Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Hoopla, is a party game where everyone is on one team together.
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Vegas Showdown, is a game involving bidding, buying and monopolizing your own casino.
If you spend a lot of time alone or close to it in the wilderness, then hopefully you already know how important it is to bring a properly packed survival kit. This is true for offroading enthusiasts as well as pedestrian outdoorsman, but the kit requires some great specifically related to your being in a 4x4. This video will show you what you should pack in your 4x4 offroad recovery kit and explains why this stuff will keep you safe.
Changing the fuel filter on your car isn't too hard and is great way to save money for the DIY automotive enthusiast. This video will teach you how to replace the fuel filter on a Ford Escape, but these principles apply to most other cars too.
Simon Leach has taught us a lot about ceramics and pottery in his many videos. In this concise one he demonstrates for all you at-home potters out there how to make a 3 kilogram (6 pound 10 ounce) flowerpot on the wheel. As you can see at the end of the video, that is a pretty large pot. If you can throw this, you are well on your way to being an advanced ceramics enthusiast.
This video will be very handy to all the Chinese painting enthusiasts out there. It demonstrates how to trim an old split brush in to a sharp liner by trimming it with scissors. This allows you to do multiple kinds of brushstrokes without changing brushes, saving time and allowing you to purchase fewer brushes.
For the hardcore bicycle enthusiast, repairing your own bike is a fact of life. It only gets more challenging the more advanced and elaborate your bike is. This video will teach you how to adjust your manually pulled Shimano disk brakes for better performance. And for preventing you from flying into an intersection when your brakes fail.
This guitar playing tutorial explains how to play the song "#41" by Dave Matthews Band on the acoustic guitar. The video teaches you how to play the intro which Dave most often performs live. This is a great instructional video for hardcore DMB fans and acoustic guitar enthusiasts. Practice your guitar skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
This acoustic guitar tutorial explains how to play the song "The Trapeze Swinger" by Iron and Wine on the acoustic guitar. There is Capo on the second fret. This is a great instructional video that teaches you an easy method and the more advanced way for acoustic guitar enthusiasts. Practice your guitar skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
A friendly blond in a tank top shares several tips to help the average joe video game enthusiast to entice his girlfriend to grab a controller and embrace gaming.
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Mah Jong, is an ancient Chinese game about collecting sets. Don't confuse this with the tile picking game on your computer of the same name!
Geocaching is one of the many fun ways that internet technology has improve our lives, allowing people to leave essentially buried treasure anywhere in the world, then post GPS coordinates on the internet to allow other travelers to find it. This video offers a tip for geocache enthusiasts traveling with their families: download the coordinates for geocaches near your vacation destination before you leave, so that while you're on your trip you can geocache to you heart's content without havin...
Working with the characters from World of Warcraft in 3DS Max has become as popular hobby for machinima enthusiasts. This video features an accomplished 3D artist going over some tips for working with the Lady Alexatraza character from Wow, focusing on how to modify the fabric models for her clothes and other aspects.
The world of hardcore Rubix Cube solving is a competitive and insular one. This video, clearly made for the Rubix enthusiast, is a discussion of multislotting and some ways in which this technique can be used to break up bad pairs on the cube. It moves very, very fast, so newbies need not apply, but if you are serious about solving Rubix Cubes quickly, this video should help you achieve your goal.
This handy video for the DIY duct tape enthusiast teaches you how to make a fun, quick, easy flashlight holder out of that most versatile of materials: duct tape. The presenter in this video uses the flash new zebra-patterned duct tape, but you can use the more basic grey if you want to save money and go with a more restrained look.
This handy instructional video teaches the budding paper-design-enthusiast how to construct a three-dimensional paper word design. All you need is paper, an Exacto knife, a ruler, and a pen. Now you can make any word you've ever wanted to make stand up do it more quickly and easily than ever before. Ideal for teachers. Christmas lights optional.
In this video, learn how to make this extensive origami project designed by Anibal Voyer. To find the diagram, go here. In about a half hour, learn how to make a highly detailed winged horse sure to knock the socks off of any origami enthusiast!
Check out this instructional ocarina video that shows you how to make a carrot ocarina. This video is in Japanese with English subtitles. This video is great for Zelda enthusiasts and anyone who can appreciate the art of ocarina playing. Follow the simple instructions outlined in this ocarina tutorial and learn how to make a carrot ocarina that will impress your music friends!
Check out this instructional Japanese language video for a lesson in Japanese slang. Practice your lingo and impress native Japanese language speakers with your firm grasp of their vernacular. This video is great for language nerds and anime enthusiasts who are trying to improve their Japanese language skills.
Check out this instructional cinematography video to learn how to load 16mm film into the Arriflex SRII magazine. Professor Plow demonstrates the process of loading the Arri SR2 mag. To start loading the feed side, it needs to be done entirely in the changing bag, in a light tight environment. This cinematography tutorial video is ideal for serious film enthusiasts and professionals alike.
Watch this instructional voice video for dummies that breaks down the basics of throwing your voice. This humorous tutorial reveals the ancient secret techniques you will need to be able to throw your voice. Fool your friends into believing your hand can talk. This video is great for aspiring ventriloquists and puppet enthusiasts.
Watch this step by step costume making guide on how to make a Suzumiya Haruhi skirt for cosplaying. This tutorial is great for anime enthusiasts, designers, and do it yourself fashion aficionados. Learn the necessary steps of designing a Suzimiya Haruhi skirt for cosplaying.
Watch this instructional harmonica video to learn a quick tip on how to incorporate the same note (draw 2 and blow 3) into a jam or riff. This tutorial is great for beginners and harmonica enthusiasts.
Watch this instructional cello playing video to learn how to space your fingers evenly on the cello for the beginners. The second and third fingers tend to be too close together but the Spock sign usually ameliorates this. The tutorial also offers effective alternative solutions to help the finger spacing. This is a great video for beginning cello performers and enthusiasts.
In this instructional harmonica video, learn how to sharpen your harmonica draw scraper after you have been using it for a while. The very best stone you can use to sharpen the draw scraper is the hard Arkansas stone. Better tune your harmonica by sharpening your draw scraper. This video is great for harmonica performers and enthusiasts.
Watch this instructional harmonica video to help you familiarize yourself with how to tune a harmonica using the draw scraper. This video tutorial provides basics tips on how to get used to using a draw scraper. It is recommended that you find an old tarnished reed plate. Start by scraping on the reed plate to see the kind of mark you make. This video is great for harmonica performers and enthusiasts.
Check out this guitar playing tutorial video that explains how to play the song "Two Coins" by Dispatch on the acoustic guitar. This is a great instructional video for acoustic guitar playing enthusiasts. Practice your skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
Check out this guitar playing video tutorial that explains how to play the song "Crash" by Dave Matthews Band on the acoustic guitar.
This acoustic guitar video tutorial explains how to play the song "Grey Street" by Dave Matthews Band on the acoustic guitar. There are only two parts, so it's not too tough to figure out. This is a great instructional video for hardcore DMB fans and acoustic guitar enthusiasts. Practice your guitar skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
This acoustic guitar tutorial explains how to play the song "Say Goodbye" by Dave Matthews Band on the acoustic guitar. There are two ways to play it, the easy way and the way Dave plays the song. This is a great instructional video for hardcore DMB fans and acoustic guitar enthusiasts. Practice your guitar skills by learning each chord to the song with this step by step video.
This instructional photography video helps you to better understand how to take great photographs at night. Night photography is a tricky art that you can master with this video. This tutorial is great for photography enthusiasts looking to improve their skills.
This instructional photography video teaches the basics of the Nikon photo camera in this hands-on demonstration of Nikon's amateur-grade SB-600 speedlight. Watch this video and start taking more professional looking photos. This tutorial is great for photography enthusiasts.
This instructional photography video guides you in a step-by-step process with the most basic information on Nikon's flagship speedlight of the SB-800 photo camera. Watch this photography demonstration to better utilize your camera's settings and control your results. This video is great for photography enthusiasts.
Check out this ceramics video sequence to learn how to shape tall pottery using a potter's wheel. Follow these easy steps by Andy Ruble to create shapelier, taller pottery. This video is great for ceramics enthusiasts.
Fishing enthusiasts don't need to waste the skin on a prize catch. Eat the meat, but when cleaning the fish, cut the skin so that it stay in tact for mounting. The delightful English demonstrator walks through the steps of cleaning, prepping, and stuffing a mounted taxidermy fish. Watch this video taxidermy tutorial and learn how to prepare a fish (in this case a zander) for creating a taxidermy mount.
Are you a fly fishing enthusiast? Learn how to tie the "265 Nymph", a fly said to have fooled the catch of a lifetime in the form of a 26 1/2" Brown trout on the West Branch of the Delaware. Chosen as Trout Predator Online's fly of the month for March 2008.
Are you a fly fishing enthusiast? Check out this video and learn how to tie the WD40, Trout Predator Online's September Fly of the Month. Aaron Jasper goes through the process of tying this trout catching fly in this tutorial.
Lye can cause chemical burns and the fear of getting burned prevents arts enthusiasts from making homemade soap. Watch this video to learn how to safely make lye solution so you can go ahead and unleash the creative child in you.
A basic instruction for electronic enthusiasts. I use an RGB LED and a 510 ohm resistor as I may change from 6 to 9 volts later, but with my LEDs i could go as low as 330 ohms. I sacrifice some brightness for the sake of longer life. To choose your resistor, the value in ohms = voltage of your batteries or power supply / (as in divided by) the amperage that your LED needs to run.
The Woodworking Underground shows in this video tutorial a quick and inexpensive way to repair the slot in your Festool MFT (multi-function table) work table, from pro Joseph Fusco. This how-to video is a must watch for all furniture and woodwork enthusiasts.
