Body Mass Index (BMI) is basically an index of weight-for-height. It’s used to determine if an adult person is underweight, normal, overweight and obese. Knowing whether you fall under any of these classifications would help open your eyes on the the possible health risks you are facing. The formula for BMI is as follows: So [...]

How to Make Homemade Chili

Movie/game nights with friends always means chips, dips, and beer with a few of your best buddies. And there’s no other dip for the gang other than chili. Hey, let’s face it. It’s so yummy, even Texas made it their official dish. Here’s an rather easy way to make chili con carne at home.

Here’s a great ebook explaining how to get that girl you’ve always wanted If you’re a guy, it’s pretty normal to be shaken up when planning to ask a girl you like out for a date. Unless you’re too much of a cock, it’s pretty understandable that you feel this way. Thoughts race through your [...]

If you’re a mouser then you might have explored much of the right-click menu to know that there’s a ‘Send To’ menu. It’s basically a sub-option that lets you “send” a file to a preset destination (to My Documents, covert it to ZIP, a removable drive…). Now if you happen to have some favorite destination, [...]

Ever had a problem with forums, boards, and even blog entry interfaces that have too small a text input area to type on? I have a habit of posting long-ish comments, so to me, it does. How about another add-on that lets you do just that. Here you go – Resizable Textarea. Yet another simple [...]

A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on How to Apply for a Job. I placed the resume as one of the important things one should prepare for. Your resume increases your chances of landing an assessment or interview – a step in landing your dream job. Personally, I’m more keen on making [...]

When you’re been working in the kitchen and dealing with food items that tend to smell (i.e. seafood, garlic and onions), the odors tend to stick to your hands. Plain soap and water would seldom do the trick. And just going about your daily business with some strong odors lingering in your hands may be [...]

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How to Deal with Bickering Siblings

What others say is the real test for parents is to handle more than one child. For those of us who grew up with siblings, we all know the ruckus that siblings can create. Whether it’s about cootie problems or jealousy over who got which during Christmas, there’s bound to be some friction between them. [...]

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Blog Flux (your one-stop site for all your blogging needs :p) has recently added forums to its range of services. This is from David over at Blogging Pro: With the Blog Flux forum, you can get help with WordPress, support for the many themes we hope to release, as well as conversations about advertising, and [...]

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One of the more horrid things that can get stuck to your clothes (aside from coffee, paint and grease…) is gum. It’s sticks and stays there. Unless you do something real quick about it. Gum removal is quite easy. And the secret lies inside your refrigerator. So here’s what to do when you’ve been unfortunate [...]

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I’ve been trying to hack away at those few pounds I’ve gained from my very sedentary office life for the past months now. I haven’t really enrolled into a gym program but am doing all the workout all by myself. Until I realized, I’m lacking one of the elements that a gym program would have [...]

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I’ve had my fair share of coding web pages from CSS to the xHTML. It’s tough, especially when you’re a hardcore nut who refuses to use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors like Dreamweaver. Just a text editor and Firefox, baby! While, being that old school has its satisfactions, it does also [...]

If you’re into gymnastics or breakdancing or just plain bored, you might want to learn doing a backflip. Just for the heck of it. Besides, it looks cool. Hehe. Experts say that the most difficult thing about the backflip is overcoming the fear of doing it. If you’re hesitant to do it. Try getting a [...]

How to Meditate

Meditation may sound like it came from a Kung Fu movie or maybe it would come off as too monastic for you. However, meditation is a great relaxation technique that would help you unwind and drive stress out of your mind. You don’t also have to do yoga contortions to simply meditate. You can even [...]

Many would claim that cast iron cookware is the best kind of cookware you’ll ever own. Many of the cast iron cookware in our homes are actually hand-me-downs from generations and generations of loving moms. Yep, they sure last long, with the proper care that is. Cast iron is non-toxic and has great heat retention [...]