Everyone thinks that hammering is something that anyone can do. But remember the first time you’ve tried and ended up with bent nails or damaged wood? Here are some tips on hammering and doing it safely.

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For those of you non-geeks, resistors are electronic components that resist (duh! :p) electronic current. I remember back in the days of shop class, we had a hard time learning what values of those color bands painted around the resistor mean. Here’s a pretty forward web application for electronics hobbyists – Resistor Color Bands. Does [...]

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Here’s another cool web application (you got to love Web 2.0) that lets you “sketch” things without having to be an artist. Last time, I featured this neat sketching web app – Ultimate Flash Face. Now here’s one with more humor in it – Digibody’s Caricature Maker. Caricature Maker lets you create caricatures from a [...]

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Hobby turned to a business? Why not. Hit to birds with one. Make money with something you love. And your wife can’t blame you for spending too much time and money on your hobby. So read on for some tips on turning your little hobby into your own business.

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So you’ve got the next big thing swirling around in your brain…or maybe you’ve even produced a prototype of some sort. Whatever stage you’re at, you have decided to apply for a patent. The question is how? Well, to be honest, it’s not that hard. The hard part actually comes in the writing of the [...]

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A while back, I featured ColorJack Sphere – a web tool for picking colors. IMHO, it’s one of the best tools out there especially for graphic artists and web designers as it has a lot of features and options to export schemes to swatches. For those not so well-versed in design, well here’s what I [...]

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NOTE: This is a tip for beginners Learning how to tune your guitar is one of the most basic things a budding guitarist must know. It’s quite easy to learn as long as you give proper focus in learning it. Besides, playing an out-of-tune guitar doesn’t help anyway.

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It’s great to have a personal library. And it’s even better if you can keep it for life. Something to pass on to your kids. I, myself read books that are from my dad’s collection. It’s amazing stumbling upon old books. I mean really old books. I remember we found a book published in the [...]

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Hey, Easter’s just upon us and it’s always been tradition for the bunnies and the eggs. And we all wonder why. Anyway, it’d really take a long hack at history and anthropology but the summary is that painted eggs hold a lot of symbolism that they have been around even before Easter and Christianity. It [...]

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If you’ve had paper stocked up in the attic or some old books in your home then you’d know what old and aged paper looks like. Brown, crisp and almost too fragile to flip. Now many hobbyists like to simulate that look by “aging” the paper. If you’re wondering how, it’s quite easy. There are [...]

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I always fancied those origami paper cranes. It’s now considered a symbol of peace. There’s even a history behind it called the Sadako Story. Anyway, here’s a video showing you how to make a paper crane.

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I always wondered how Michael Jackson did it. I was always amazed with that move. Not until I saw how it’s done. Here’s something I found raiding the Tube. A really simple guide on how to do the moonwalk:

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Here’s another site to pass the time. Just visit this site – Ultimate Flash Face. It’s a Flash-based face sketch site where you can just mix and match preset parts of faces (hair, head, brows, eyes, nose, lips, jaw, and facial hair). It allows you to tweak the scales for a custom fit. Voila, instant [...]

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Not all of us may be gifted with that artistic sense. Choosing colors is an art but at least for us art commoners, we can approach it as a science. Knowing what colors go well together goes a long way – choosing paint for your house, picking wallpaper and accents, even with designing your website. [...]

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This is amazing. It’s a speed painting feature using ketchup and French fries as medium. You might find it cool too.

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