How To
How to Clean the Inside of a Bottle
Bottles often come in cool shapes or colors. If you’d like to reuse them for other beverages, or for decoration, you’ll want to clean them out first. You can clean a bottle with a bottle brush and dish soap, use gravel or rice with dish soap, vinegar and...
How to Spend the Night at a Boy's House
Whether you’re staying over at a guy friend’s house alone or with a group, you’ll need to plan ahead. Sleeping over doesn't have to be a daunting experience. Pack your overnight bag and prepare to have a good time!
How to Operate a Roomba
Roomba vacuum cleaners are super convenient, since they can take care of cleaning your floors while you’re doing other things. Making sure the room you need vacuumed is ready for your Roomba by removing any clutter, and fully charging your Roomba will ens...
How to Look Like a Vampire Without Scaring People (for Girls)
Everyone has their own personal style. If you happen to like the look of a female vampire, this will help you achieve it - and not scare anyone in the process. You don't need to be pretty for this, but if you are, then it helps a lot through the process.
How to Draw a Cartoon Lion
Need to draw a lion for a school project, making a card for someone or simply bored and feel like drawing a lion? Follow this simple step-by-step how to for instructions on how to draw a cartoon lion.
How to Barspin
Whether you’re riding a bike or a scooter, the barspin is one of the first tricks you should learn. Although it’s only a little more complicated than a traditional bunny hop, it can add a lot of extra style to your regular tricks. By knowing the right han...
How to Teach Your Dog to Play Shy
Teaching your dog to play shy is easy. With a bit of prodding, your dog’s natural instinct to wipe its eyes or remove an irritating stimulus can be transformed into an adorable and unique trick. With a clicker, some dogs treats, and enthusiasm, your poo...
How to Form the Word "Blood" with Your Fingers
One of the America's most ubiquitous and notorious gang signs, writing "Blood" with your fingers has evolved past a purely gang-affiliated symbol into a bizarre past-time of sorts. Whatever your reasons, forming the word "Blood" with your fingers is not i...
How to Make a Long Island Iced Tea
Though “iced tea” might sound tame, the Long Island Iced Tea is known to have quite a kick since it combines 5 types of alcohol and half the amount of the mixers. The cocktail is also highly adaptable--you can scale down on the alcohol, try different vari...
A Beginner’s Guide to Card Counting
Counting cards is used in blackjack to give a player an edge over the casino. Contrary to popular belief, counting cards doesn't require any type of Rain Man-like savant qualities, nor is it illegal...it's just highly frowned upon. So if you start countin...
How to Develop an IRC Bot
If you've been on Internet Relay Chat (IRC), chances are you've encountered a bot at some point. Bots are independent programs or scripts that connect to a network in the same way that a human would. They can be programmed to respond to user commands or e...
Can You Cheat on a Scantron Test? 7 Cheating Myths Debunked
If you’ve got a multiple choice test coming up and you didn’t study quite as hard as you meant to, you might be tempted to cheat. While there are a lot of rumors about how you can cheat on a Scantron test, most of them aren’t true, and some can even get y...
How to Be Silly
If you are feeling stuck in a rut, you've got the blues, or life just needs a dash of hilarity, then there is nothing better than to be silly. When you’re a kid, it’s easy to do whatever you feel like without worrying what anyone else thinks. But being si...
How to Understand Hawaiian Pidgin
Pidgin or "creole" is an "official" language of Hawaii. While many residents use English or Hawaiian, many locals speak Pidgin. Hearing it in person for the first time may sound funny or strange. Here is an article of how to understand it.
How to Win at Beer Pong
Beer pong is a popular party game. It’s often played at college parties, but it can be played at any party among adults. The game involves throwing ping pong balls into the opposite team’s cups that are partially filled with beer. Remove a cup each time a...
How to Refinish Furniture
Refinishing furniture is a great way restore life to pieces that would otherwise be too worn out or old-fashioned for your home's décor. The same basic refinishing process is used to rescue a piece you picked up at a garage sale or to give a hand-me-down...