How To
How to Create a New Email Account from Start to Finish
Have you ever wondered how to create your own email account? Thousands of emails are sent every day, all around the world, and many services across the web aren't usable without an email address. Using this guide, you should be able to complete the simp...
How to Use a WIC Check
You're now on the WIC program and have received your first bundle of checks. This article will guide you through the different parts of the check and how to use one in a store. WIC (an abbreviation for Women, Infants, and Children) is a Federal assistanc...
How to Install Software in Red Hat Linux
If your Red Hat Linux PC doesn't include all the software you want, you can install additional software from the internet (whether you have broadband or dial-up) or removable media. This can be accomplished graphically or using the command line.
Are You Left- or Right-Handed? Try These Tests to Find Out!
Your dominant hand is the hand you use without even thinking. It’s the one you favor when writing, eating, and playing sports. But how do you truly know what your dominant hand is? Are you left-handed, right-handed, or ambidextrous? Try these easy tests b...
How to Help a Female Child Provide a Urine Sample
A urine sample is typically collected to see if someone has a urinary infection or kidney disease. Urinary tract and bladder infections are common in children,[1] X Research source so collecting their urine and looking for bacteria is import...
How to Do a Google Test for wikiHow
Google provides several sources of useful information for wikiHow editors and patrollers. Google search can be used to quickly and easily test suspect articles for copyright violations, and can also be used to determine whether the subject of a "Be Like"...
Create Your Own Message in a Bottle and Send It
Making a message in a bottle can be an entertaining craft and a fun experiment. People have been making and sending messages in bottles for thousands of years. In addition to the fun of making it, the idea of a person receiving your message in a different...
How to Cover the Smell of a Cigarette
Whether you promised someone you would quit smoking and haven’t been able to or you just don’t want to go into work smelling like smoke, sometimes you need to hide the smell of a cigarette. Luckily, there are a few tricks you can use to cover up the smell...
How to String a Recurve Bow
Stringing your bow is not difficult with the proper equipment. It still requires attention and caution, however, to avoid whacking yourself with a bow limb under stress. You can start shooting as soon as you've strung the bow, but tuning will help a great...
How to Put a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Report
You just discovered a charge on your card that you are certain you did not authorize. You may well be—or are about to be—the victim of fraud. If you suspect this is the case, you would be wise to place a fraud alert on your credit report. Placing a fraud...
How to Buy and Maintain a Shovel
The shovel is a very useful tool for soil preparation, planting, landscaping, and snow removal.
How to Protect Your Trademark
A trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, logo, graphic symbol, or other device that is used to identify the source of a product or service and which serves to distinguish it from competitors. Some famous trademarks include Honda (for cars), Doritos (for...
How to Inconspicuously Bathe a Cat Without Being Scratched
Bathing cats can be tricky, especially since most cats dislike getting wet. In many cases, however, cats require bathing to promote overall coat health and maintain cleanliness when living in our homes. It is advisable, when possible, to begin bathing c...
Are You Hungry? How to Tell if You Are & When You’re Not
Are you actually hungry, or is it something else you're feeling, like boredom? Sometimes, we eat because we’re upset, stressed, or anxious, not because our body actually needs food. It's not always easy to tell the difference between real and psychologica...
How to Underclock a PC
PCs are under-clocked for considerably longer hardware lifespan, reduced heat generation (and hence dissipation), reduced electrical power consumption, increased stability and reduced noise from mechanical cooling parts.
How to Not Get Nervous
We’ve all been nervous at some point—it’s a totally natural feeling that’s part of the human experience! However, if your nervousness causes you to freeze up before performing certain activities or just makes it really hard to go about your day, it’s some...