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13 Ways to Move On from Your First Love
Getting over your first love can be tough. Your first love teaches you what it's like to be in a romantic relationship. Experiencing anything for the first time sets the tone for how you will engage in such experiences in the future. If you're struggling...
How to Build a Plywood Canoe
You can build your son or daughter a plywood canoe in a few days. The simplest canoes are made of just 3 pieces of plywood: the two sides, and the base. More complex shapes can be created, but these instructions are for a simple canoe.
How to Install Gentoo Linux from Ubuntu
Gentoo is a distribution of Linux which is renowned for its customizability, complexity, package management, and general association with geeky-ness. First and foremost, the Gentoo distribution is not for everyone; be prepared to use your brain as you'll...
How to Deal With Rumors
Anyone who works in an office environment or went to high school knows all too well how damaging rumors can be when they get out of hand. While avoiding rumors altogether is ideal, sometimes you can't prevent a rumor from being spread about you. To deal...
How to Tape and Mud Drywall
Many walls and ceilings in modern construction are made from sheets of drywall, also known as gypsum wallboard. Drywall is a plaster-like substance sealed between two sheets of heavy duty paper and attaches to the walls or ceiling using special drywall sc...
How to Take Care of a Parakeet
Parakeets make lively, attractive companions with their bright plumage and happy chirping. The common pet parakeet belongs to the family Melopsittacus undulatus and is a type of small, seed-eating, long-tailed parrot. Though relatively easy birds to care...
How to Resolve Landlord Disputes
Landlords and tenants don't always see eye-to-eye. In fact, many different types of disputes can arise. For example, you might request that your landlord make repairs, or you want extra time to pay your rent. Alternately, your landlord might not let you s...
How to Write a Screenplay
Do you have an amazing idea for the next blockbuster movie or TV show? If you’ve ever dreamt of seeing your work on the big screen, it all starts with your screenplay. Every screenplay you write pushes characters through life-changing adventures to create...
An Expert Guide to Self-Hypnosis
Self-hypnosis can be an effective means of inducing calmness and empowering yourself to meet your goals. This form of meditation has been proven to alleviate insomnia, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic pain, as well as help people quit smokin...
Create and Upload a Website on a Custom Domain
Do you want to create a website and publish it on a custom domain name? You'll just need to sign up for a web hosting plan, register a domain, and upload or create your web files. If you're new to making websites, you can choose a web hosting provider tha...
How to Convince Your Parents That You Are Old Enough to Date
For some parents, the idea of their children dating is a scary prospect. It indicates a transition from being a child, into being a more mature young adult. Because of this, it's not uncommon for parents to prevent their children from dating because they...
How to Cope after Mouth Surgery
Oral surgery can improve both the functionality and appearance of your mouth in the long-term, but it can leave you swollen and sore for days or weeks afterwards. Recovery can be uncomfortable, inconvenient, and might even be a bit embarrassing. In additi...
How to Use Cygwin
Cygwin is a free command line interface that allows programs that were written for things like Linux and Unix to run on Windows. In other words, it provides an environment where Windows applications and tools can run alongside those from Unix or Linux and...
How to Play Dodgeball
Dodgeball is a fun, fast-paced game that is popular among kids and adults! You just need players, a ball, and a court to play on, so it is easy to get a game going. Try playing dodgeball following the standard rules if you want to play on a rectangular co...
3 Easy Ways to Attach a File to a PDF
Would your PDF be better served if you attached another file to it? If you have another document that contains a further explanation or supplementary information for your main PDF, you can attach it easily. When you attach a file to a PDF, moving the PDF...
How to Dye Your Hair Brown After It Has Been Dyed Black
Did you dye your hair black but you don't like it as much as you thought? Have you had your hair black for a while now but want to dye it brown? Unfortunately, you can not simply dye your hair from black to brown without removing or lightening the color f...