December 2009

How to Make Japanese Fried Dumplings (Yaki Gyoza aka “pot stickers”)

December 31, 2009

Yaki Gyoza is the Japanese version of a Chinese dumpling which is extremely popular in Japan and China, as well as other places besides Asia, especially the U.S. A gyoza usually consists of some type of ground meat (we’re working with pork today, which is the most popular Japanese meat for use in gyoza) and/or [...]

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How to Make Your Own Touchpad Out of a Cardboard Box and Webcam

December 31, 2009

Ok, this is just too cool. I’m not going to make this long because there’s not much I can add to this but I just thought I’d throw it out there real quick for my RSS readers if they haven’t seen it already. If you’ve got a spare webcam sitting around somewhere and 20 minutes [...]

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How to Make Soy Milk at Home

December 31, 2009

Soy milk is a combination of water, protein, and oil. It’s made by letting dry soybeans soak in water for a period of time and then grinding/blending them into a fine mixture. Soy milk actually contains roughly the same amount of protein as the milk from a cow does (about 3.5%). Additionally, you can coagulate [...]

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How to Make a Paper Ninja Star (throwing star) with 2 dollar bills

December 30, 2009

To do this all you’ll need is two dollar bills (I imagine most people would want to use $1 bills, but you could, technically, make a $200 paper throwing star if you were so inclined), a flat surface to fold on, this article, and 5 or 10 minutes you don’t have anything else better to [...]

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How to Make an Origami Lily in 5 Minutes (step-by-step instructions)

December 30, 2009

The lily is one of the easiest origami designs to do, it’s a simple flower and only requires a single piece of paper and lots of straight edge folding–you can do it on the first try if you’ll have the paper ready while you watch the video and just do each step as he does [...]

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How to Make a Lockpick Out of a Paper Clip

December 30, 2009

Making an improvised lockpick out of a paper clip is easy and can be done in about 5 minutes or so. It’s not going to open every lock out there, especially high security stuff like Medecos et al, but it will pop open most pin-tumbler locks if the person using it knows what they’re doing [...]

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How to Burn Xbox 360 Games for Free

December 30, 2009

Burning Xbox 360 games that you’ve downloaded (from torrent or wherever) using only free software is actually really easy. I’ve got a video I’m going to show you that will explain (while showing you) exactly what to do. All you need to do is go to your favorite torrent site (if you don’t already have [...]

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How to Cook Basmati Rice: Simple Instructions to Make Basmati Rice in 25 Minutes

December 29, 2009

Basmati rice is a type of long grain rice cultivated in India and Pakistan that’s renowned for its multi-faceted flavor and fragrance (its name actually means “the fragrant one” in Sanskrit). Basmati has longer grains than most other kinds of rice which results in it being much more free flowing instead of sticky. India and [...]

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How to Fart on Command – Takes just a minute to learn, very easy

December 29, 2009

What the fuck is wrong with you?! You read articles on the internet about how to make yourself fart? Seek professional help. Have you done that? Ok, good, now here’s what to do. There are two different methods for making yourself fart on command: you can swallow air with your mouth and wait the 3-4 [...]

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How to Grill Corn on the Cob (takes about 15 minutes)

December 28, 2009

Corn on the cob is a very easy vegetable to grill, you just need a grill, some aluminum foil, butter, salt, and pepper (or whatever other spices you want to use). Preheat your grill as shown below then put them in, takes about 15 minutes total (you do have to turn them once). Something you [...]

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