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How to Encourage a Friend
Whether your friend has recently broken up with their significant other, or they're deep in a depression, or they're trying to lose weight, you want to be there to support and encourage them! While you don't want to go overboard in your support showing th...
How to Not Waste Money
Wasting money is incredibly easy – unfortunately! Yet, with a little thought into your spending and saving practices, you can very easily curtail over-spending and start making your money go further rather than frittering it away. When you're in the frame...
Getting Phlegm out of Your Throat Without the Use of Medicine
Dealing with phlegm can be really annoying. Fortunately, there are lots of home remedies that are pretty effective! If you have phlegm in your throat, try home treatments like gargling with salt water or inhaling steam to break up the mucus. Additionally,...
How to Use Blender Physics
Blender is a free open-source 3d modeling and animation software which can be downloaded at http://www.blender.org. One of the great features it has that is unknown to some beginners is the physics engine. This how-to will guide you (using Blender 2.53) i...
Making a Robot Car: Chassis, Circuits, Programming, & More
Have you ever wanted to see your own robot car roving around? You can easily build your own robot car with a few electronics parts, an Arduino microcontroller, and copy-paste C programming. Even if you've never tried a DIY project like this before, take t...
How to Lance and Drain a Blister
Lancing and draining of blisters is somewhat controversial. Some medical providers believe that blisters provide an excellent natural protective barrier to an injured area, while others suggest that trapped fluid can breed bacteria. The procedure describe...
How to Attract Cardinals
Cardinals are a wonderful species to see in your yard, especially in the winter, when their bright red color contrasts so nicely with white snow. If you live in eastern North America, and you are not seeing enough cardinals in your yard, you can attract t...
How to Make Kefir
Kefir is a fermented beverage that can be made with cow or goat milk, water or coconut milk. Much like yogurt, it is rich in healthy yeast and bacteria, but kefir contains several major strains of friendly bacteria not commonly found in yogurt. Because th...
How to Play Rock Band Drums on Your PC
In this how-to, you'll learn how you can play a drumming game on your PC with your rock band drums. It is very fun as you can download from a very large variety of songs that are real songs not keyboard mimics like on consoles. Get started at step number...
How to Earn Swagbucks to Redeem More Prizes
SwagBucks is a useful site you can use to earn points by using their search engine , filling out surveys, etc. Doing everyday things such as simply searching on SwagBucks will help you to redeem prizes like gift cards and gaming consoles.
How to Clean a Betta Fish Tank
Bettas are extremely lovable and actually quite intelligent pets that are very easy to care for. However, they eat and excrete just like any living creature. That's why cleaning out their tank is very important. While a betta won't require walking or regu...
4 Ways to Block a Website in All Web Browsers
Do you not want your browser going to a site that might be malicious? The website cannot only have bad coding, but it can also negatively affect productivity, offer inappropriate content, or steal data. You'll definitely want to block anything like that f...
How to Buy on Craigslist
Have you considered Craigslist, a widely used classified-ad web page containing local postings for your individual area throughout the world? It is mostly first come first served with "cash in hand" and "as is, where is..."–like a clearance (like a garag...
How to Energize Yourself
Do you feel yourself running out of steam halfway through your day? Are you feeling too tired to work out, hang out with friends, or just to gather enough enthusiasm to go out at night? If so, then you need to work on energizing yourself a little more. Al...
How to Choose Ballet Attire for Beginners
Beginning a new sport like ballet is always an exciting endeavor. Like all sports, you will need to purchase the correct attire in order to perform correctly. For ballet, the basic components are a leotard, ballet slippers, tights, warmups, and hair acces...
How to Get Used to Wearing Contacts
When you're new to wearing contact lenses, all the routines for putting them on and off and keeping them clean may not seem worth the trouble. It can seem even worse if you have consistent eye discomfort when the contacts are in. However, if you have th...