How To
How to Wire a 4 Way Switch
When you want to switch electrical devices (lights or other outlets) on or off from two locations, you use a pair of 3-way switches. To switch from three or more locations, you will need to add 4-way switches. For example, you may want to control a ceilin...
How to Catch a Dog
When you see a dog roaming around outside, you may be tempted to act immediately and catch it. However, roaming dogs are usually in 'fight or flight' mode and would rather run further away than come to you.[1] X Research source To catch a do...
How to Add Equity to Your Home
Your home is probably your largest asset, so why not increase its value by adding equity? Your home equity is the value of the home minus any amount you still owe on your mortgage. Equity should slowly increase over time, but you can speed up the process...
How to Prepare Fabric for Sewing
Archaeologists believe sewing can be traced back to prehistoric humans who used needles fashioned from bones or ivory to sew their animal skin clothing. Sewing became much easier with the invention of the first sewing machines in the 19th century. Today's...
How to Calculate Asset Market Value
An asset is anything a company owns that has a positive monetary value. Assets include things like cash, real estate, inventory, and equipment, but also include less tangible things, such as goodwill and reputation. While all these assets have a value, it...
How to Find Gelatin Substitutes for Vegetarians
Gelatin is an animal by-product sourced from animal hooves, bones, cartilages, and other parts of abattoir meat leftovers. As such, it's not appropriate for anyone whose diet excludes animal derived products or products from animals killed for consumption...
How to Get Discounted Disney Tickets
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are theme and amusement parks that are located all around the world, and they include Disney World in Florida, Disneyland in California, and other Disney parks and resorts in places like Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Disney re...
How to Divide a Spider Plant
Spider plants, also commonly known as ribbon plants, spider ivy, St. Bernard's lily or airplane plants, are perennial members of the lily family. Easy to grow as house plants, spider plants propagate themselves by shooting off baby plants, or plantlets, w...
How to Help a Hoarder
Hoarding occurs when individuals compulsively keep items and constantly buy or acquire new objects; these behaviors can cause social, economic, and health-related issues. People who suffer from hoarding disorders are sometimes aware they have a problem, b...
How to Measure the Density of Metals
Density is a basic property of matter defined as the mass of an object per unit volume. If two objects have the same volume, but different densities, the object with the higher density will weigh more than the identical looking object with the lower densi...
How to Write a Notice Letter to Your Landlord
Moving out of a rental home or apartment can be a busy and stressful time. If you are renting and you are considering moving out, you will have to let your landlord know about your plans. The type of notice you will be required to give your landlord will...
20 Things to Consider when Dating a Man Who Has a Child (When You Don't)
Dating a man with a child from a previous relationship can feel overwhelming, but it can also be a wonderful and rewarding experience, even if you don’t have any children of your own. If you’re getting involved with a single father and wondering how to na...
How to Add Images in Excel
Embedding images in your spreadsheets will add interest in your data and may help explain the results of your analyses to other users. You can add pictures, clip art and SmartArt to your Excel workbooks along with graphs that are created from charts. Are...
How to Add a Download Link
Creating download links on your website is very similar to how you create internal links to other pages on your website. The main difference is that instead of having an HTML extension indicating that the file is another webpage, the link will have the ex...
Getting Your Prototype Made: What You Need to Know
Getting a prototype made for your product is a necessary step between design and production. Before you can start production and convince people to buy your product, you will need to refine your design and present a working model. Basic prototypes can be...
How to Raise Cortisol Levels
Cortisol is a hormone that is naturally produced in the adrenal glands. Cortisol helps control metabolism, regulates blood pressure and promotes proper function of the immune system, so it's important to maintain healthy cortisol levels in your body. A co...