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New eHow eBook Finally Online

2010-02-15T19:28:00.003-06:00

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Writing for eHow: You're Doing It Wrong

As promised, the new ehow ebook is now available.

I got some help on this one. You'll notice there's a fancy new website (goes nicely with the new blog layout, right?) I also put up an audiobook version of the book incase eBook aren't really your thing.

After much consideration, I decided to price it at $10, making it the most affordable eHow book available.

Speaking of which...I wrote this book after trying to find a good eBook on eHow. I noticed all the books used the same "I'm a super expert, look how much money I make!" format and wanted to do something different. I wrote this book almost in direct response to that.

It's got all the same information you'll find in everyone else's books, with a much more personal touch and smaller price tag. I would go a step further and say it has more information. I included chapters on:

- What the hell is this SEO stuff?
- Tweaking your articles to make more money
- Article promotion outside of Google
- Common eHow myths
- Article photo usage
- The top free backlink sites
- The Ultimate Writer's Block Solution

I wanted to provide the solution for everyone who's ever written for eHow and thought "Why aren't I making any money?" I'm really proud of it. Now there's finally an ehow book on the market for people like myself who wanted a real, down to earth discussion about these complicated topics.

New eHow Book on Kindle!

2010-02-11T22:13:00.003-06:00

Now on Amazon:
Writing for eHow: You're Doing It Wrong

I've finally finished my new book! The website is set to launch within a week or so, but I thought I'd give anyone who reads the blogspot an early heads-up. You can grab a copy on Amazon! You don't need a Kindle to read it, either; You can use the Kindle PC program, the Kindle iPhone app, and various other software to check it out. All the information is at the link above!

How to Increase Your Site's PageRank

2009-12-11T15:26:00.013-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Increase Your Site's PageRank

Preview: Getting a site with a high PageRank to link to your site is vital to increasing your SEO rankings and getting listed higher in search results‚ but what if you want to increase your own PageRank? Give your site the power to grant incredible SEO rankings by following these steps...

How to Find Good Sites for Backlinks

2009-12-11T15:23:00.002-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Find Good Sites for Backlinks

Preview: A central part of getting traffic is SEO ranking. SEO (which stands for search engine optimization) will ensure your article or webpage appears at the top of Google's search results. Lots of things go into obtaining a good SEO ranking, and one of the most crucial components is backlinks (links to your article). What are the best sites for backlinks? This article will show you how to find the best sites for backlinks to help increase your SEO ranking...

How to Clear Google Web History

2009-12-10T18:39:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Clear Google Web History

Preview: How do I clear my Google web history? Unless you've opted out, there's a record of your Google search history. Even if you delete your browser history, it's still there! Anyone who walks by a computer that's been logged into a service like Gmail can check it. Keeping your internet privacy is important - fortunately deleting your web history is easy...

How to Setup Google Public DNS on a Windows PC

2009-12-08T18:53:00.004-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Setup Google Public DNS on a Windows PC

Preview: Open DNS is a service offered by Google (also called Google Public DNS). If you use the internet on your Windows PC, you use DNS - even if you don't know it. When you type in a site, it's the technology that connects your browser to the web server the site is hosted on. Open DNS is an alternative to the default setting provided by your ISP. Using Google's Open DNS is free and will help speed up your browsing experience. Best of all, using open DNS is really simple...

How to Setup Google Public DNS on a Mac

2009-12-06T11:36:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Setup Google Public DNS on a Mac

Preview: Google offers a free public DNS called Google DNS. Quick background: Google describes DNS services as a crucial part of every user's internet experience. DNS services are like the phone book - when you type in a web address, the DNS services look up the IP address of the server and send you to the website. Switching from the default ISP DNS services to Google Public DNS will speed up your internet AND it's free...

How to Wake Up Early

2009-12-06T11:25:00.002-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Wake Up Early

Preview: Trying to get more done? Wake up early! There's only so many hours in the day. With a few simple steps you can reclaim a few of yours. This article will show you how to use a few simple tools - like a computer alarm clock - to force you out of bed a few hours early...

How to Remove DRM from an Audiobook

2009-12-06T11:02:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Remove DRM from an Audiobook

Preview: While most mp3 stores now sell DRM free downloads, audiobooks remain locked down. Once you remove the DRM from your audiobooks you'll be able to use them anywhere - not just where Audible and others say you can. Many tutorials require expensive software to remove the DRM, and even then some kinds of DRM software can't be removed. This tutorial requires nothing more than audio capture software (Donar or Free Sound Recorder for instance, which are free) and an audiobook...

How to Remove Wrinkles from a Photo in Aperture

2009-12-04T11:32:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Remove Wrinkles from a Photo in Aperture

Preview: Apple's Aperture program can do some pretty amazing things to your photos. Using a few basic tools - namely retouch and dodge/burn - you can remove wrinkles from a photo and make the subject look astonishingly younger! Open up a photo in Aperture and let's get to work...

How to Create a Virtual Guitar Amp in Logic Studio

2009-12-03T14:22:00.002-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Create a Virtual Guitar Amp in Logic Studio

Preview: You can create your own virtual guitar amp (or virtual bass amp!) using some simple audio production software - the days when a studio needs wall upon wall of amps and microphones are over! Best of all, you can add your own virtual pedal board as well. You don't even need to understand audio production to get right to it...

How to Make Money Podcasting

2009-12-01T18:38:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Make Money Podcasting

Preview: So you've got a podcast and you want to make some cash. Podcast advertising isn't the only way to go. There's a lot of ways to make money podcasting, but if you don't know what you're doing it can be very tricky. This article will show you the tried and true methods of monetizing that show of yours...

How to Sell a Banned Modded Xbox 360

2009-12-01T15:15:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Sell a Banned Modded Xbox 360

Preview: Microsoft is constantly banning Xbox 360s as a result of user modification. The day you log-in and get that ban message, your heart just sinks…but fear not, there's something you can do about it! By legally reselling your modded Xbox console, you can recover some or even all of the cost of buying a new Xbox360...

How to Remove Wrinkles Using Photoshop

2009-11-29T17:20:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Remove Wrinkles Using Photoshop

Preview: Why pay for expensive and risky surgery when you can just use photoshop? While it may not be much help at a social event, you can use photoshop to remove wrinkles from your photos. Takes YEARS off a face with a few simple clicks. How easy is it? I did this photo of Demi in under five minutes...

How to Remove Noise from a Photo

2009-11-27T20:47:00.001-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Remove Noise from a Photo

Preview: A key step of photo editing is removing noise. Whether you're shooting with a cellphone, basic consumer camera, or expensive photo taking behemoth noise will most likely be a problem. A little big of photo editing can go a long way to making your pictures look much cleaner and more professional. This tutorial will show you how to use Aperture or Photoshop as photo editing tools to remove noise...

How to Rip or Encode a LAME V0 Mp3 on Mac OS X

2009-11-24T16:55:00.001-06:00

New eHow Artice: How to Rip or Encode a LAME V0 Mp3 on Mac OS X

Preview: LAME V0 Mp3 is widely considered the standard in high end audio encoding. An mp3 encoded at V0 is thought to be indistinguishable from the CD it was created from. Most people cant tell the difference. If you want a high quality mp3, you want V0…but how do you make a V0 mp3 on an Apple Mac computer? This tutorial will show you...

How to Rip FLAC from a CD on Mac OS X

2009-11-24T16:29:00.003-06:00

New eHow Article:
How to Rip FLAC from a CD on Mac OS X

Preview: FLAC is a type of lossless audio format. Unlike mp3, files encoded in FLAC don't are 100% identical to their CD versions. This tutorial will show you how to encode FLAC using an Apple Mac computer. You can rip FLAC from Mac OS X, and all you need is iTunes and xACT...

How to get Apple's New iMac for a Discount

2009-10-23T23:17:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to get Apple's New iMac for a Discount

Preview: If you're new to buying Apple computers, you're probably paying full price. While it's true that Apple's iMac line pretty much never goes on sale, there are several steps you can take in getting an iMac for less. While your savings won't be tremendous, a little work can ensure they're in the triple digits. A hundred dollars is a hundred dollars, right...

How to Burn Xbox 360 Games on a Mac

2009-07-18T19:28:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Burn Xbox 360 Games on a Mac

Preview: If you want to burn backups of your original Xbox 360 games, you're going to need to follow a specific procedure. The Xbox360 is really particular about reading burned games, so each step needs to be done just right. Thanks to advances in software, this can finally be done on a Mac without using virtualization software like VMWware or Parallels. Get out your blank dvds and lets get started...

How to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS

2009-07-16T12:01:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS

Preview: Unlocking the iPhone 3GS...impossible they say! Not so. Here's a very simple walkthrough for the jailbreaking and unlocking process. It's quite a bit different from unlocking the iPhone 3G, so make sure you follow the instructions carefully. Once you have all the software, you're about twenty or thirty minutes from having a fully Unlocked iPhone 3GS...

How to Record and Edit Video on the iPhone

2009-07-05T19:54:00.002-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Record and Edit Video on the iPhone

Preview: One of the new (and somehow most overlooked) features on the iPhone is the ability to shoot video! Under the right circumstances, it's actually a pretty good camera. It encodes 640x480 h.264 MOV files at 3500kbps, and depending on your lighting will shoot at a framerate of 15fps or 30fps. The iPhone will also let you edit the video! This tutorial will show you how to shoot, edit, and upload YouTube when you're done...

How to Convert an Internal Hard Drive Into an External Harddrive

2009-07-05T14:23:00.004-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Convert an Internal Hard Drive Into an External Harddrive

Preview: A lot of people don't know that an external harddrive is almost identical to the one inside your computer. The only difference is that it's in a cheap little box known as an "external enclosure". If you're upgrading harddrives in your laptop or desktop, you can pull out the old hard drive and convert it into an external harddrive by following these steps...

How to Stay Up Late Without Caffeine

2009-07-05T14:23:00.003-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Stay Up Late Without Caffeine

Preview: If you're like most of the country, you've developed what I'll refer to as a caffeine addiction. Caffeine, after all, is an addictive drug even if it is legal. Maybe you work the late shift, stay up to study, or just don't like the daylight and you don't have (or refuse to use) caffeine. Whatever the reason, you're determined to stay up late without succumbing to that caffeine addiction. This guide will get you through the night without a single ounce of caffeine...

How to Update iTunes Podcast Info in Feedburner

2009-07-05T14:22:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Update iTunes Podcast Info in Feedburner

Preview: If you've ever tried to update your iTunes store podcast information, you know it's pretty easy . . . that is, unless you use the Feedburner podcast service. When Google acquired the podcast service, it committed to keeping the same interface people have come to know. The problem is that podcasting service is very un-Google-like. A simple feature like updating your information is buried in menus! Until they do something to make it easier, you can use this guide to find what you need...

How to Use Digg to Promote Your eHow Articles

2009-07-04T02:40:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Use Digg to Promote Your eHow Articles

Preview: If you've been on the internet for any length of time you probably already know that Digg is a popular social news site. Anyone can head over there, submit an article, and (if enough users vote on it) it can appear on the front page. I've previous written about how to get your article to the front page, but this time I'd like to explain how to use Digg to promote your eHow articles through passive search engine promotion...

How to Unlock an iPhone 3G with OS 3.0

2009-07-04T02:39:00.002-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Unlock an iPhone 3G with OS 3.0

Preview: Although it isn't as easy as the old one, there is finally a solution to jailbreaking an iPhone with the 3.0 OS. Even if the firmware and baseband were upgraded, you can still unlock it for use with any carrier. Let's break it down to some simple steps...

How to Podcast Using Blogger

2009-07-04T02:38:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Podcast Using Blogger

Preview: A lot of people use Wordpress to Blog, but I've actually found Blogger to be the superior platform. The blogspot takes a bit more work to setup, but it simplifies everything a ton. This tutorial isn't going to waste any time - assuming you've already signed up for a free blog, we're going to get right to minimizing the role of a web hosting service and using Blogger for all the rest...

How to Use a Hard Drive Wirelessly Over Airport

2009-07-04T02:37:00.001-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Use a Hard Drive Wirelessly Over Airport

Preview: Apple's newest line of Airport routers allows you to connect an external harddrive that can be accessed by any computer on the network. If you've never used a "wireless" hard drive solution like this, it can be a little tricky. Follow these steps carefully and you should have any problems hooking up your external harddrive...

How to Increase the 50 Item Limit in Your Blogger Blogspot RSS Feed

2009-07-04T02:35:00.003-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Increase the 50 Item Limit in Your Blogger Blogspot RSS Feed

Preview: "How do you show more than fifty items on your Blogger RSS Feed?" Google's Blogger site is great for setting up a blog. The software is easy to use, and even generates an RSS feed of the content. One complaint a lot of people share though is that the feed only shows your most recent 50 items. What if you do a podcast and want hundreds of episodes to show up? What if you want your RSS feed to go all the way back to your first entry? There's a fix for that...

How to Backup Your Blogger Blogspot

2009-07-02T23:27:00.003-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Backup Your Blogger Blogspot

Preview: If you've had a Google Blogger blog for a while, you've probably starting wondering - How do I backup my blogspot? What do I do if something happens to it? What if I accidentally delete something? By creating an offsite backup - that is, a backup you keep on your home computer - you can guard against possible failures. Google has implemented some features that makes creating an offsite backup of your blog easy...

How to Download Individual Files from a Torrent

2009-07-02T23:26:00.003-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Download Individual Files from a Torrent

Preview: Everyone has faced this problem: You're trying to download movies and you notice you're getting all these extra files you don't want - or maybe you have a "collection" torrent, forcing your into downloading movies you aren't interested in just to get the one you want. Let me show you how to pick and choose what to download from a torrent...

How to Forward Hotmail to Gmail

2009-07-02T23:24:00.002-05:00

New eHow Article:
How to Forward Hotmail to Gmail

Preview: A lot of people have been long time Hotmail or Windows Live Mail users, but want to start using Gmail. Rather than try to change your email address with every site you've ever registered, why not forward that Hotmail or WLM email hosting to Gmail? This article uses recent POP features added to Microsoft's email hosting to deliver all your email from their accounts to a Gmail address...

How to Make Gmail a Free Online Storage Drive

2009-07-01T03:39:00.000-05:00

Every since Google launched Gmail, they've been adding more free storage. Recent counts put the total space over 7GB. An online backup service can be pretty pricey, but if you're feeling adventurous you can actually convert your Gmail to an online backup service! Best of all, it's free.

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How to Avoid Useless eHow Habits

2009-06-30T22:21:00.000-05:00

There's a lot of really backwards group think on eHow - I like to call it "eHow voodoo". It's totally understandable; much of way eHow works is shrouded in mystery. While I've written a lot of articles about increasing your eHow earnings, I've never really written about what NOT to do on eHow. I spend a lot of time talking to top earners, doing research and conducting my own experiments, so I'd like to add my own thoughts to the mix. It's time to dispel some of the most common eHow myths.

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How to Transfer Money Between Banks Online (For Free)

2009-06-28T23:25:00.000-05:00

Say you want to move money from one bank account to another account at a completely different bank. Sure you could use a wire transfer, but those cost money. There is a safe, free way to transferring money between bank accounts online, and you might even already use it: It's called Paypal.

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How to Take Better iPhone Camera Pictures

2009-06-27T22:35:00.000-05:00

Your iPhone may not be a DSLR, but under the right circumstances it can take some pretty fantastic digital photos. It wasn't more than five years ago that three megapixel cameras were extremely common in basic consumer photography. Now you have one built into your cellphone! By manually taking the steps most cameras now do automatically, you'll be able to take digital photos that look as great as any point-and-shoot.

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How to Use RedGage to Promote eHow Articles and Make Money

2009-06-26T19:57:00.000-05:00

RadGage aims to be an all purpose hub for collecting your various online content. You set up a profile, link to everywhere you post, and give people a unified source for following your work. As an added bonus, RedGage even pays you when people view your content! Best of all, you don't have to post actual articles - only links to the ones you already have online. Get paid, help your Google pagerank, and get more eHow views all at the same time! Let's go through everything the site offers and how it can help you.

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How to Get a Free iPhone Upgrade (Even Under Contract)

2009-06-25T23:14:00.000-05:00

Every time a new iPhone comes out, previous owners feel cheated. They're no longer on the cutting edge. Try Googling the phrase "I just bought my iPhone" and you'll see what I mean. While the secrecy of Apple product launches has always caused this problem, it has been compounded as of late due to phone contracts. If you're the kind of person who always upgrades to the latest model, you're going to pay more for the phone because of the terms of your contract. Here's what you can do about it: Get your current phone to sell on ebay in order to fully pay for a new one. You probably thought it wouldn't sell for that much, but these steps will show you otherwise.

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How to Convert an Image to Text

2009-06-23T22:08:00.001-05:00

If you have scans of a book, magazine, or some other kind of document, they may be in image form. They probably scanned in as a JPG or TIFF. With some elusive document scanning software known as OCR (Optical Character Recognition), you can convert those image files into text documents. You'll be able to edit the text, copy it, use the find function, etc.

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How to Increase Page Views Through Backlinks

2009-06-22T13:55:00.000-05:00

So you had this great idea for an article, blog, etc. You put it online, polished it, and then...no one saw it. What gives? You need to increase your page views, and search engine optimization is the secret to doing that. Let's keep it simple - what are backlinks, how do they relate to SEO, and how are they going to solve your page view problem?

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How to Avoid Taking Overexposed Photos

2009-06-21T22:14:00.003-05:00

Also considered the title "How to Shoot Manually on a Bright Day". Being outside on a bright sunny day is probably the most ideal time to take photos - but that doesn't mean it's free of problems. What if your photos keep coming out overexposed? What if you're trying to achieve a particular look on manual? You can always mess with the photo's brightness in photo editing programs, but working around physical brightness can present a challenge.

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How to Reduce the File Size of a DVD Image

2009-06-20T22:18:00.000-05:00

Lots of people save full DVD images on their computers so they can watch movies without the disc. Maybe it's an iso, dmg, VIDEO_TS folder or .dvdmedia file - they're all basically the same thing. These files can max out at nearly 9GB, so even just a few will eat up an enormous amount of space. Thankfully you can use some DVD copier software to shrink down the file size.

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How to Natively Tether an iPhone Without Jailbreaking

2009-06-19T20:44:00.000-05:00

It is now possible to tether your iPhone without really hacking into the software. Tethering will allow you to use your iPhone's internet connection on your computer! This is really helpful if you're on a laptop and there's no internet around. This method is simple - no unlocking and no jailbreaking.

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How to Turn One eHow Article Into Many

2009-06-16T20:28:00.001-05:00

The longer you write eHow articles, the more likely you are to become stumped. No matter how long you've stared at that page, you just can't come up with a new idea. As you might imagine, this is very common in online writing jobs. So how to do the pros have so many articles? One of the secrets to online writing is expanding on previous concepts. With a little practice, this method promises to give you more ideas than you know what to do with.

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How to Make Your Mac Faster

2009-06-14T20:32:00.000-05:00

So you want to make your mac faster without buying new hardware. You want it to run fast like it used to. Everyone knows you can increase speed with some more ram or an SSD - but there are actually a ton of ways to speed up your Mac without having to spend any money! Don't give up on your slow poke Apple machine yet. This article will show you how to fix your computer by making it speedy again.

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How to Write an Article Title with the Best SEO

2009-06-12T00:09:00.001-05:00

When you write the title for your eHow article there's a lot to think about. While many people overlook the title, it's just as important as any other part of the article. See, the main way people find eHow articles is through search engines. Having the best SEO (search engine optimization) will make sure your article ranks higher thank the other search results. That's the biggest key to an article's success. While there are several components to getting the best SEO, it all starts with your article title.

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Retroactive Continuity: How to Retcon

2009-06-10T12:57:00.004-05:00

Retcon stands for "Retroactive Continuity." It's a writing device used to change or undo previously established mythology. It's most commonly found in long running franchises where scriptwriting duties have changed hands. Perhaps a major plot point doesn't go over well with audiences. New writers may wish to undo decisions of the previous staff. Maybe sloppy scriptwriting created a plot hole that needs explanation. Whatever the reason, the Retcon is here to help!

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How to Optimize Old eHow Articles

2009-06-07T20:42:00.000-05:00

If you notice some of your old eHow articles aren't earning very much, you can go back and optimize them! There's no reason each and every article shouldn't be making you money. This guide is going to focus on getting the right ads (known as keyword ads) into your article so it can start making money. We'll also see what we can do to drive some traffic to it!

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How to Backup Your Twitter Account

2009-06-05T17:38:00.002-05:00

Everyone is always wondering how to backup their twitter account. It's a good idea, as backups are one of the many things twitter doesn't actually provide themselves. I'd recommend everyone with a Twitter account check this out. Backup your Twitter!

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How to Shop for Groceries Without a Car

2009-05-31T20:15:00.001-05:00

If you recently moved to a big city or found yourself without a car, you've probably noticed that getting groceries is a nightmare. Going to the supermarket isn't so much a problem, but getting back can prove to be a real struggle. How do you carry all that stuff all the way back? How on earth are all these people getting their food home?

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How to Save Time by Editing Your Podcast Faster

2009-05-30T21:01:00.000-05:00

One of the biggest surprises when you first start podcasting is that editing takes forever. It continues to be the main reason people quit recording. If it takes you an hour or two to edit your hour long show, you’re just going to have to suck it up and get to it...but if you’re spending five or six hours editing there are several things you can do to cut that time down significantly. Learn how to spend less time editing your podcast. Don’t throw in the towel just yet!

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How to Find Secular Drug Rehab

2009-05-28T21:58:00.001-05:00

Drug rehab, be it twelve step or otherwise, is often so stuffed with God you wouldn't be able to tell it apart from church. With 15% (and growing) of the United States identifying as non-religious, there are an increasing number of answers for those seeking drug rehab and not a bible lesson. AA claims you can go through the program without converting, but why fit yourself into their mold? This article will show you nonreligious options for rehabilitation. Finally - a responsible drug rehab program for atheists, agnostics and non-believers.

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How to Attend a Zombie March

2009-05-28T18:08:00.000-05:00

If you're lucky enough to live in a city that puts on a zombie march, you really should attend. It's not only a fun time, but the spectacle is really unmatched. Hundreds of people dressed as zombles stumble down the street in the middle of the day! Whether you go in blood and makeup or just to watch the horror unfold, you're sure to have a good time.

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How to Buy Tickets to a Sold Out Concert

2009-05-28T15:51:00.000-05:00

You should have bought those concert tickets the day they went on sale, but you didn't. Now the concert is weeks or even days away, and you can't find a ticket anywhere! Don't worry, you still have options. This article will show you every possible avenue to find a last minute ticket - you might even get one for face value or cheaper!

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How to Sell All Your DVDs

2009-05-26T15:26:00.000-05:00

It will come time to sell all your DVDs. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. Maybe you're making the transition to Bluray, or maybe you're going digital - whatever the reason, the sooner the better. The longer you wait to sell your DVDs, the less valuable they become, so round them up and let's get to it.

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How to Open .001 .002 .003 and .r01 .r02 r03 RAR Files

2009-05-25T20:25:00.002-05:00

Sometimes you'll download something (perhaps via bittorrent) and find that instead of the file you wanted, your folder is full of .001 .002 .003 or .r01 .r02 .r03 files. These files are part of a split rar archive. Much like a zip file, a rar file is a compressed version of what you downloaded. Rather than be in on single file, it's spread out over these numerous files. In order to get your download, you have to extract this archive by following these steps.

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How to Show Hidden File Name Extensions in Windows

2009-05-25T15:10:00.000-05:00

In older operating systems, the type of file was displayed at the end of the file name. Microsoft has decided that users of Windows - be it Windows XP, WIndows Vista, Windows 7, etc - don't need to see file extensions. Sometimes it's important to know what the extension of your file is though, so if you decide you want them back in the file name you can tell Windows to turn them back on.

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How to Find a Car Accident Lawyer

2009-05-23T23:33:00.001-05:00

As if getting in a car accident wasn't bad enough, days later you likely find yourself looking for a car accident lawyer. In the long run, having a lawyer will help make the process easier - so the hard part is actually finding the accident lawyer to begin with. If you know the proper steps to take and plan accordingly, this whole process will soon be behind you.

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How to Reduce Noise in an Audio Recording

2009-05-22T12:52:00.001-05:00

The noise reduction foam and expensive microphones you find in a studio aren't the only ways to eliminate noise in your audio recording. While these things certainly help, you can get a virtually noise free recording in your own home with almost any microphone - even the internal mic in your computer. This article will show you how to naturally reduce noise while you're recording as well as eliminate noise in audio you've already recorded.

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How to Restore Your iPhone from a Jailbreak

2009-05-19T16:44:00.002-05:00

Many people hold off from jailbreaking their iPhone because they worry about how much effort it may take to restore it to its original state. Unjailbreaking your iPhone isn't very hard - in fact, its easier than the original jailbreak process. With a few simple steps, you can return your jailbroken iPhone to it's out of the box state. You won't be able to tell the difference between your iPhone and one that was never jailbroken at all. Best of all, you won't even loose your data!

I didn't know if I should go with that title or How to Restore Your Jailbroken iPhone. I think either work. If you've got an iphone that's jailbroke and you want to reset it, look at that article.

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How to Disable Xbox 360 Notifications During DVD and Video

2009-05-18T16:39:00.000-05:00

Tired of seeing notifications when you're watching a movie on your Xbox 360? It's great to be notified about your friends and achievements when playing a game, but most people don't want to be bothered while watching a DVD. Buried in the system is an option to turn off notifications - but only while you're watching a video.

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How to Permanently Invert the Y Axis by Default on Xbox 360

2009-05-18T15:24:00.000-05:00

Lots of gamers prefer to play with their view "inverted". When they pull the control stick down they want to look up, and when they push the control stick forward they want to look down. You can usually change this setting on a game by game basis, but Xbox360 introduced a new feature to set y-inverted as the default across all games.

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How to Uninstall Mac Presonus Firestudio Drivers and Software

2009-05-16T22:21:00.000-05:00

The Presonus Firestudio project (and other drivers / software made by Presonus) is notoriously hard to install. If your audio hardware suddenly won't synch or gets the flashing blue and red light, you need to uninstall and reinstall the drivers - but how? While there is no official uninstall program, this article will show you how to completely clean the software and drivers out of your system.

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How to Speed Up Apple Mail (Mail.app) Instantly

2009-05-15T22:08:00.000-05:00

You may have noticed your Apple Mail slowing down. It takes forever to open, load email, and even gives you the spinning pinwheel beach ball of doom. You maybe have tried deleting and pruning your email with no luck. Fear not! There's a little known way to optimize your Mail.app database so that Mail will run much faster. You don't even have to delete anything! This article will show you how to automate the process so your Mail database is automatically optimized every month - keeping your email client as fast as possible.

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How to Change or Remove the Blue Western Digital MyBook Menubar Icon

2009-05-14T21:38:00.001-05:00

The WD Mybook hard drive comes with software for management and configuration. The software sits in your menubar and is represented by a little blue WD icon. Western Digital makes great external raid drives, but that little blue icon in the menu bar is so annoying! It doesn't fit in the with the rest of the icons at all, and can be a real eyesore. Luckily there's an easy way to remove the blue drive manager icon, or to change it to a more pleasing grey icon.

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How to Create a Free iPhone Ringtone from a Video

2009-05-14T21:37:00.000-05:00

Having an iPhone ringtone from a song is all well and good, but what if you want to make a ringtone from a video? Perhaps you want some music or the theme from a TV show, or a memorable clip of a film to use as an alarm on your iPhone. With the free software already on your computer, you can cut out part of a video's audio and make it a ringtone!

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How to Make Your Own CBZ and CBR Digital Comic Books

2009-05-12T14:26:00.000-05:00

Digital comic files are quickly growing in popularity. What used to take up an entire room of boxes will now fit on a small hard drive. While most people download their comics from other sources like bittorrent, it's fairly easy to make your own CBZ or CBR comics.

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How to Take Screenshots on an Xbox 360

2009-05-11T22:47:00.001-05:00

You need to take a screencap of something on your Xbox360 - or any gaming console for that matter. It's actually not too hard as long as you have the right software. Because the Xbox 360doesn't have a built in screen shot feature, the only way to do so is through video capture software. Not only will this tutorial show you how to take screenshots of your Xbox360, it'll inadvertently show you how to capture video as well.

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How to Program a Logitech Harmony Universal Remote

2009-05-11T18:46:00.001-05:00

You used to have a billion remotes, but now you've got a logitech universal remote! Great, except how to you program it? Unlike the old days of entering a bunch of codes, the Logitech remotes use some software to control your devices and add activity settings to the controls. Using a Logitech Harmony 550 remote as the example, this how to article will show you hot to program your Logitech Harmony universal remote control. Get out that clicker and let's get set up.

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How to Create a Seamless Tiling Background in Photoshop

2009-05-10T18:34:00.003-05:00

Creating a background that will tile properly on a webpage can be tricky. Just selecting any old photo will create ugly repetitive seams - you'll be able to see where one copy of the photo stops and another begins. This photoshop tutorial will show you how to modify a picture so you can no longer see the borders, creating a seamless tiling background image.

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How to Disable Favicons to Speed Up Safari

2009-05-10T13:57:00.000-05:00

Safari is debatably one of the fastest browsers on the web. When you first start using it, you're typically blown away by the speed...but before long, it slows down. After prolonged use, it can even come to a complete stop! Part of the reason for this is the favicon database - a collection of tiny webpage icons. This database isn't easily cleaned and given the small size of the icons is actually pretty unnecessary. This article will show you a quick way to get your speed back by disabling the favicon database and instead loading the icons normally.

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How to Setup Hotmail or Windows Live Mail on Mozilla Thunderbird

2009-05-07T18:19:00.000-05:00

Microsoft has finally announced POP3 support for Hotmail and Windows Live Mail. This means you can access your email using your own client - like Mozilla Thunderbird. Follow these steps to get setup.

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How to Speed Up Time Machine's First Backup

2009-05-07T15:19:00.001-05:00

Because of Time Machine's incremental backup method, only a small amount of data needs to be sent over your network to backup to a wireless Time Machine. You can connect a disk to your router or Airport, click a few buttons and you'll have a reoccurring wireless backup system. While this generally works out very well, that initial backup to Time Machine has to copy all your files and can take forever! Even if you're connected via ethernet you'll looking at a great deal of transfer time. This little trick will make that first backup incredibly faster.

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How to Deinterlace a Video

2009-05-06T19:48:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you'll download or rip a video and notice scan lines running horizontally through the picture. These scanlines aren't always fully visible, but may show up in certain scenes and disrupt parts of the pictures. If you've seen lines running across your video, you can correct them by deinterlacing the file. De-interlacing a video is actually fairly simple. Grab a copy of the free handbreak software and let's get started.

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How to Merge Two Video Files Together

2009-05-05T18:20:00.001-05:00

Often when you download a film online it'll come split into two parts. This is convenient if you're going to burn each part to a separate disc, but as we move into an age of digital distribution the need for that physical media is dissipating. Instead of having a bunch of folders with several files for each film, you can combine these two halves of the film together into one video file.

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How to Fix a Corrupted Time Machine Backup

2009-05-05T13:25:00.000-05:00

Lately your networked Time Machine drive (or Time Capsule) has stopped backing up! Maybe you've received the error message "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying backup files." Perhaps you tried to mount the sparseimage and found it was corrupted. It's just as likely that you never got an error at all, and just now noticed that your Time Machine hasn't backed up for weeks! If you run Time Machine over a network or use a sparseimage file, then there may still be hope for your backups.

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How to Help Support Planned Parenthood

2009-05-03T23:04:00.001-05:00

Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider. They treat sexual health in a mature way, and offer services and information that can often be hard to come by. One of the Planned Parenthood can give away so much for free or at a greatly reduced price is through the support of the individuals they've helped. Their patients and supporters often wonder how they can return the favor, so I've constructed this step by step guide to support Planned Parenthood.

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How to Find Out About New Apple Products Before They're Released

2009-05-03T21:34:00.000-05:00

One of the reasons Apple is such a talked about company is because their Mac and iPod products are so secretive. As a general rule, no one know about their products before they're released! There is a growing underground community of follows who are becoming experts on discovering exactly what's coming next; this article is going to put you on the inside.

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How to Promote Skepticism

2009-05-03T16:19:00.003-05:00

Critical thinking and science based skepticism is one of the greatest tools we have in regard to human logic and deduction - and if you're looking to promote skepticism you already know that. While there are major challenges in getting people to think more critically, changing someone's worldview isn't the focus of this article. Instead of "converting" anyone or trying to win arguments, let's take a look at raising awareness of skepticism and inserting it into unexpected places.

I took a lot of photos for this. I tried to make them look like stock photography, but with little hints that show they were obviously taken for the article. The top picture has a swine flu headline for example. The store picture has some homeopathic remedies. See if you can spot all the clues :)

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How to Take Landscape Photos at Night

2009-05-03T00:29:00.001-05:00

Landscape photos are usually fairly easy to take during the day, but what about at night? While everyone else is asleep, there is an unfamiliar and often unexplored land just waiting to be photographed. Low light presents a challenge, but if you’re out to capture what so often goes unseen there are several steps to successful photographs.

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How to Backup or Copy Your Safari Bookmarks and History

2009-05-02T22:20:00.000-05:00

You want to backup, copy, export, import, or otherwise move your Safari browser's bookmarks (or history!). Even if you already use a backup solution like Time Machine, you have to know where the bookmarks and history are stored in order to do anything with them. Straight and to the point, the are the simple steps to backing up or copying your Safari bookmarks and history.

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How to Import a List of Emails into Your Gmail Contacts

2009-04-30T22:52:00.001-05:00

Let's say you have a list of email addresses and you want to import them into your Google contacts. There's nothing fancy about the list...no home addresses or phone numbers, it's just a list of email address. This kind of mailing list can be imported into Google as contacts without any special software or tools. This article will show you the steps to format, save, and then import that list right into Gmail.

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How to Highlight Parts of Your Photos to Clarify eHow Articles

2009-04-30T19:37:00.001-05:00

You can often use techniques (like focus) in a photograph to highlight the parts your want the viewer to look at. When doing a how to article, it's often critical that the reader can see both something specific as well as the big picture. When you can't control the focus in a photo (or you're working with a screenshot) there's an easy little technique you can use called selective darkening. This helps show the reader exactly what piece of the larger picture you're talking about.

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How to Use the USPS Automated Postal Center (APC)

2009-04-30T15:42:00.002-05:00

The United States Postal Service has introduced a self-serve kiosk they dub The APC. Rather than waiting in long lines, you can go to this often vacant automatic postage machine to ship your packages! At the time of writing, the automated postal center can provide 85% of all the available postal service options. This article will give you something you can't find anywhere else - a detailed guide to literally every step for sending a letter or package using the APC.

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How to Get Your Website Preview Thumbnail to Show Up on Facebook Share

2009-04-28T22:41:00.001-05:00

Facebook (and other sites!) have a link feature that allows users to share content with one another. This feature, usually called something like Share or Add This, loads a graphic from the site to go along with the link. Due to a couple factors, not all sites will load an image preview. In addition to having the most loaded title of all time, this article also contains the steps to ensure your website will pull up a Share Preview image.

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How to Add Chapters to Your Podcast

2009-04-27T21:39:00.002-05:00

The format of a podcast lends itself really well to chapters. Using some simple software for your computer, you can place bookmarks inside each episode of your podcast so that people can skip to different points in the show. This same technique can be used to create an audiobook. This tutorial takes an already recorded show (using any software) and shows you how to insert chapters using Apple's Garageband.

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Digg: What.cd Giving Invites Without Knowing Anyone

2009-04-27T15:16:00.002-05:00

My article on getting a What.cd invite has made it's way onto dig. It's just a few diggs away from the front page! Head over to the site and digg it! Thanks guys.

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How to Disable Apple's iPhone App Kill Switch

2009-04-26T22:55:00.000-05:00

Every iPhone has a built in kill switch that allows Apple to disable any app store application it wants. If they find an application on your device that they don't like, they can instantly disable it. Maybe you've found that a recently downloaded iPhone app has stopped working. Maybe you live in fear that Apple will remotely disable your favorite application. Whatever your reason, there's now a way to block Apple's iPhone killswitch, making sure you can use any app you want.

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How to Dye Your Hair Unconventional But Lasting Colors

2009-04-25T15:28:00.001-05:00

So you've decided it's time to throw some unconventional colors in your hair. You want something weird - maybe a vibrant red, blue or pink. You could go to a salon, but it could cost over a hundred dollars! This article will show you how to get Salon results at home, and dispel some of the long standing hair dye myths in the process.

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How to Get Interviews with Famous Actors, Directors, and Celebrities

2009-04-24T17:46:00.000-05:00

You know what would make your project way less boring? Famous people! Although celebrities like to make themselves seem untouchable, you know get access if you play the game right. This article will give you the sources to contact famous actors, musicians, and directors. Then it'll show you how to land an interview with them.

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How to Import Your Livejournal to Blogger

2009-04-23T23:04:00.000-05:00

So you want to open a Blogger account, but you don't want to lose all your old LiveJournal entries. LiveJournal has some built in export settings, and Blogger's blogspot site has some built in import settings . . . but they don't seem to work together. Luckily, a piece of software called Blog2Blog can migrate your entire LiveJournal over to Blogger in no time at all. The software can be tricky though, so follow these steps carefully.

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How to Sell a Broken Item

2009-04-23T15:13:00.001-05:00

Sometimes I wonder how we got by before the internet. It used to be that when something broke, you were out of luck. Accept the damange and go buy another one. Now - thanks to auction sites like eBay - when something of yours breaks, you can sell it on the internet! People actually want to buy your broken stuff. This can be a little tricky though, so be careful and follow these steps.

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HELP: Digg

2009-04-22T00:05:00.004-05:00

My article on recovering deleted data without a backup has made it's way on to Digg! Help me out and Digg it

How to Get Your Photos Published

2009-04-21T21:34:00.000-05:00

Whether you're just starting to take photos or it's been your hobby for years, there's an audience out there waiting to see your pictures. Thanks to the internet, it no longer takes a degree or business connections to get your photography noticed. With a few simple considerations you can actually have your photography published in an array of magazines and journals. Truth be told, you don't even have to be that good at photography! I was only taking pictures for a few months before I started showing up in publications. This article will keep it simple and focus on getting your photos out there. I would encourage you to look a more in-depth article on each step.

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How to Market Your Site Without Google

2009-04-20T22:49:00.001-05:00

It seems you can't walk five virtual steps without tripping over articles about search engine optimization. Everyone wants their work to rank highly in Google's search results. Because such a large percentage of a website's traffic comes from search engines, this can appear to be a vital part of marketing your work. Now that everyone's fighting for that top spot, it's becoming a lot harder to get there. Luckily for the non competitive types, it turns out that there are actually traffic sources other than Google.com! This article will show you how to promote something online without giving in to the SEO rat race.

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How to Publish Something Using Creative Commons

2009-04-19T15:28:00.002-05:00

Traditional copyright isn't right for everyone. Whether it be the inherent flaws it's carried since inception or the way it's been twisted over the years, there are certainly reasons not to copyright your work. Luckily there's an alternative - Creative Commons. The "copyleft" movement known as creative commons (or CC) will allow you to specify exactly what people can and can not do with your work. Best of all, properly applying creative commons is a quick and almost impossible to mess up. Well, if you read this article anyways. God these introductions are getting smug.

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How to Read a Creative Commons License

2009-04-19T15:27:00.000-05:00

Creative Commons (the less restrictive alternative to copyright) is meant to be understood by the everyday average person. It's licenses are pretty straight forward and include easier to read versions of otherwise complicated legal jargon. This article will guide you through the components of a license an help you understand the implications of using one.

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How to Watch Over 500 Movies a Year

2009-04-16T20:19:00.001-05:00

Ever wish you could watch more movies? Every year thousands of new films make their way into theaters. It seems as if it would take a lifetime just to watch all the trailers. While you may not be able to see every film ever made, you can actually watch a fair share of the good ones. Using the skills of time management for evil, this article has figured out the secret to doing just that.

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How to Watch Amazon Video on Demand on Your TV

2009-04-16T17:31:00.003-05:00

Amazon is one of the biggest plays in digital distribution. With their Video on Demand service (previously known as Unbox) you can buy or rent a movie and watch it immediately on your computer. What many people don't know is that you can now watch (and browse!) those movies on right on your TV.

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How to Superimpose Monitors and Screens in Your Photos Using Photoshop

2009-04-14T01:15:00.004-05:00

Photographs of monitors, televisions screens, and laptops has always been problematic. The screens look odd from different angles. The glow of the computer monitor has an effect on lighting. You never seem to be able to get a good focus on the image. Rather than go through great strain trying to find a setting that works for both the image on the computer and the surrounds as well, this article will show you how to do it like the pro's do: Take a picture of the object and superimpose the screen in post.

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How to Take Photos to Drastically Improve Your eHow Articles

2009-04-13T03:56:00.002-05:00

With all the hype about SEO and revenue, so many writers forget what is really important - quality articles. Unlike the other factors authors often dwell on, a reputation for quality articles will naturally bring people back to your pages again and again. Word of mouth will spread and users will remember your name as the go-to for how-to's. One of the most overlooked components of an articles is the pictures! Rather than using stock photographs - or more frequently, no photos at all - this article will show you how to use all your own photography.

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How to Replace Cable TV With the Internet

2009-04-12T22:24:00.001-05:00

Many people are still paying cable TV, even in the digital age. Besides saving literally your entire TV cable bill every month, using digital distribution has some other great advantages. You won’t be plagued by commercials. Most content is show commercial free, but even when there are commercials they’re never more than thirty second breaks. You also have the advantage of watching what you want, when you want. You can pause it, watch more later, and pick whatever show and episode you want. You’ll be able to easily watch an entire series from start to end and enjoy it far more. This article will give you a lot of different options for watching digitally. You can find links to the various sites, devices, and other eHows mentioned in the resources section at the bottom of the page.

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How to Kill, Block, Redirect, and/or Stop the Diggbar

2009-04-11T20:44:00.001-05:00

Digg recently created the "DiggBar," an html toolbar that frames each subsequent website click in such a way that Digg benefits from the traffic. While the bar remains on a user's screen, they loose the ability to truly bookmark a site or view the real URL. Instead, all navigation is manipulated to benefit digg and their advertisers. Thankfully there are now several methods to stop Digg from taking advantage of your website.

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How to Free Up Disk Space on Your Mac

2009-04-11T16:16:00.001-05:00

It seems like your Mac is always running out of space, and when it really starts getting full it can even slow down. If you're like most people, you start having to make hard decisions about which files you really need and which you can delete. While advancements like Time Machine have made that decision a little easier, there are other options. This article will give you the top five ways to reclaim space on your Mac. Some software will be required . . . you can find it at the resources link below.

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How to Watch Netflix Instant Queue Movies on Your TV

2009-04-10T00:01:00.002-05:00

A lot of people have started using Netflix to watch movies. The instant download queue makes it easy to watch a limitless number of films anytime you want, on demand. The one downfall of the instant feature is that you have to watch the movies on your computer. With a cheap simple device (which you may already own!) you'll be able to watch movies from your Netflix instant queue right on your TV.

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How to Hardcode External .SRT Subtitles Into a Video File

2009-04-06T00:01:00.001-05:00

When you watch a digital film on your computer, you may find a subtitle file included alongside the movie file. The subtitle may have the extention .srt, .sub or .idx. This method of subtitling a film leaves the text in a separate file outside of the actual movie. If you want to watch the movie on a device that doesn't support this kind of file (standard Quicktime, iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, Xbox, etc) you need to hardcode the subtitle so it's imbedded in the movie file. If none of that made any sense to you, that's ok too - this article will show you how to permanently slap that subtitle onto your movie file.

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How to Use DeviantArt to Drive Traffic and Promote Your Site

2009-04-04T01:01:00.002-05:00

Many people are looking for new ways to promote their web content - whether it be their own websites, photography, or even eHow articles. While the usual tried and true methods of SEO and advertising work just fine, more artistic minds might want to think outside of the box a little. For those looking to try a different approach, I present DeviantArt.com! Deviant Art is not simply an art community, but a popular communication tool. It's high traffic rate and Google ranking make it an ideal place to tell people about your projects. With some creative thinking, you can utilize it to promote just about anything you're working on.

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How to Promote Your eHow Articles and Increase SEO Using Flickr

2009-04-04T00:01:00.001-05:00

The internet is littered with information about Search Engine Optimization. Everyone wants to get their projects, websites, and articles to the top of search engines to help increase traffic. While there are much more effective methods of SEO, here's one for thinking outside the box - You can use the built in popularity of Flickr.com to launch yourself to the top of search engines! This article will use eHow articles as an example, but this method will work on a variety of content. The best thing about this kind of search engine optimization is that it only benefits high quality articles! No cheating here; if you've got quick, cheap, photo-less articles you'd better run along.

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How to Prepare Firm Crispy Tofu for a Chinese Style Stir-Fry

2009-04-03T00:01:00.001-05:00

If you haven't worked with tofu before, it can be something of a mystery to cook. It doesn't seem to have a taste or a smell, and it comes submerged in fluid. Tofu isn't unlike meat in it's preparation. There are many different ways to cook Tofu, but this article is going to focus on making it delicious and crispy so it'll be ready for a stirfry.

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How to Get Your Digg Article to the Front Page

2009-03-29T00:01:00.001-05:00

People are always complaining that Digg is fixed, and that the long time users are the only ones who can make it to the front page. Others will tell you that only articles about Apple, Linux, etc will ever get there. The reality is that in less than a week, you can become a power Digg user and start getting your articles to the front page.

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How to Stream Music and Movies from a Mac to an Xbox 360

2009-03-28T00:01:00.002-05:00

One of the best features of the Xbox 360 is it's ability to stream content from your computer to the console. Any Windows PC on the network can play movies, music, and tv shows over a network and on to your TV. Thanks to some great software, you can do this on your Mac as well - and it's actually fairly easy

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How to Leave a Review in the iTunes Store

2009-03-27T00:01:00.001-05:00

Earlier today I urged a friend of mine to write a review for a podcast we were talking about. Much to my surprise, she was confused and frightened of the iTunes store. Even though she had an iTunes account, she didn't know how to leave a review. This friendly and oddly upbeat article will navigate you through the iTunes store so you too can leave feedback.

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How to Buy an Apple Mac Computer For Unbelievably Cheap

2009-03-24T00:01:00.000-05:00

One of the many myths about Apple's Macintosh computers is that they're expensive. While going out and picking up your average Mac from the Apple store is probably more expensive than finding a bargain at Best Buy, that doesn't mean there aren't cheaper Apple computers to be found. I recently bought a Macbook for $450. After $100 worth of upgrades, it runs faster than anything I've ever used. I'm going to give you some tips for finding a quality Mac desktop or laptop for only a few hundred dollars.

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How to Setup Hotmail or Windows Live Mail on Your iPhone

2009-03-23T02:01:00.001-05:00

Microsoft recently announced POP3 support for Hotmail and Windows Live Mail. This addition gives users the ability to access their email accounts from various desktop and mobile clients. More importantly for you, this also means you can read and send Hotmail and Live Mail on your iPhone. Follow these steps and you'll be ready to go in no time.

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How to Access Your Hotmail or Live Account With Apple Mail

2009-03-23T01:01:00.002-05:00

Just recently Microsoft announced POP3 support for Hotmail and Windows Live Mail. What does this mean for you? It means you can finally use that little stamp icon that's been sitting in your Mac's dock to read your email. How exciting!

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How to Trim the Beginning and/or End of a Video File Without Reencoding

2009-03-23T00:01:00.002-05:00

You ever have a digital video file you wish you could remove the beginning or end of? Maybe you have a TV show you want to cut the credits out of, or maybe you need a quick way to edit some video of your own. This article will show you how to cut down a video using only quicktime. You won't even have to re-encode!

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How to Convert a .DMG to a .ISO Using Terminal

2009-03-22T02:01:00.000-05:00

One of the most frequent questions I get is how to convert a Mac disk image file (dmg) to a more Windows friendly iso file. Fortunatly it's not that hard, and there's two ways to do it. In this article I'm going to show you how to accomplish this using only Terminal. For an explanation on converting the file using a graphical interface, see my other eHow article "How to Convert a .DMG to a .ISO Using Disk Utility."

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How to Convert a .DMG to a .ISO Using Disk Utility

2009-03-22T01:01:00.002-05:00

I recently wrote a requested article on converting a Mac disk image file (dmg) to a more Windows friendly iso file using Terminal. While there isn't anything necessarily difficult about that way, there's an even easier method for people who prefer a graphic interface.

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How to Get Your Mac to Automatically Download TV Episodes via Bittorrent

2009-03-22T00:01:00.001-05:00

Even with the advances of iTunes and Hulu, many people still turn to Bittorrent as their DVR. If you're regularly hunting for the latest episodes of your favorite shows, there's now a much more efficient way to do that. This article will show you how to get your Mac to automatically to grab the latest episode of your shows for you. The obvious disclaimer: don't download illegal content.

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How to Turn Your Guitar Into a Synthesizer

2009-03-21T01:01:00.002-05:00

This article will teach you how to make literally any sound known to man with your guitar - in three steps.

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How to Install Easily Removable Track Lighting While Renting

2009-03-21T00:01:00.001-05:00

Tracklighting is a simple way to drastically improve the look of your apartment. Rooms that were once flooded with standard boring lighting will be given a much more moody atmosphere. The best part is that this method doesn't involve tapping into the electricity in the wall, so you can install it in literally any apartment. When you're ready to move out, you patch a few nail size holes and it's like you were never there.

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How to Replace the Faces Corkboard in iPhoto '09

2009-03-20T00:01:00.000-05:00

Apple's 2009 version of iPhone introduced us to a great new feature - Faces! This article will simply show you how to remove the default cork background and replace it with something more modern.

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How to Take Live Photos of Bands

2009-03-19T01:01:00.002-05:00

One of the hardest types of photography has to be live band performances. You often find yourself in a low light situation with a bunch of ridiculously fast moving subjects. Add the spontaneous nature of stage shows with fast schizophrenic lighting and you start to see why it can be such a headache. However, once you have the right technique down, you might find that these are your favorite kind of pictures to take.

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How to Cover / Refinish Your Cabinets Temporarily While Renting

2009-03-19T00:01:00.000-05:00

Just because you're renting doesn't mean you can't customize your space. This article will show you an alternative to painting or actually refinishing your ugly cabinets. Your newly decorated cabinets will hold up against your messy kitchen, but you'll be able to remove the covering easily when you move out.

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How to Install or Upgrade the Airport Wireless Card In a Macbook

2009-03-17T00:01:00.001-05:00

There are many reasons to pry open your Macbook and fidget with the Airport card. Some laptops only came with 802.11n, so perhaps you're upgrading. It's also possible that your airport card needs replacing. Even if it's not the airpot card you're after, you may need to know how to open your Macbook up. For those brave enough, this article will show you how it's all done.

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How to Install a SSD (Solid State Disk) in a Macbook

2009-03-15T03:01:00.000-05:00

Apple recently starting offering solid state disk options when ordering new Macbooks. As with most of Apple’s upgrades, these upgrades are quite pricey. This article will show you how to install a SSD in your new (or old!) macbook and save a lot of money in the process.

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How to Add Netflix and Hulu to Frontrow

2009-03-15T01:01:00.003-05:00

Apple’s front row is a great way to enjoy movies, tv shows, and music from your iTunes library. A recent plugin has added Netflix and Hulu to the mix, and it’s actually pretty easy to install.

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How to Control Your iPhone From Your Computer

2009-03-15T00:01:00.001-05:00

Many sites on the internet will tell you how to control your computer using your iPhone - but what if you want to control your iPhone using your computer? Finally, here's a how-to article for that.

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How to Get Non-Mobile Sites Like eHow.com On Your iPhone

2009-03-14T01:01:00.001-05:00

When Apple released the iPhone, they claimed we were finally going to have the "real internet" in the palm of our hands. However for some reason, many sites have decided to force mobile versions on iPhone users. This tutorial will show you how to get your iPhone to register as Firefox, thusly displaying the web version of many popular cites (I'm looking at you eHow.com!)

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How to Make a White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha

2009-03-14T00:01:00.002-05:00

Nearly all of the drinks you find at a coffee bar / Starbucks / Caribou Coffee come from one of three recipes. Some drinks are warm, some are cold, and some are blended frozen. I'm going to teach you the central hot recipe using my favorite drink, the white chocolate raspberry mocha. Using this template, you can also make a latte, a cappuccino, a mocha, and any one of the flavored mocha drinks.

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How to Record a Podcast Interview Using Skype, iChat, etc

2009-01-19T00:01:00.004-06:00

Maybe you're new to podcast, or maybe you've been podcasting a while - either way you're ready to have a guest on your show, and I'm ready to show you how.

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How to FAKE a Shallow Depth of Field (Sharp Subject, Blurry Background) Photo in Photoshop

2009-01-18T01:01:00.002-06:00

A shallow depth of field can create a great effect, but it's not always possible to do the old fashion way. I'll show you how to use a modern editing program like photoshop to make one quick and dirty.

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How to Take a Photo With a Shallow Depth of Field (Sharp Subject, Blurry Background)

2009-01-18T00:01:00.002-06:00

One of the most useful tricks to creating a powerful focus is utilizing depth of field. By creating a shallow depth of field, you keep the viewer's eyes off the distracting background and focused in on exactly what you want them to see.

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How to Block Ads in Safari

2008-10-24T00:01:00.002-05:00

One of the biggest problems I had with Apple's Safari web browser is that I couldn't block ads. After being a long time Firefox user, I became spoiled from browsing an internet free of advertising. Now there's a way to tell Safari to never show you an advertisement! In this article, I'll guide you through the process. Don't worry, it's relatively painless.

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How to Use FLAC in iTunes - the Free and Easy Way

2008-10-23T01:01:00.009-05:00

Getting flac files to work in iTunes has been a long standing nightmare. Thanks to some recent software, there's now a solution to use Flac in iTunes like any other file. Import, export, convert, tag, it's all there. You need to read this.

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How to Use Toast to Convert FLAC and Other Files in iTunes

2008-10-23T00:01:00.013-05:00

So you've gotten comfortable importing your CDs into iTunes . . . but you've come across one of these tricky FLAC files! In other articles I've shown you how to import FLAC files into iTunes for free (where they can later be converted). In this article, I'm going to show you another method without all the library cluttering mess.

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How to Get an Official What.cd Invite Without Knowing Anyone

2008-10-22T00:01:00.005-05:00

Tired of begging for invites? Lots of people want to get in on the What.cd action, but don't know anyone with an invite. This article will show you how to make use of a little known method to be official invited without doing anything against what.cd rules.

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How to Put Your Band's Music on Last.fm

2008-10-15T04:01:00.002-05:00

Last.fm is quickly becoming the first true successor to mp3.com. If manage or are in an up and coming band, you're going to want to get your music online ASAP. Fear not - this article will make it simple.

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How to Convert CBZ & CBR Comic Book Files to PDF

2008-10-15T02:01:00.003-05:00

Online comics are growing in popularity every day. The leading format, CBZ/CBR hasn't quite caught on in the way PDFs have. This article will show you how to convert comic book files into ebook ready PDFs of the same quality and filesize.

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How to Recover Lost/Deleted Hard Drive Data on a Mac - Without a Backup

2008-10-15T01:01:00.001-05:00

Everyone's lost data - it's quickly becoming a part of life. While backup solutions like Time Machine exist, not everyone has access to them. Here's a way to get your deleted or lost data back off that hard drive without even having a backup!

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How to Make a Custom Themed Google Homepage/Startpage

2008-10-15T00:01:00.001-05:00

You customize everything else on your computer . . . why not customize Google as well? Using a little internet magic, you can have your own Google startpage up and running in a matter of minutes. You'll be able to not only chose your own theme, but customize all the links as well.

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