"How to" 25th March 2008

Randy Pausch: The dying man who taught America how to live
Independent - London,England,UK
"I don't know how to not have fun," Pausch tells his audience. "I'm dying and I'm having fun, and I'm going to keep having fun every day I've got left. ...

Nick Moore knows how to make an impact
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Marcus Armytage Newmarket's newest trainer is Nick Moore, who has taken out a dual-purpose licence and is likely to have his first runner in the next 10 ...

How To ... Get fit for golf season
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Before you hit the greens, get your golf swing ready. Stretches and strengthening exercises will help improve your rotation for a more powerful drive. ...

How To: Bullet- and Bomb-Proof Your Car
Wired News - USA
The US death toll in Iraq hit 4000 yesterday. While family and friends resort to pooling together resources to buy protective equipment for their loved ones ...

Barnes & Noble Taps How-to Market
Red Herring - CA,USA
But for those who choose to supplement data generated by experts with consumer-generated information, Quamut has a wiki sister site that features how-to ...

How To: Do Bar Tricks, Build a Gaming PC, Avoid Paying Late Fees
Wired News - USA
You've been buying your own booze at the local bar like a sucker ever since you turned 21. But with a stiff shot of science, you can hustle the tipsy into ...

FAQ: How to dump Vista SP1
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer March 24, 2008 (Computerworld) Last week, Microsoft rolled out Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows Update, giving the majority of users ...

Kenya: How to Apply for Safaricom IPO
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
THE mere announcement of Safaricom's Initial Public Offer (IPO) dates has set the whole of East Africa's equity investors on fire. ...

Knowing how to know
Guardian - UK
The philospher AC Grayling with his Thought for the Pod from this week's Science Weekly podcast. Education should, in my view, be lifelong, ...

Engineer who knows how to accept challenge
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
By Grant Bradley Patrick Strange has a couple of the key credentials to fill one of the top jobs in the power sector. He knows a fair bit about farming and ...

Take Back Your Inbox: How To Better Manage Your Inbox
By mark
Inbox: A temporary place for your emails to arrive and sit until you to determine how to deal with each one. Deadlines: Create a separate folder for each deadline (ie: by day, week, project, etc.) The folder will dictate when you answer ...
Get The Nut - http://getthenut.com/

The Secret Pulse of Time
Image: Dali's Persistence of Memory Stefan Klein's book The Secret Pulse of Time is a fascinating, scientific explanation of how we 'make sense' of life's scarcest commodity. Alas, while it is long on exposition, it is short on ...
How to Save the World - http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/

How to Lose Less on Your Vegas Vacation
By Jay White(Jay White)
So, to break this spell, I am coaching her on the games to stay away from, the games to increase the bets on, how to manage her money, etc. Trust me, she is never going to do all of these, but creating this list became fun so if she ...
Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life - http://www.dumblittleman.com/

How to increase e-mail delivery rates, part 2: Getting people to ...
By David
Once you’ve got everything proofread and okayed by multiple readers, you can start thinking about how to maximize the effectiveness of what you’re sending. A/B Split testing your e-mails is an excellent way to do this. ...
ActiveCampaign, Inc. - http://www.activecampaign.com/blog

Community Forums on How to Mobilize SL Residents this Wednesday at ...
By Rik
This are just our initial ideas for how to use the Center. We would love to discuss with you your own thoughts and suggestions for how we might use the IJC to promote global justice and human rights, taking into account both the ...
Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative - http://www.holymeatballs.org/

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"How to" 24th March 2008

How to stem the baht's relentless climb?
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The sharp appreciation of the baht in recent years has put Thai policy-makers in a bind. Notwithstanding several measures put in place by the authorities ...

Dyson's advice on how to clean up
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Tim Walker After a week that has demonstrated all too clearly that "greed is good" is still the creed of a great many denizens of the Square Mile, ...

How To Buy Happiness
Forbes - NY,USA
Bad news for the luxury goods market: Spending money on tchochkes doesn't make you happier, but giving money away just might. That conclusion, in a study ...

Thousands of children starting at school need lessons in how to talk
Times Online - UK
Toddlers need lessons in speaking, listening and the art of conversation in order to reduce the worrying number of young people who are unable to string a ...
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Brunnera: How to grow
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
As with people, the plain Janes of the plant world often bring more to the party than their sparkling cousins. Showy plants are all very well, ...

How To ... Make dessert the centerpiece
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The prettiest and most festive part of a celebration is usually the dessert. By presenting it on beautifully decorated, stacked dessert plates, ...

How To Use a Terabyte of RAM
Slashdot - USA
As to the problem of how to use 1 TB of RAM, spending any time at all thinking of this is foolish and wasteful. Of course, I remember the days when we rated ...

FAQ: How to get Vista SP1
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer March 20, 2008 (Computerworld) After refusing to let most users have Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for weeks, Microsoft on Tuesday ...

How to Accumulate Thousands, Effortlessly
Motley Fool - USA
As your money accumulates, learn how to maximize it over the short term in our Savings Center. For more on how to help your money grow on its own, ...

How To Ignite, Retain Female Interest In The Study Of Science
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2008) — It might be surprising that 40275 grams of slime, 4030 ink dots, 3876 M&Ms, 977 baby diapers, 489 cups of milk and a few ...

How to take 3D photos
By Neil Creek
Now that you know how to take and process 3D photos, and you’ve started sending them to friends and posting to Flickr, you should be ready for something I’ve got planned for you for next month. ;) Make sure you practice lots, ...
Neil Creek - Photographer - http://neil.creek.name/blog

Cartooning: How To Draw Funny Pictures
By Stephen Worth(Stephen Worth)
To give you another good reason to donate to get a copy of this great book, here are some more examples of the genius of Zim from another vintage "how to" book... How To Draw Funny Pictures by EC Matthews. This chapter deals with a ...
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive - http://www.animationarchive.org/

How to integrate Google Analytics into your newsletters
By Nelly Yusupova
No matter what email marketing company you use to send out your email newsletters, you have the ability to view the reports. Some are better than others, but the basic reporting statistics tell you how many users opened your newsletter, ...
Webgrrls Wisdom - http://www.webgrrls.com/blog

How to Create a Blog Design from Scratch?
By Vinh Le
In this series, I will focus on how I would learn how to create a blog design if I were to start all over again from the beginning without any knowledge in the area of blog designs, web design, or graphic design. ...
blog design. - http://www.blogdesignblog.com

Critics in and out, and how to keep them
By ykblinusquerida
Henry Fogel, president and CEO of the American Symphony Orchestra League, is reporting that the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, which had previously decided to dispense with the services of its fin. Henry Fogel, president and CEO of the ...
Ykblinusquerida's Weblog - http://ykblinusquerida.wordpress.com

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"How to" 23rd March 2008

How to stem the baht's relentless climb?
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The sharp appreciation of the baht in recent years has put Thai policy-makers in a bind. Notwithstanding several measures put in place by the authorities ...

Dyson's advice on how to clean up
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Tim Walker After a week that has demonstrated all too clearly that "greed is good" is still the creed of a great many denizens of the Square Mile, ...

How To Buy Happiness
Forbes - NY,USA
Bad news for the luxury goods market: Spending money on tchochkes doesn't make you happier, but giving money away just might. That conclusion, in a study ...

Thousands of children starting at school need lessons in how to talk
Times Online - UK
Toddlers need lessons in speaking, listening and the art of conversation in order to reduce the worrying number of young people who are unable to string a ...

Brunnera: How to grow
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
As with people, the plain Janes of the plant world often bring more to the party than their sparkling cousins. Showy plants are all very well, ...

How To ... Make dessert the centerpiece
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The prettiest and most festive part of a celebration is usually the dessert. By presenting it on beautifully decorated, stacked dessert plates, ...

How To Use a Terabyte of RAM
Slashdot - USA
As to the problem of how to use 1 TB of RAM, spending any time at all thinking of this is foolish and wasteful. Of course, I remember the days when we rated ...

FAQ: How to get Vista SP1
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer March 20, 2008 (Computerworld) After refusing to let most users have Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for weeks, Microsoft on Tuesday ...

How to Accumulate Thousands, Effortlessly
Motley Fool - USA
As your money accumulates, learn how to maximize it over the short term in our Savings Center. For more on how to help your money grow on its own, ...

How To Ignite, Retain Female Interest In The Study Of Science
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2008) — It might be surprising that 40275 grams of slime, 4030 ink dots, 3876 M&Ms, 977 baby diapers, 489 cups of milk and a few ...

How to take 3D photos
By Neil Creek
Now that you know how to take and process 3D photos, and you’ve started sending them to friends and posting to Flickr, you should be ready for something I’ve got planned for you for next month. ;) Make sure you practice lots, ...
Neil Creek - Photographer - http://neil.creek.name/blog

Cartooning: How To Draw Funny Pictures
By Stephen Worth(Stephen Worth)
To give you another good reason to donate to get a copy of this great book, here are some more examples of the genius of Zim from another vintage "how to" book... How To Draw Funny Pictures by EC Matthews. This chapter deals with a ...
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive - http://www.animationarchive.org/

How to integrate Google Analytics into your newsletters
By Nelly Yusupova
No matter what email marketing company you use to send out your email newsletters, you have the ability to view the reports. Some are better than others, but the basic reporting statistics tell you how many users opened your newsletter, ...
Webgrrls Wisdom - http://www.webgrrls.com/blog

How to Create a Blog Design from Scratch?
By Vinh Le
In this series, I will focus on how I would learn how to create a blog design if I were to start all over again from the beginning without any knowledge in the area of blog designs, web design, or graphic design. ...
blog design. - http://www.blogdesignblog.com

Critics in and out, and how to keep them
By ykblinusquerida
Henry Fogel, president and CEO of the American Symphony Orchestra League, is reporting that the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, which had previously decided to dispense with the services of its fin. Henry Fogel, president and CEO of the ...
Ykblinusquerida's Weblog - http://ykblinusquerida.wordpress.com

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"How to" 22nd March 2008

How to choose a sandwich
Guardian - UK
by Robert H Frank by Tim Harford by Stephen A Marglin Popular economics hit the bestseller list in 2005 with Steven D Levitt's Freakonomics, which sold by ...

How to find medical cover that won't give you a heart attack
Independent - London,England,UK
As the National Health Service celebrates its 60th anniversary this summer, it has much to be proud of. Having cared for and cured millions of patients ...

Here's how to get the most out of your digital camera
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
So it's important to learn how to fix photo flaws, and we'll deal with that next. Advantage: In the days of film photography, most amateurs relied on the ...

Overseas property: How to find a hotspot
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Until about 18 months ago, you would be hard-pressed to fail to make money from investing in overseas property. Everywhere was emerging and on the up.

How to Get Your Stimulus Rebate
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
By Leonard Wiener For most people it's a no-brainer, but people who do not normally file a tax return because they primarily receive untaxed Social Security ...

Martin Schlaff’s €200m payout shows the wealthy how to end a marriage
Times Online - UK
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills may have fought a bitter battle over their £24 million divorce award, but a reclusive Austrian businessman has proved ...

How to increase breast size without surgery
Times Online - UK
We should all raise a glass - or maybe a cup - in farewell salute to the “comedy” breast. Pneumatic, silicone-packed Barbie breasts may finally be on the ...

How to ... tip for wine at dinner
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
What is the proper etiquette when it comes to tipping for the bottle of wine you bought at the restaurant? Do you tip based on the whole ticket price or on ...

Seeing is deceiving: how Alison Jackson learnt to fake it big
Times Online - UK
I learnt how to create narratives in 30 seconds.” She stayed in the job for eight years, earning “good money”, before leaving to do a BA in sculpture at ...

How to get a bittern into bed
Times Online - UK
A reed bed, obviously. It's sex that causes these secretive birds to fly about wildly I was talking to my literary agent at the time, but I hung up on her. ...

How to Creat and Write Compelling and Engaging Content
By Earl
How to Rock Your Readers Like a Hurricane. What does powerful, engaging content have in common with the brutal intensity of a hurricane? Quite simply, they are both unstoppable, irresistible forces. Powerful content must resonate so ...
Business Strategies - http://businessstrategies.wordpress.com

Want more lenses for your K20D? Here’s how to get them...maybe.
By Editor: Yvon Bourque(Editor: Yvon Bourque)
Hi Pentaxians and friends, Pentax has moved closer to the Professional caliber DSLR cameras with the K20D, although I see no reason it is not in the Professional class to begin with. It is a better camera than that 8 mp expensive ...
Pentax DSLRs - http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/

How to Know if Your Spouse is Having an Affair
By Cindy Wright
We pray they will help you to discover what you need to know, one way or the other. Please click onto the web site links below to read:. Infidelity’s Warning Signs. Top 10 Signs of Infidelity. How to Know if Your Spouse is Cheating on ...
Marriage Missions International - http://www.marriagemissions.com

Content-Type negotiation and REST (and how WCF fits in)
By DotNetInterop
Kyle Beyer asked how to make WCF honor a content-type header (Accept header) in the request, and then modify the result of the REST request based on that header. At least that's what I think he's asking for. ...
All About Interop - http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/default.aspx

How to contribute to JRuby effectively
By Vladimir Sizikov
So I thought that I might just post this entry and describe how to contribute to JRuby effectively and comfortably, based on experience and what worked for me. First major rule: Don’t be shy and submit the bug reports. ...
The Empty Way - http://blog.emptyway.com

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How To Establish Good Credit While In College

It can be difficult to obtain a loan or credit card if you haven’t established credit yet. It can be a frustrating catch-22. If you don’t have credit, you can’t get credit, yet how can you ever establish credit if nobody is willing to give you any? Lenders don’t have the normal things to look at, like your payment history or FICO score, when deciding whether or not to give you credit. In these situations they have to look at other factors to decide if you are a credit risk or not.

There are a few things you can do that may help you establish credit. The first thing you should do is open and maintain a checking and savings account at a local bank. Unfortunately your checking and savings accounts don’t get reported to the credit bureaus. If you already do business with a bank and have active accounts in good standing, they should be the first place you go to look for a credit card or loan. They know you and they value your business. This existing relationship may carry some weight. A few other things will keep you in good standing with your bank:

* Don’t overdraw your bank account. You will be charged fees, and you may damage your credit record.

* Don’t let other people use your checking or savings account, debit card, or ATM card. You are responsible for what they do with it.

* Consider adding overdraft protection to your checking account. Overdraft protection is a form of credit. If you go over the balance in your checking account, funds are charged against your overdraft to pay the check. You would then pay back your overdraft.

If your living situation warrants, set up utilities in your name. Your payment habits are part of your credit history. Paying promptly and fully reflects well on your credit history. It may also save you from having to have a deposit down the road. Be careful with roommates – if the utility is in your name, you are still ultimately responsible for the entire bill. Credit reporting bureaus keep track of payments that are 30, 60, 90, and 120 days late.

Generally, gasoline or department store credit is a bad idea because of the higher interest rate cardholders seem to pay. If you are having trouble establishing credit, they may be a good thing. These types of credit cards are usually easier to get and offer lower credit limits. If you are approved for a card, you need to practice self-discipline and use it properly. This is not free money. Use it only as a means to establish good credit. Make an initial purchase and pay it off in full. Maintain a good payment history while your activity is reported to the credit bureaus.

If you are still having a difficult time establishing credit, you may want to try secured credit. When a credit card or loan is secured, it means there is an asset linked to the account. The lender can confiscate this asset if you fail to make payments. For example, if you don’t make your car payments, they can take your car to satisfy your debt. You can also establish a secured credit card. You deposit money in an account to secure the card. For example, if your credit card has a $500 limit, this means you made a $500 deposit linked to the card. If you don’t make your credit card payments, the bank takes your deposit. After you maintain the account in good standing for a while, you may be able to obtain a regular credit card or loan.

Establishing credit while you are still in college is a good idea. A good credit rating can make it easier to get an apartment, a car, even a job. You should check out your credit rating before graduating. A fairly new credit law says that everyone is entitled to one free copy of his or her credit report each year. If you have been denied credit, you also have the right to a free report.

By Gayla Martindale

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Very helpful sites that teach you how to do things

There are a large number of very helpful sites that teach you how to do things. These are do-it-yourself sites, but we're not talking about building a deck or baking a cake -- the web is full of more general interest sites that give quality instruction on all sorts of fun and useful projects. Including, sometimes, how to build a deck or bake a cake.

In this horribly-titled, but hopefully useful round-up we will specifically focus on such general purpose sites that include some sort of rich media instruction (generally video). We also might throw in a tech-focused site or two, since this is after all, a tech-focused blog.

If you know of any instructional sites that are missing from this list, please mention them in the comments below.

• Instructables - "The World's Largest Show and Tell," as the site calls itself, is a community where people can create and share guides that cover a variety of topics from art and crafts to food, technology, and the home. The multi-page guides are well illustrated and users can rate and discuss them.
• SuTree - The recently redesigned SuTree aggregates video tutorials from over 250 sources. Their library includes over 11,000 videos covering just about every topic you can imagine. They republish videos from a bunch of other sites on this list.
• TrickLife - A user generated video tutorial site covering a large number of topics. Their "Computing" section is one of the most active and features a number of great tutorials about how to use various computer programs.
• VideoJug - VideoJug is one of the largest general purpose professionally produced video tutorial sites. They host over 15,000 video tutorials in just about every subject under the sun, including some tongue-in-cheek tutorials like this one: How To Use CSI Techniques To Find Out Who Used Your Coffee Mug. The videos include text as well to make them easier to follow.
• Expert Village - Expert Village calls itself the world's largest video tutorial site, and with nearly 49,000 videos, they might be right. Expert Village produces videos using a network of "experts" in various fields. Anyone can sign up to be an expert and the site contacts those it feels would do well hosting a video tutorial series.
• eHow - eHow is a very large tutorial site covering a wide range of topics. Many of the tutorials were created by their editorial team, though some are user submitted. The presentation of the tutorials isn't very compelling (generally on a single page, broken into steps, without much in the way of rich media to aid instruction), but the site does have a small and growing video tutorial library.
• Household Hacker - A really cool video tutorial blog that instructs on how to achieve a number of "hacks" using common household items (usually these have to do with technology). As an example, the video embedded below demonstrates how to charge and iPod using an onion and some Gatorade (not sure why you'd ever want to do that, but, still pretty neat).
• Make: Podcast - Make Magazine is, in general, one of the coolest DIY magazines out there, instructing each month on a variety of awesome projects. Their online video podcast is a great collection of tutorials on how to do cool things like make a potato cannon or screen print your own t-shirt.
• 5min - The "videopedia," as the site calls itself, 5min is another repository of user created video tutorials. Their hook? All the videos must be under 5 minutes in length. This site is great for someone who wants to learn how to do something on a tight schedule.
• ViewDo - Another video tutorial site that relies on user contributions, ViewDo also mixes in some tutorials created in house. ViewDo covers a ton of topic areas, and one of the nice things about the site is that videos can be downloaded to a portable media player (like an iPod or PSP) and watched on the go.
• Sclipo - Sclipo not only encourages people to share their knowledge, but also provides a utility for them to do so via webcam. As on most video sharing sites, users can rate and comment on clips.
• Helpfulvideo - This is a rather strange site that mixes up video tutorials with video classified ads. I'm not really sure where the crossover is, but if you're looking to buy a used car then learn how to change its oil filter, then perhaps this site is for you.
• TeacherTube - TeacherTube is a straight up YouTube clone aimed at providing an outlet for educational videos that I gather can be used by teachers in class. Some of the videos were pretty good, but the site seems really unfocused compared to the rest in this round-up. Then again, what kid wouldn't love Dr. Loopy Discusses the Water Cycle? (Um, don't answer that.)
• Koonji - Offering people-powered guides, in my August review of Koonji I compared the site to Instructables and Squidoo.
• Squidoo - Speaking of Squidoo... While not totally focused on tutorials, Squidoo's lenses are a font of information about all sorts of stuff and often include how-to guides (or links to them!).
• About.com - Who could forget About.com? Not us! Buried in the editorial of About.com are hundreds of tutorials, including a growing amount of video content -- you just have to dig for it sometimes.

Jaosh Catone, Read/Write Web

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