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A Beginner's Guide to Playing Sungka or Congkak
If you’re looking for something fun to play, congkak (pronounced “chong-kak”) is a classic Malaysian game that’s easy to learn. While congkak looks and plays similar to mancala, there are a few different rules to keep in mind before you start your game. K...
How to Tell Your Mom You Like a Guy
Having a crush can lead to a lot of confusing emotions. You may be unsure how to act around this person or what to say. If you want to start dating, you may be nervous about what your parents will think. Your mom can help you cope with the feelings you ar...
How to Dance Cumbia: A Beginner’s Step-By-Step Guide
The word cumbia is derived from the African cumbe, which means dance. It represents a blending of cultures both musically and rhythmically during the 17th century when African slaves were brought to Colombia by the Spanish. Throughout the centuries, both...
How to Organize Your Comic Collection with Excel
Collecting comics is a fun hobby, but when you've built a significant little library, they're hard to keep track of. You know you want to be able to share them with friends, refer back to certain issues, or even pull them out if you're ready to sell them...
Get Back Online: Easy Ways to Reconnect Any Device to Wi-Fi
Were you disconnected from your Wi-Fi access point and need to get back online? If you need help reconnecting your computer, phone, tablet, or printer to your wireless router, you've come to the right place. Whether you've recently replaced or reset your...
How to Print Part of an Excel Spreadsheet
Excel sheets can compile a lot of data, and it’s not always convenient to print it all at once. You can print certain sections of a spreadsheet by highlighting the target area, going to the print settings, and choosing the ‘print selected area’ option. A...
How to Deal with Rejection: 9 Expert-Backed Ways to Handle It
Any kind of rejection, whether it’s related to love, your career, friends, or even a book proposal, isn’t the greatest feeling. While rejection is a fact of life and you’ll eventually be turned down by someone somewhere, we’ll teach you how to bounce back...
How to Play Carrom
Carrom, also referred to as Karrom, is a popular game in the Middle East and surrounding areas. The game is similar to a combination of billiards and shuffleboard, while being much more portable. It involves a tabletop board, and some small game pieces....
How to Eat Yucca
Yucca, also known as Soapweed, Spanish Bayonet, and other popular names, grows in deserts throughout the world. All of the non-woody parts of most yuccas are edible, but the blooms in particular are quite tasty, making an interesting addition to salads, s...
A Beginner’s Guide to Thread a Bobbin
Using a sewing machine makes sewing projects quicker and easier, but first you need to know how to wind a bobbin. The bobbin helps your sewing machine create a stitch by supplying thread to the needle. Once you’ve chosen the thread you want to use for you...
How to Learn to Sing: Teach Yourself with 12 Simple Steps
Have you always dreamed about singing, but don't know where to start? If you'd love to improve your vocal skills, but can't afford to take lessons, we're here for you. In this article, we'll give you tips for getting your voice in tip-top shape, plus show...
How to Switch to Ubuntu
This article will tell you step by step how to switch from Windows to Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a free alternative to Windows and Mac which aims at being fast, easy to use and productive. You may want to switch to Ubuntu because of its robust security, speed, fre...
How to Krump
Krumping is a style of street dancing that's intense, spiritual, and takes some serious skill. It started in the streets of L.A. as an alternative to violence -- what looks aggressive and hypnotizing is really artistic expression that's quite spiritual a...
How to Practice Gesture Drawing
The term "gesture drawing" is to capture the essence of the movement, weight, and inflexion of a human figure, in a long or short time, rather than to present a realistic rendering of details. Gesture drawing is a pedagogical tool--it is hard to imagine a...
How to Make a Cardboard Car
Making a cardboard car is a fun activity. A large cardboard car, made from a moving box, can keep a toddler or small child entertained for hours. A small toy car is equally fun. To make either a large or a small cardboard car, you’ll need a pencil, box cu...
How to Train a Cat
Cats are incredibly independent creatures. In fact, researchers have found that even though humans have kept cats as pets for at least 9,000 years, house cats are only semi-domesticated.[1] X Research source Training a cat can be difficult,...