery stitch - the outline stitch. It's another versatile, easy stitch!

How To: Do the Couching Stitch

Couching is another easy embroidery stitch in hand embroidery, and a great way to create decorative line stitches that scroll and twirl about. It's also widely used for filling areas, and historically was used to great effect during the Middle Ages and Renaissance in a technique called Or Nue. Here's a video from Needle 'n Thread that demonstrates couching a single thread for an outline.

How To: Do the Palestrina Stitch

Here's another video tutorial from Needle 'n Thread for hand embroidery stitches - this one is for the Palestrina stitch. Palestrina stitch is used for outlining or filling and is common in both Jacobean designs as well as in Mountmellick embroidery, the latter because it gives a highly textured line or fill area.

How To: Do the Colonial Knot

The colonial knot is used in hand embroidery in the same applications as the French knot. Here's a video tutorial from Needle 'n Thread to help you get the hang of the colonial knot.

How To: Do Lattice Work

Lattice work is used as filling or for backgrounds. Worked on a plain ground (with only the fabric behind the lattice stitches) it can be easily managed by beginners. Adding a colored background (for example, a background worked in satin stitch) kicks the stitch up a notch to intermediate level. Here's a video tutorial from Needle 'n Thread on working lattice stitch over a satin stitch ground.

How To: Do the Roumanian Couching Stitch

Here's another video tutorial from Needle 'n Thread for a hand embroidery stitch called Roumanian couching, which is used primarily as a filling stitch.

How To: Fold a model rocket parachute

Lots of newbies ask about this. Don't know why, but okay, here's how to do it -- folding a parachute for a model rocket.

How To: Scam your friend with the classic Mirror trick

This trick used to be called, "You do as I do". Here's an updated presentation that will win you a free drink.

How To: Become an extra in a movie

As a film extra, you’ll make some easy money, get a chance to see moviemaking up close, and perhaps become immortalized on screen. Here’s how to get a gig.

How To: Seal a bag of chips without a clip

Twist ties and bag clips are for sissies. Here’s how to keep an open bag of chips fresh with your bare hands. This how-to video shows a technique that requires no equipment. It's all about folding the right way. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to air-proof and seal a bag of chips without a clip.

How To: Make a survival atlatl for turkey hunting

Here's a short video on how to make an atlatl for getting Turkey's during the Thanksgiving season. This version is not meant for general use, but rather as a hunting alternative for those who are lost in the forest, or who just want to have some fun with a weapon that's over 20,000 years old.

How To: Make a cool miniature stove

Here's how to make a great little portable stove from stuff you probably have laying around your house! It's perfect for camping, backpacking, and power outages.

How To: Make a squib with a firecracker

Here's how to make a fake blood packet, or squib to make it look like somebody got shot. It will explode when the bullet would hit. Cool special effect.

How To: Use paths and masks to not suck at Photoshop

Strap on your stupid and get at it. Here's some big boy Photoshop work to ready this photo for eBay because you no longer need a wedding ring. Use paths and masks to fix up your photo. Cause there's no denying she left you for someone with more baby making man batter.

How To: Not suck at Photoshop and remove a wedding band

Here's episode three of the delightfully demented video tutorial, You Suck at Photoshop. Get rid of your dirty liar ring with Photoshop and Dane Cook. Use the clone stamp tool and manually sample from a similar area. Thank you MyDamnChannel.com! Erase 7 years of marriage in no time!

How To: Make a tripod out of a soda bottle

Need a quick and stable tripod for party situations? Here's how to make a small, portable tripod out of a soda or pop bottle.

News: Apple Launches Reality Converter to Prepare 3D Objects for Reality Composer

After introducing and launching Reality Composer alongside iOS 13 and ARKit 3 last year, Apple is making it easier for developers to create apps with it.

How To: Make the Power Button Launch Google Assistant on Your OnePlus

You might prefer a dedicated button, whether physical or digital, to bring up your digital assistant. Pixel phones have the squeeze function to bring up the assistant, but what about OnePlus phones? Luckily, OnePlus has included a feature that uses your power button to act as your assistant button of sorts.

News: Ugly Lies the Bone Mixes Virtual Reality with a Live Stage Play

We've already seen how VR can have some therapeutic benefits, but not the dramatized version. A play called Ugly Lies the Bone emotionally examines how war veterans can heal (or at least treat) their PTSD using virtual reality.

How To: Install the Xposed Framework on Your Rooted LG G3 for 100s of Fast & Easy Mods

If you've done any root-level hacking or modding on any of your previous Android devices, you're probably well familiar with Rovo89's famous Xposed Framework.

How To: Replace the Cracked Screen on Your Samsung Galaxy S III

Many people drop their phone, resulting in the dreaded cracked screen. Luckily for you, a few of those people end up replacing the screen themselves, and sometimes they even leave behind detailed instructions on how to do it.

How To: Play several different variations of the White Elephant party game

The White Elephant gift exchange is a popular game to play at holiday parties, and there are several variations to the rules. This vidoe gives you a quick description of each, so you can decide which version is the best for your own party.

How To: Create a toggle button using Action Script 3 for your website

A toggle button can let visitors to your website hide or reveal content (such as a product description or explanation attached to an image). This tutorial shows you how to make your own content toggle buttons for your Flash-based website.

How To: Play "Live Like We're Dying" by Kris Allen on acoustic

This easy acoustic guitar instructional video demonstrates how to play the popular song "Live Like We're Dying" by Kris Allen. It breaks the song down into very simple terms, including descriptions of the picking and chords, but if you want the tabs, they can be found here.

How To: Listen to live radio for free with TVCatchup

This particular How-To Video teaches the viewer how to use the existing website www.tvcatchup.com to listen to radio stations online. The narrator scrolls through the part of the TvCatchup website that is brand new and has a listing of radio stations available for free to listeners in the U.K. The video offers a short tutorial on how to access the site and gives a description of what the user will find.

How To: Use the Blackberry Curve 2

This video tutorial shows both the basic features and more in-depth uses of the Blackberry Curve II camera's capabilities. The tutorial goes through many options, providing a good description of how to access and use each. The viewer will learn the specifications of the camera including its mega-pixels, zooming capabilities, and so forth. Manipulation of lighting effects, color effects, and options when saving and deleting pictures are just some of the components reviewed.

Play Facebook's Farm Town: money guide

How to play Facebook's Farm Town: Money guide. Description of the app on Facebook:

Play Facebook's Farm Town: XP guide

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How To: Draw anatomically realistic portraits

Watch this instructional drawing video to draw portraits of the head using a live model. Follow the detailed description of how to do a drawing of a head, showing close ups, examples and tips. Gary Geraths is a professor in the exceptional Foundation Program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.

How To: Perform stop draw and follow pool shots

Here is a basic description of stop shots, follow shots, draw shots and how English has an effect on the ball. This billiards video tutorial will show you how to perform stop draw and follow pool shots, if you think you can handle it...

How To: Play vibrato on the cello

This how to video gives you a description of cello vibrato technique by Jamie Fiste, Cello Professor from Central Michigan University. This technique is easy to master and will improve your cello playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play vibrato on your cello.

How To: Play the cool word game Bananagrams

Bananagrams. Why would a wod game be called Bananagrams? Well, maybe because all of the game tiles are held inside a banana (no, not a real one). This gives you a brief description of how to play the Scrabble-style word game. Fun, high-speed, and competitive.

How To: Use and assemble an emergency preparedness kit

Description of contents and usage of Preparedness-In-a-Box Kit. Be prepared when disaster strikes with the right materials to survive.

How To: Make the Afghan or Tunisian crochet stitch - entrelac

If you're someone who enjoys crochet, you may want to watch this video and check out this technique. It's called the Afghan or Tunisian crochet stitch, or 'entrelac'. This is not quick stitch to do, but the results can be truly wonderful. This video is very detailed, with excellent descriptions and will help you get on the path to a new and exciting crochet creation. You will want a larger and smaller crochet needle for this project, so be sure to have both on hand.