How to do stuff
How to Join Twitter [ad#top] Go to the Twitter home page and look for registration form to the right of the screen: Enter your name, email address and password. Click the yellow Sign Up button. The next screen looks like this: A few words about each section of the … [Read more...]
Online security is a concern for many users of the internet. Each day we receive phishing emails that try to extract our personal data by tricking us into clicking links and submitting sensitive information. They try to frighten us by saying somebody has hacked our bank account or our PayPal … [Read more...]
I would like to start this article by saying "everybody loves to receive flowers", but it isn't true. There are plenty of people who don't like flowers and who would certainly not like having them delivered to their door. If the person you would like to send flowers to is not of those people, … [Read more...]
If you're reading this article you probably already know how to boil an egg. It's almost as easy as boiling a kettle or making a baked potato. This is a neat little method for easily peeling the shell from a hard boiled egg, and it should work every time. 1) Boil the egg in the usual way and … [Read more...]
There is a lot more to making the perfect cup of coffee than sprinkling a few coffee granules into the bottom of a mug, pouring in some boiling water and a bit of milk. [ad#top] One of the best ways to make coffee is with a Chemex Coffeemaker (aka a pristine coffeemaker). Invented in 1941 by … [Read more...]
Yoda is one of Star Wars' most well-known Jedi Masters, he is renowned for his wisdom, mastery of the Force and his abilities in lightsaber combat. Origami is the name of the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding. Practitioners create fine works of art from one piece of square paper using … [Read more...]
Aside from pills, herbs, exercise and diets, many have tried other methods for body detoxification. These are massage and acupuncture. These have been popularized in the East as effective methods of a full body detoxification. Detoxification is the process of eliminating unwanted and harmful toxic … [Read more...]
Google operates an advertising program called AdWords. This program enables people who have a website or a product to sell to place adverts among the organic search results on the Google SERPS (search engine results pages). These adverts appear above and to the right of the organic listings. They … [Read more...]
Turning a hobby into a business is probably every entrepreneur's dream. If you are able to combine the pleasure you derive from your pastimes and the ability to make hard cash, then it's probably the dream job of everyone. Make money while having fun! With the Internet, it is even easier to … [Read more...]
Google Analytics is one of the most popular tools webmasters and bloggers can use for monitoring visitor statistics and tracking user behavior. It is a free to use program that is easily implemented on most websites - all you need to do is insert a short piece of JavaScript code into the HTML on … [Read more...]
[ad#top] Is your Apple iPhone 3G or 3Gs experiencing a noticeable drop in speed when it is loading text messages or when your are browsing the internet? The problems could be caused by applications, which you think have been shut down, still running in the background of your Apple iPhone. Tony … [Read more...]
Got a Vespa ET4 scooter that feels like it is missing something? Maybe that missing something is music on the move? This is a great Instructable on how to add an iPod speaker system to a Vespa ET4 scooter. It exploits the secret compartment behind the the two knee pads and removes the danger of … [Read more...]
If you are a consumer who uses printer ink, you are probably very unhappy about the cost of this very precious liquid, but what can you do to reduce your annual spend on printer ink? What steps can you take to save you money whilst still using your printer enough to satisfy your … [Read more...]
If you are using Twitter to promote your business it is important for you, or the people you report to, to know just how much the business is benefiting from all your Twitter activity. Looking at how many followers you have in total, or have gained in a set time period, is one way to track … [Read more...]
Unless you've been living in a cave you must surely have heard of Twitter? If not, let me tell you a bit about it. Twitter is a micro-blogging platform. As a user you send a kind of online text message that contains a maximum of 140 characters. The tweet then appears in the timeline of people who … [Read more...]
This is a great piece of kit for all budding artists of a certain age - an artists apron with an individual pocket for each crayon, made from a dollar store dishtowel. What you need to make it: One dishtowel and a box of crayons. Step by step instructions and pictures guide you through the … [Read more...]
Your computer is probably one of the best gadgets you have ever owned, but I bet it can also be the biggest pain in the butt too! There are times when your computer may just hang and stop functioning, often for no reason at all. When this happens the only way to get the computer to work again is to … [Read more...]
Blogger is one of the oldest blogging platforms around and is owned by Google. If you have a Google account (for Gmail, AdWords, AdSense etc) then you can sign in using the same details. If you do not have a Google account you would have to create one to use the Blogger service. To do this just … [Read more...]
How to make a backyard hideaway made from old windows! This is a great idea if you would like to create an extra room in your garden and have some old windows lying around or you can buy some from a reclamation yard. It is very simple to make and will cost less than a full timber building. I can … [Read more...]
