How To
How to Plant, Grow, & Harvest Your Own Garlic at Home
Don’t you wish that you could have cloves of garlic at your fingertips whenever you needed it for a recipe? Even if you’re a total amateur at gardening, garlic is a really easy herb that you can easily start growing at home. Before you start planting any...
How to Learn the Basics of Super Smash Bros Melee
Are you getting your butt kicked in Super Smash Brothers Melee? Here are a couple of tips and strategies that you can undertake to help improve your gameplay.
How to Win Friends
The possible situations are endless: you've moved to a new town and forgotten how to get to know people; your long-term relationship has left your social network lacking; or maybe you merely lack social skills -- whatever it is, we all need friends. Makin...
How to Make Kettle Corn
Kettle corn is one of the most defining tastes and smells of a summer fair, but you can make a professional quality batch at home in less than 20 minutes. What's more, the recipe is easily adjusted, with lots of fun variations, so that you can mix up your...
How to Communicate With an Angry Person
We encounter many angry people in our daily lives. These are people who may not be able to control their feelings and reactions. Unfortunately, they take out their anger on other people. When someone gets angry, it can be difficult to keep his emotions in...
How to Improve Your Stride
Running speed comes from both the length and rate of your stride. If you want to increase your speed without injury, you will need to train your stride for optimal performance. To do so, you will need to prepare with some general exercises before you sta...
How to Put Griptape on a Skateboard
Griptape is the gritty layer that makes it easier for your shoes to grip a skateboard deck. You can take your board to a skate shop, or you can do the job yourself. Replacing grip tape adds safety and improves your skill, so heavy skaters should consider...
How to Format a Floppy Disk
Need to format that ancient floppy disk? Windows and Mac both have built in formatting tools, or you can use the Windows Command Prompt for even more control. Formatting your disk will erase everything on it, so ensure that you have any important informat...
How to Shot Put
Shot putting seems like a simple sport: you try to throw a weight further than your competitors. In fact, the unusually heavy ball (called a "shot") requires specific throwing techniques to avoid injury. The most successful athletes must use a great deal...
How to Care for an Orphan Calf
There are going to be times, no matter if you are raising beef or dairy cattle, that you will have an orphaned calf to raise and care for. You have to take up the duties as Mother Cow when the calf's biological mother refuses to have anything to do with t...
How to Handle and Control a Stallion
A stallion is an uncastrated male horse, and this magnificent creature can be unpredictable, hard to handle, uncooperative, and sometimes dangerous. Stallions are not uncontrollable, but you do need ample experience and confidence, along with the right eq...
How to Make a Homemade Hand Scrub
Whether it's due to cold, dry weather, frequent dishwashing, or other manual labor, it's very easy for your hands to be dry and rough. While moisturizing hand cream can help, it won't do much good if there's dead skin on the surface that won't allow it to...
Fun & Easy Ways to Celebrate Easter with Loved Ones
Easter is a religious holiday celebrated by Christians, but non-religious people often mark the day, too. Religiously, Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.[1] X Expert Source Zachary RaineyOrdained Minister Expert Interview. 1...
How to Set Planer Blades
Setting planer blades is a fiddly job, but if you take your time it is not all that hard to get it right. This way of setting the blades works with any size of planer. From huge machine shop surfaces to a small hand planer. Look at the two working surfac...
How to Make a Cat Bed from an Old Sweater
Does your kitty keep sleeping on your sweater? If so, why not turn that sweater into a new bed for her? If you don't want to cut and sew the sweater, you could always use an old one, or buy one from the thrift store instead. If you have a whole stash of s...
How to Open a Champagne Bottle with a Sword
Amaze everyone at your next social function by opening a bottle of champagne (or any sparkling wine) with a sword. This technique is also known as “sabering” or “sabrage.” Teaching yourself to "behead" a bottle of champagne isn't hard, but takes a little...