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How to Clean a Bicycle Chain
The chain of your bicycle is the main component that transfers the energy of your pedaling to the wheels of your bike. A poorly maintained chain can hurt the efficiency of this energy transfer, making your bike ride less smooth and more strenuous! To ensu...
How to Make a Ninja Mask out of a T Shirt
Ninjas are smart, sneaky, and stealthy; who wouldn’t want to be one? Making a ninja mask can seem like a tough ordeal, especially since the classic masks cover your entire face except for your eyes. However, with a few knots and folds you can make a ninja...
How to Be an Open Person
Being an "open person" can mean many different things, all of them positive. It's a term with no set definition, but it generally includes some combination of friendliness, approachability, honesty, open-mindedness, tolerance, and personal authenticity. O...
How to Write an Effective Statement of Purpose
If you've decided to apply for graduate studies, almost all universities will require you to write a Statement of Purpose.[1] X Research source This letter, usually 2-3 pages in length, can make or break your application. Regardless of your...
How to Purchase and Wear a Bathrobe
There's nothing like a warm, soft bathrobe to take the chill out of cold mornings or evenings. Your bathrobe should be personal and suited to you. Finding, and then wearing, the perfect bathrobe, can be difficult, but with this guidance and advice, it won...
How to Use Document Templates in Microsoft Word
This wikiHow teaches you how to select or create a template in Microsoft Word for Windows and Mac. Templates are pre-formatted documents designed for specific purposes, such as invoices, calendars, or résumés.
How to Remove Super Glue from Your Skin (Petroleum Jelly Method)
If you're doing any type of project around your house or even someplace else, you may use super glue as an adhesive because of it's superior sticking capabilities. These projects, however, can come with the risk of getting super glue on your skin. Althoug...
How to Build Self Worth
Babies are born knowing their self-worth; as life moves on, the comments, expectations, and attitudes of other people can change this natural sense of self-worth. Self-worth is what enables us to believe that we are capable of doing our best with our tale...
How to Tell if Your Computer Is Infected by a Trojan Horse
A trojan horse is a type of malware that can infect any computer. Trojans find their way onto computers by hiding in software downloads, making them easy to (unintentionally) install. You can also get a trojan horse by visiting an insecure or malicious we...
How to Make a Frog Home in a Garden
Creating a frog home in your garden can add a decorative element to it or help you to create a pleasant environment thanks to the sounds of frogs croaking in the summertime. Frogs are fairly hardy animals, but they do require somewhat specific elements t...
How to Calculate Unknown Resistance Using Meter Bridge
A meter bridge is an apparatus used to find the resistance of a coil; you will find it as part of the tools of a physics lab.
How to Do a Two Person Arm Carry
There are several versions of the two-person arm carry, a technique that can be used to transport an injured person to safety in the event of an emergency. You can do a simple crutch carry, carry someone from the side, or make a seat with your arms to car...
How to Fold and Store Jeans
Denim is a pretty bulky fabric, which makes folding and storing jeans a bit different than folding and storing other kinds of pants. But with a little care and practice, even the stiffest of jeans tucks away neatly in any drawer or closet. We chatted with...
How to Run Electrical Wires through Finished Walls
If you’re extending a circuit to add a new outlet or switch, fishing wires through your walls will help keep them out of sight and up to code. While running wires behind a finished wall might seem tricky, it's actually pretty simple with the right tools....
How to Disable Delete Browser History in Internet Explorer
If you're setting up a Windows PC for your home or small business, you may want to keep tabs on which websites your employees or kids visit. However, when you're using Microsoft Edge, it's possible for any user to delete their browsing history to cover th...
How to Bring Bella Goth Back on the Sims 2
Bella Goth was one of the pre-made Sims shipped with the original The Sims game, in which she lived with her husband Mortimer and her daughter Cassandra. In The Sims 2, Bella no longer actually exists (as in, the Bella married to Mortimer doesn't technica...