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How to Prevent Dust on a Glass Table
It doesn’t take long for a coat of dust to ruin the clarity and shine of a glass-top table. Fortunately, it takes even less time to safeguard your table and keep dust from becoming as much of a problem in the future. All you need is a selection of everyda...
3 Simple Ways to Search for Multiple Places in Google Maps
You can add locations to a route to see the directions between them, or you can create a customized map that has chosen locations pinned on it. This wikiHow article teaches you how to search for multiple destinations in Google Maps.
How to Wear a Lucky Charm Bracelet
Charm bracelets have been around since the Middle Ages. Usually made of a silver or gold chain, these bracelets and their charms may invite love, luck, and wealth into your life. If you’d like to wear a charm bracelet yourself, try adding charms that are...
How to Stretch Shoes Lengthwise
While there are many ways to make a too-tight pair of shoes better conform to your feet, increasing the amount of room you have from heel to toe is a little trickier. It may be doable, however, if you have a shoe stretcher or a hair dryer and a few minute...
How to Make Shrek Ears
Dressing up as Shrek, everyone’s favorite animated ogre, can be a fun costume idea. While you might be able to find Shrek-style clothes and paint your face green, you’d be missing one of the most important pieces of the costume—Shrek’s ears! Luckily, you...
How to Get Dust Off Vinyl
Vinyl records have a warm tonal quality when they’re played, and they’re durable enough to last you a long time. But whether they’re new or vintage, vinyl records can easily collect dust and need to be cleaned regularly. Luckily, getting dust off of vinyl...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Installing a Replacement Ribbon Cable
Ribbon cables, or multi-wire planar cables, are flat cables with multiple cords fixed together. They’re generally considered obsolete these days, but you may occasionally find them inside some TVs, laptops, gaming systems, and printers. Replacing a ribbon...
How to Use Bleach Without Ruining Clothes
Liquid chlorine bleach is great for removing stains, whitening your whites, and disinfecting colored clothing, but it can be a little daunting to use! It’s a strong chemical, so you have to be careful. If used improperly, bleach can stain or fade colored...
How to Wash a Neck Tattoo
The neck is a striking place for a beautiful piece of body art, but caring for a neck tattoo can be kind of frustrating. You naturally move your neck a lot during the day and shirts often rub against the base of your neck, which makes it easy for this ski...
How to Enjoy Learning Math
Pretty much everybody dislikes math class. Let's face it—the teacher goes on talking and all the students are finding ways to have more fun. Though sometimes math class can seem like something just to get out of, it's actually possible to enjoy math. Whet...
How to Identify an Alaskan Malamute from a Siberian Husky
Have you ever wondered if your sled dog is an Alaskan Malamute or a Siberian Husky? Yes, the two dogs do have a lot in common, such as their cold-climate living characteristics and low guard dog qualities. However, there are a lot of tell-tale differences...
How to Build an RC Track
Building a backyard RC track is a fun project when you’re tired of driving your RC car on the plain grass or around your neighborhood’s streets. Make sure you have a large, relatively flat and clear area that you can create your track on. Other than that,...
How to Heal Cracks in Your Tongue
Having cracks in your tongue is a sign of a condition known as fissured tongue. Though it’s usually harmless and benign, it can cause a burning sensation and could lead to a potential infection if food particles get lodged between the cracks. It can also...
How to Paint Chocolate
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, painting chocolate is a fun, creative way to express yourself in your dessert-making. This skill may seem daunting from a glance, but it’s easy to get the hang of with the proper tools and ingredients. Set asid...
How to Avoid Losing Your Voice
A hoarse, crackly voice is often referred to as laryngitis, which means your vocal cords are dry and inflamed. But you may also be on the brink of losing your voice if you have seasonal allergies, an upper respiratory infection, or if you’ve overused it r...
How to Charge a Kindle Paperwhite
This wikiHow will teach you how to charge a Kindle Paperwhite using your computer or a wall socket. The USB cable your Kindle Paperwhite came with can be used to charge it using either a computer or a wall socket, if you have the necessary plug.