How To
How to Hold a Door Open with a Coin
Doors that shut on their own are designed that way for a reason. They can be built to prevent the spread of fire and smoke in a building and also keep the bugs and insects away from the cool refreshing air.[1] X Research source You may need...
How to Have Fun While Studying
If you find studying boring and difficult, why not make it fun? From making your environment more conducive to improving your concentration, there are various ways to make studying more than just a boring task.
What to Do If You Have the Flu: Recovery Tips & Tricks
The stomach flu, medically known as Gastroenteritis, can leave you sick for several days at a time. Although most often not fatal, recovery can be very difficult if the illness is not treated appropriately. If you want to recuperate and recover as soon as...
How to Create a Formula to Increase a Date by 1 Month
Microsoft Excel is a powerful program. If you are using it for a calendar or anything else where you might need to find the date exactly 1, 2, or 3 months after another date here is a formula you can use.
How to Get Over an Anime Addiction
Do you find yourself so addicted to anime that your entire life begins to revolve around it? You spend all your allowances on DVDs, manga, action figures, and conventions. You might even have started falling behind in your classes and abandoned your socia...
How to Teach a Child to Ride a Bike
Ah, the good ole days of riding around with your friends without a care in the world. Life was so much simpler! For many children, learning how to ride a bike is a sort of rite of passage that opens up a more independent world. You can help teach them so...
How to Come up from a Back Bend
The back bend is a beautiful move practiced by both yoga and gymnastic enthusiasts. Your arms and legs firmly hold you up as you push your spine upwards into an arch. Coming out of a back bend can be a bit challenging, especially if you are tired. It’s be...
How to Use a Tap
You can use a tap to cut threads in a hole drilled in metal, such as steel or aluminum, so you can screw in a bolt or screw. The process of tapping a hole is actually pretty simple and straightforward, but it’s important that you do it right so your threa...
How to Bend or "Curve" a Soccer Ball
Curving a ball takes a lot of practice to master. This article explains how to curve a soccer ball.
How to Avoid Being a Third Wheel
Sometimes when a good friend starts a relationship, it's hard to avoid feeling like a third wheel. You and your friend used to spend so much time together by yourselves, but now it's hard to see them without their significant other. There are several thin...
How to Avoid Scams on Craigslist
Craigslist is known worldwide for its classifieds for just about anything - from toys to furniture. With a few simple clicks and an email address, anyone can post wanted and 'for sale' items. However, everyone needs to be aware and distinguish valid and s...
How to Build an Adobe Wall
Adobe is an age-old building material that is easy to make and extremely durable. Adobe structures account for some of the oldest extant buildings on the planet. Adobe buildings also offer significant advantages in hot, dry climates; they remain cooler du...
How to Get out of a Cellular Service Contract
In today’s environment, a cellphone is as close to being a human appendage as something can get, without actually being attached to your body. And dissatisfaction—on one level or another—with cellphone plan carriers is pretty much a universal lament. Term...
How to Boost Your Car's Horsepower
Automakers are usually more eager to improve gas mileage and keep maintenance costs low than to maximize performance, but if you want to bring out your vehicle's inner hot rod, there are a few ways you can increase the horsepower, maximizing the performan...
How to Boost Your Car's Horsepower
Automakers are usually more eager to improve gas mileage and keep maintenance costs low than to maximize performance, but if you want to bring out your vehicle's inner hot rod, there are a few ways you can increase the horsepower, maximizing the performan...
How to Be an Anarchist
What does it mean to be an anarchist? In general, anarchists call for the abolition of the government and the dismantling of social hierarchies. Solidarity through a dream of unforced equality is the foundational principle of anarchism. Critics of anarchi...