Video: Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, it’s fun to get your fortune read — or to read someone else’s. In this video Arthur Lipp-Bonewits, a professional tarot reader who began when he was 12, tells you how to practise reading the deck.
Video: “For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier,” comedian Steven Wright used to say. “I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.”
Hello, and welcome to a very special edition of Will It Sous Vide?, the column where I usually make whatever you want me to with my immersion circulator. Not only are we finally cooking a long-requested dish — porchetta di testa — but we have video.
Video: Cupcakes are a universal good, and using silicone liners makes for a cleaner, cheaper and more colourful baking experience. But these little reusable wrappers have a wider range of uses beyond simply baking.
Video: Jamia Wilson, writer, activist, and executive director of the Feminist Press, has made a career out of compelling speech. In this video, she explains the fundamentals of public speaking.
Video: People don’t really associated chicken with indulgence but, when prepared with love and care (and a lot of fat), it can be downright special.
Video: Mozart wrote a party song called “Kiss My Arse”. The filthy lyrics (“kiss my arse, quickly, quickly”) weren’t discovered until 1991. This is the stuff you’d learn if The A.V. Club was doing interviews in the 1700s. And it’s another great way to appreciate classical music. Just like pop music, the music is more fun if you learn the story behind it. In this video we tell you how.
Video: Forget fancy toys. If you have kids, keep them busy with painter’s tape. Yes, painter’s tape. Here, we show you how the versatile item can provide endless family entertainment — children can design roads for toy cars, create a game of hopscotch, or make a hallway spiderweb. For parents, the best part is that it’s all temporary.
Video: Our inaugural Livehacker event saw three expert speakers share their perspectives on the question “How should a man be?”
Video: If you’ve ever tried to get into classical music, but gotten too bored or distracted, it isn’t your fault. Classical music works differently than popular music, and it’s much easier to appreciate when you understand its structure.
Video: There’s more than one way to cook a burger, and grilling up the seemingly simple sandwich has more steps — and pitfalls — than you might think.
Video: Is gun play a bad thing? Parents sometimes find it unnerving when they hear shouts of “Bang! Bang!” coming from the top of the staircase and discover their children engaged in full pretend battle.
Video: Charmaine Johnise may be best known for VH1's Black Ink Crew: Chicago, but she also knows her way around the kitchen (as well as the tattoo parlour). She stopped by to show us an ingenious method for peeling garlic that takes just seconds, and doesn’t even get your hands dirty.
You can eat pizza for a living, if you’re good enough at it — and if you work hard and get to know everyone in the pizza business. Scott Wiener turned his love of pizza into Scott’s Pizza Tours, a growing business conducting food tours by foot and by bus in Manhattan.
In this video episode of How I Work, we shadowed him for a day and learned how he chooses locations, trains tour guides and makes industry connections, doing his work out of pizza shops and carting supplies around on his bike.
Video: We’re social creatures by nature who rely on one another, so we automatically seek out people to create substantial relationships. But how many friends do you need in your life? And how many can you actually have?
While organising and arranging cables behind your media centre or brand new computer might give you a rush of adrenaline, untangling said cables after you add, remove and rearrange the stuff in your life is always a hassle.
Video: Everyone has a different coming out experience. While there's no perfect "how-to" guide for announcing your sexual orientation or gender identity, we spoke to some members of the nonbinary community to share their advice and experiences.
Video: Food is the most important part of a dinner party, but booze is a close second. Rather than opening up your entire bar cart, focusing on one really good cocktail can keep your costs down while showing off your fancy barkeep skills.
Video: Pride Month is a time when you can show your support for the LGBTQ+ community, no matter how you may identify. However, many people don't know exactly how to perform their duties as an ally without feeling like an outsider in someone else's space.
Video: Opening up your house to a bunch of hungry friends can be quite fun, but you can quickly rack up some pricey party expenses if you're not careful. But there are a lot of ways to serve fancy food without draining your bank account, and we're going to show you how.
