Archive for the 'how to' Category

19
Jun
08

Yeah!…In your face German!

Hallo….Guten Tag…..Wie geht’s Ihnen?……yeah…I am so hyper right now…I only slept 3 hours yesterday cuz I had a German test today…and thank God…I did really great…speaking of languages…I wanted to make an Educational Round-up of the day…and of course we have to begin with the reason of my suceess…the one and only Livemocha.com…the website is actually more than amazing…a free personal tutor for any language I would like..you have and you will be using that website if you are one of the languages junkies like myself :).

And to get to know how many languages are there around us today πŸ™‚ …A tree is the thingy that will get us to know the GIGANTIC number of languages :)….a tree just like this one πŸ™‚

That looks like a very “branchy” tree…Alrighty then…there is also that little linky that gets you to our friends at O-Culture πŸ™‚

Lifehack for Learning Foreign Languages

Also this website gives you alot of info…books..and audio help in order to know the language…so they pretty much teach you to “walk the walk” and “talk the talk”

Language Courses

Also our friend Tim made a “little” post on this topic…but he says that it only take an hour “not to master” but learn the language..

How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)

His Arabic language demonstration…I have to say…since I know arabic..he did do a really great job…

well…that’s it for this post guys!….next time…we will check out something different…Aufweidersehen!

16
Feb
08

How to stop being Sick..

Yesterday was really a bad day for me…I got cold…and I was not able to keep anything I ate….so I was kind of starving..wanting to know some statistics…I went online and found this poster from the WW II describing the effect of Common Cold on the war effort…

I just wanted to know how to just stop getting sick.. and I just found some strategies to stop Cold and prevent it from getting to me!..and they are :

  • Β Wash your hands – The world we live in is filled with viruses and bacteria that can make us ill. Your hands are no exceptions. Wash your hands often to keep them clean. If you cannot wash them, at least use some hand sanitizer, such as Purel.
  • Eat your fruits and vegetables – There are phytochemicals and antioxidants in fruits and vegetables that can help strengthen your immune system and prevent diseases. You should eat at least four servings of vegetables and two servings of fruits every day.
  • Relax and rest – Stress weakens your immune system. You can reduce your stress levels by relaxing and getting more sleep. Sleep is essential to maintaining a healthy immune system. Sleep will also boost your recovery time if you become ill.

take care of yourselves guys…because Cold sucks..

[via fatmanunleased.com]

Bills picture credits : bruno neves

WWII Picture credits : wikipedia.org

21
Jan
08

How to : Make your own Playdough

In 4th grade, my witch looking Art teacher made us play with Playdough, I can hear some of you say “awww, that’s so cute”, well it’s not, apparently the kids from other classes came in and wanted to play with it, not make stuff with it, but just throw it at me, but it’s okay now, I’m a grown up person who is kind of afraid of Playdough πŸ™‚ , no, not really, if you like Playdough, or you just want your little brother or sister to be busy doing something else beside looking up stuff in your room and searching in your drawers, or you have kids!…and you just want a break, but not for too long, because kids usually tend to swallow those cool gum looking stuff, the steps are really simple, even my brother can make it, enjoy.

Step 1:

You will need
  • Plain flour
  • Food colorings
  • Fine salt
  • A saucepan
  • A wooden spoon
  • Cooking oil
  • And two bowls

Step 2:

Mix

Pour 16 ounces of flour into a bowl, followed by 16 ounces of salt.
In a separate bowl pour 16 ounces of water, and add a dash of food colorings in a color of your choice.


Step 3:

Heat

Add the contents of both bowls into a large pan, followed by 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Turn the hob onto a medium heat.
Stir the mixture constantly and it will start to thicken. Keep stirring until it reaches the consistency of stiff, smooth mashed potatoes, and comes away from the sides of the pan.


Step 4:

Knead

Remove the dough from the pan and leave to cool as it will be very hot at the moment. Once it has cooled, knead the dough until it is smooth and playable throughout.

have a good Playdough Playing πŸ™‚ !

16
Jan
08

Funny Stuff : 50 Ways to annoy people :)

 

Β Picture from snowymcice

1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.

2.Begin all your sentences with “ooh la la!”

3. Specify that your drive-through order is “to go.”

4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of “Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip…”

5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.

6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen. <

7. Speak only in a “robot” voice.

8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.

9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will “swipe your grub”.

10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.

11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.

12. Sniffle incessantly.

13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.

14. Name your dog “Dog.”

15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions “to keep them tuned up.”

16. Reply to everything someone says with “that’s what YOU think.”

17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your “astronaut training.”

18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for “violating your airspace”.

19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a “real hoot.”

20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.

21. Practice making fax and modem noises.

22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and “cc:” them to your boss.

23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.

24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.

25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a “spider person.”

26. Finish all your sentences with the words “in accordance with the prophesy.”

27. Wear a special hip holster for your

remote control.

28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you’ll be saying more any moment.

29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.

30. Disassemble your pen and “accidentally” flip the ink cartridge across the room.

31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.

32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.

33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you “like it that way.”

34. Drum on every available surface.

35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.

36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.

37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.

38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into peoples backpacks.

39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.

40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.

41. Set alarms for random times.

42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.

43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.

44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a “croaking” noise.

45. Honk and wave to strangers.

46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.

47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.

48. Tape pieces of “Sweating to the Oldies” over climactic parts of rental movies.

49. Wear your pants backwards.

50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.

13
Jan
08

How To : Be brave while public speaking!

I’ve been a really big coward in talking to a group of people, even if this group was only 3 one year old babies!…I hated doing presentations and participating into a group discussion sessions, I didn’t have what it takes to be that guy that I want to be, that guy that you see doing presentations during his sleep without even dropping one drop of sweat, but still I had to go through a lot of phases in order to get rid of this stupid speechophobia thing, but I’m still looking for tips to be better, and that’s one of my favorite articles that really helped me, hope you guys like it!

[Public Speaking Fear]