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HOW TO GUIDE: 60+ Great How To Sites and Resources. Ever had one of those moments when you really wished you knew how to do something specific? If only there were someone you could ask... Thanks to the social web, particularly niche blogs and expert-driven communities, it's easy to find knowledge, insights and guidance direct from the pros, no matter what the topic area. In fact, online tutorials and how-to sites have been around almost as long as the web itself. Here's a run-down of more than 60 great how-to sites and guides covering everything from building a mashup to being more productive, creating a website and more. Have a great how-to site that will teach us something new?

Add it to the comments and tell us more about it! General How-to wikiHow - A huge collection of how-to guides edited by the community. eHow - One of the largest collections of tutorials on the web. eHow is a 2008 Open Web Awards Blogger's Choice winner. How To Do Things.com - Find articles from experienced contributors on how to do just about anything. Inc. Ian's Shoelace Site - "Ian Knot" = Ian's Fast Shoelace Knot. I tie my shoelaces with my own "Ian Knot", the World's Fastest Shoelace Knot: Make a loop with both ends and simultaneously pull them through each other to form an almost instant knot. Don't confuse this with the very similar looking Two Loop Shoelace Knot - the technique is quite different and much faster.

It's a truly revolutionary way to tie your shoelaces! Please don't be put off by these detailed instructions - even the Standard Shoelace Knot looks tricky when illustrated! Give it a try; you'll find it's easier than it looks. Step 1: Tie a Left-over-Right Starting Knot as shown, then hold the laces as pictured. Step 2: This move creates two loops, one with the loose end behind, the other with the loose end in front. Step 3: This next move crosses the two loops over each other. Note that the diagram at left shows somewhat exaggerated crossed loops. Step 4: This tricky move requires each hand to use the two fingers inside its own loop to grab the loose end of the other hand's loop.

The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit. Turn Google into Napster 2000. Post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Okay peeps, I’m sure most of you know how to use Limewire and Bittorrent these days. But, I’ll bet you haven’t used Google to perform a quick Mp3 search for the nagging song that’s been stuck in your head all day. The truth is that Google can be used to conduct a search for almost any file type, including Mp3s, PDFs, and videos. This functionality has been available for a long time, but most users haven’t caught on to it. So here’s a quick example of how to use Google to search for Mp3s. The following is a Google search string for searching open web directories containing downloadable Nirvana music files. -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana” With some very slight modifications the same search string can easily be used to search for ebooks in DOC and PDF format: Or perhaps your looking for some specific video file: For more awesome Google hacks and tricks, check out:

How to Dispose of CFLs (Without Dumping Mercury Everywhere) Create Family Tree Charts inside Microsoft Office » Digital Inspiration. Couch mode print story A family tree diagram (aka pedigree charts) depicting the ancestors and descendants of your family with their pictures, birthdays, and other interesting stories can serve a wondeful personalized gift for your grandparent's upcoming wedding anniversary. Or can you can hang them as a painting on the wall of your living room.

Or just post it on your blog website so that the whole world knows about the various generations of your great family and the intresting events in their lives [like how did your great-grandpa first met your great-grandma] Creating a family tree or even a family history book from scratch is really very simple - all you need is the names, photographs of your family members, some important dates and those special stories[probably your grandma can be a big help here].

Once this basic databases on paper is ready, download any of the following Microsoft Office templates depending on what kind of chart you want to create. Chess Corner - Chess Tutorial. Chess Corner Home Learn Play Games Fun World Champions Ecards Book Store Links Learn to Play Chess Want to play chess? Don't know how? Don't worry. Once you know the fundementals, you will need to practise your skills. Why Chess? Elementary Intermediate Copyright © 1997 - 2017 Chess Corner. Excel Tutorial. Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries. The Complete Guide to Capturing Woot! Off Loot - woot off - Lifehacker. U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76 - EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE (tm) About Web Search - Learn How To Search The Web. The Complete Guide to Capturing Woot! Off Loot - woot off - Lifehacker. Im Cooked. How To Get Rid Of Stuff.com. Tipstrs -- Tips, tricks, advice, and hints on categorized subjects.

Anarchist Cookbook. Wired 14.08: Enter the New Age of DIY. Page 1 of 1 PCs and PlayStations, Photoshop and Wi-Fi: We can't live without these tech tools - and the better we know how to use them, the better we'll live. A tweak here and a mod there - now that's what we call DIY. So here's your instruction manual, your go-to How To guide for making the most of your digital life. Have a hunch your digicam is good for more than mere snapshots? Follow our rule of thirds (and a few other hints) and you'll be a Flickr superstar. Wanna break up with your cell phone carrier? With our surefire tactics, they'll beg you to leave.

But think beyond software and gadgets. Kiss Default mode good-bye - and step up to the tweaked-out, souped-up, overclocked life you crave. Podcasts: Solve Sudoku Stay Awake in Dull Meetings Speed up a Customer Service Call Watch YouTube on your iPod Read eBooks on your iPod. Expert Village. eG Forums -> The eGullet Culinary Institute (eGCI) Basic Cooking Lessons - Lessons on How to Cook Bake Clean Plan Parties Read Recipes - Cooking Lessons - Baking Lessons - How to Cook - How to Bake. Instructables: step-by-step collaboration. One-Pot Cooking. SoYouWanna.com.

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