We all remember the controversy of SCRABBLE Trickster back in April. SCRABBLE + Mattel + Proper Nouns = BLASPHEMY! Some thought it was just a PR hoax, something to rattle the bones of diehard SCRABBLE players, like myself. Others thought it was an April Fools' Day joke. But ...more
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. UPDATE: Minecraft 1.9.6 has been leaked! It's time for another pre-release folks! This time it's 1.9 Version 5, and it's better than ever. Confirmed changes include: Melons drop ...more
For as long as I've loved SCRABBLE, I can't believe I've never come across this before. "CRAZIEST" - A short story by Liz Dubelman about words and numbers as a religion (think Pi), about SCRABBLE being the oracle, about her quest for the "triple-triple". This spoke words to m ...more
Alec Baldwin loves word games? Enough to get kicked off an airplane? Apparently. Yesterday, while sitting in first class on his American Airlines flight back to New York from LAX, a flight attendant "reamed" him off the plane for playing the popular Scrabble clone, Words with ...more
Let's face it, not every logophile is addicted to Scrabble. Without the use of a timer, Scrabble can be a pretty slow game. Even in clubs and tournaments where the standard time limit is 25 minutes per person for a two-player game. Now, take away time restrictions and add two ...more
Radioactive by Kings of Leon is a very straightforward song for bass players, although as they say in the world of music "simple is almost always better". If you're just getting started on bass, or if you're just really into the song and want to learn it on bass, this video ha ...more
All I have to say is: weird.
This video, by JustinGuitar, starts off by giving a preview of the song that he is about to teach you. He explains that Molly's Chamber by Kings of Leon is a great song for learning to use your power chords. He says that you need to hit the string quite hard, but not to worry ...more
EnglishRyan shows you how to pronounce difficult sounds for IELTS. Using some pronunciation technique games you can learn to pronounce difficult words. The instructor says the words and tells you how to emphasis on your mouth and say the words. There is also a game you can pla ...more
Learn how to play "Learning To Breath" by Switchfoot, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, lyrics here: Learning To Breath A Walk To Remember (A Walk To Remember) Hello, good morning, how you do? What makes your rising sun so new? I could use a ...more
Learn how to play "Pieces" by Sum 41, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, lyrics here: I tried to be perfect But nothing was worth it I don’t believe it makes me real I thought it’d be easy But no one believes me I meant all the things I said I ...more
Who says you can’t play fetch with a cat? You just have to make it worth Fluffy’s time. You will need a cat, patience and rewards. Tip: Don't yell! Cats don't respond well to loud noises. Don't use "no" during training, as this should be reserved for important things like not ...more
Learn how to play "The Truth" by Daniel D on the piano. For the left hand I meant to say E flat (Eb), B flat (Bb), E flat (Eb) NOT D flat (Db), B flat (Bb), D flat (Db)
Learn how to play "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. In the video I mixed up the G and the B string. So when I say the G string, I actually mean the B string and the other way around*** Here are the chords used in the song: INTRO: -X30210, XX3210, X33210 ...more
Learn how to play the ukulele chord progression in "A"! This is "basic, basic" (so says our instructor/musician). Try A, D, A, E7.
In our media-enriched world, past and present, SCRABBLE has made a name for itself, whether deliberately, subconsciously, or influentially. You may have a read a book that had the popular word game within a chapter, watched a movie that showed your favorite characters bringing ...more
The 2011 Toronto International Scrabble Open (TOSI) took place last weekend, with former World Champion Adam Logan beating out all of the human competition for the $3,000 grand prize. But when it came time to take on the Quackle program in the Human vs. Computer Showdown, he l ...more
This how to video shows you how to perform a half beat bass technique on an accordion. You will skip every other beat to do this. In this example, a Beatles song will be played to show you how to do this. First, you will how it is normally played. Next, you will hear it using ...more
Label Profile: Night-People [Night-People founder Shawn Reed, playing live in Montreal as Wet Hair] By Jenn Pelly MP3: Ela Orleans: "I Know" MP3: Cellophane Spill: "Zaj Mak Ta" If you really want to get inside the mind of Night-People founder Shawn Reed, start with his we ...more
SCRABBLE. I miss it. That idiosyncratic smell of cardboard, cheap wood and plastic that rushes out when I remove the box's cover. The instant gratification of unfolding the board into the sweet spot of the table, smoothing it out into the perfect receptacle for a heated battl ...more
I'm not much for politics, but I do like to keep tabs on our elected government officials from time to time, since I am a registered voter and believe that every one should vote (unless they're just voting to say they voted). This pretty much means I pay attention to my local ...more
In a word... WOW. 22-year-old Taimane Gardner, a Honolulu native, stuns the audience with her electric uke rendition of Bach's Toccata. Forget the fact that Taimane's skill level is incredible... her stage presence is insane! Taimane has been performing and winning ukulele con ...more
With Tim Burton's revival of Alice in Wonderland, throw one of the hottest parties in town with a "mad tea party" themed party. Recreating one of Alice in Wonderland's most famous adventures is a great theme for all kinds of celebrations. Set the scene with these suggestions. ...more
Learn how to play "Nineteen" by Tegan And Sara, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Capo On 4th fret (acoustic live) Chords Used: e|–0–|–0–|—–|—–|—–|—–| B|–1–|–0–|–0–|–0–|–0–|–0–| G|–0–|–0–|–0–|–0–|–0–|–0– ...more
Learn how to play "The Way I Loved You" by Taylor Swift, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Capo On 3rd Fret Intro: D A Em G x2 A D A He is sensible and so incredible Em G And all my single friends are j ...more
Learn how to play "I Can Do Better" by Avril Lavigne, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Uh, yeah you can do it I didn’t give a damn what you say to me I don’t really care what you think of me Cause either way you’re gonn ...more
Learn how to play "Your Biggest Fan" by Nevershoutnever, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: C5 I’m a real big fan of yours G But I’m quite the joke to you F But girl it wasn’t a joke when you C5 Kissed ...more
Learn how to play "She's Got Style" by Never Shout Never, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, lyrics here: If it's not those cowboy boots in the summer Oh my God, I pray for another Chance to drive down back highways Until I stumble upon your be ...more
Learn how to play "Goodbye" by Secondhand Serenade, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: eb|----------0----------------0----------------0---------------0--------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------------- ...more
Learn how to play "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Intro: C G Am F C We were both young when i first saw you F I close my eyes and the flashback starts Am F Im standing th ...more
Learn how to play "One In A Million" by Hannah Montana, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Capo on 2nd Fret Intro: A B C#m Verse: A B C#m Pre: F#m G#m A G#m F#m G#m A Chorus: A E B (2x) F#m C#m A E F#m ...more
Learn how to play "The Kill" by 30 Seconds To Mars, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: tabs: http://www.guitartutee.com/tabs/2008/09/20/30-seconds-to-mars-the-kill/ Lyrics: What if I wanted to break Laugh it all off in y ...more
Grab your acoustic guitar, strap, and your pick and check out this free guitar lesson. This video tutorial will teach you Christian rock guitarists how to play a solo from a Matt Redman song. Not just any Matt Redman song, but one of his greatest: "Blessed Be Your Name." And j ...more
Grab your acoustic guitar, strap, and your pick and check out this free guitar lesson. This video tutorial will teach you country rock guitarists how to play a Hank Williams, Jr. song. Not just any Hank Williams, Jr. song, but one of his greatest: "A Country Boy Can Survive." ...more
Grab your acoustic guitar, strap, and your pick and check out this free guitar lesson. This video tutorial will teach you country rock guitarists how to play a Lady Antebellum song. Not just any Lady Antebellum song, but one of their greatest: "Love Don't Live Here." And just ...more
Hello, my name is Nicole Valentine and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm here to talk to you about how to coordinate birthday games for a birthday party. We're going to now talk about how to play the game think fast. This is a very simple game. Just use a ball that you have at ...more
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a confession to make, in case you haven't noticed already: I'm a little reticent about building decks. I've only posted two on this blog, one of which was made by someone else. I have a few thousand cards. Why not make use of a few? Well, why not, ...more
Jonathan Guberman of Site 3 coLaboratory hackerspace in Toronto has created an Arduino-controlled mechanical typewriter that can type on its own, detect what is being typed on it, and run text-based interactive fiction games such as the classic (and to most, all but forgotten) ...more
Final Fantasy 14 the MMO is now live. The special edition priced at $75 enables people to play eight days earlier than people getting the regular edition, which comes out on September 30th. Mine arrived yesterday and here are some pictures of what's inside the special edition ...more
Unless you're a music theory buff or taking AP Music Theory in school (forced or otherwise), then the only word in "diatonic circle chord progressions" that makes sense to you is "circle." But the fancy schmancy term is just an elaborate way of saying you're playing chord prog ...more
Punky pop twosome 3OH!3 are eccentric to say the least. With songs that wax poetic in memorable and tasteful lines like "Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips," it's impossible to ignore this pop group these days. Slightly inappropriate and always dressed to impress, 3O ...more
While we'd love to say that all the members of a rock band are important to how the group performs, we have to admit it: the lead guitarist generally has the best gig. With blazing, fast licks that make our heart go all aflutter, the best and most catchy melodies in the song, ...more
Tune into these tuts and learn any of the following Taylor Swift hits. I will teach you easy to follow steps that will have you playing in no time! Have taught 1000's of students just like yourself. Go to my site and read what they have to say! Also check out: http://www.yout ...more
Maximefcom teaches viewers how to play FLAC files in Windows Media Player. First, you will need to open up your web browser. Next, go to the site Xiph. here you should click on the section 'Downloads' to the left. Click on the file that says 'Ogg Codecs for Windows'. Download ...more
Apparently, the Aussie pop singer is quite the Scrabble player. At least, that's what the word is. An article in 2009 from Mirror.co.uk reports that a very close friend of Minogue is tired of losing: "We quite often have marathon Scrabble competitions. Kylie has the game do ...more
This is a short clip that gives a few pointers on how to play sweet home Alabama. The song starts with D-String open twice, B String, G string, B String twice, B String, G string, then the E string twice. It is a little hard to understand what the host is saying as his/her voi ...more
The song might say "We don't need no education" but you might to play this Pink Floyd song from the late 70's. This video shows you how to play "Another Brick in the Wall". You'll learn the main riff first and the chords that accompany it. You'll learn the strumming technique ...more
Some of you might be searching for a application which can record mouse movements and keystrokes of keyboard and repeat it as many times as you want to and get a hotkey for it to play. You need to get two form boxes , two timers, two text boxes, one record and one play back bo ...more
By following the notepad narration you will learn how to hack bricks breaking on Facebook using a Cheat engine. According to t4terr its a quick simple process and all you'll need to do to start is play the game a little bit, then open up calculator and multiply your score by 8 ...more
The video shows how to play Guitar Hero on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Guitar Hero is a free download from iTunes. Open the application named Tap Tap Revenge and choose a category of music you want to play. As the ball comes towards you, tap on the screen. Tap on where it says ...more
In this video, a guitarist explains how to play "Stomp and Stare" by One Republic on guitar. He starts out by saying that you must put your capo on the fourth fret, but he leaves the capo off the fifth string, because he believes it makes the song sound better. He then slowly ...more
The video shows how to play “Sunshine Superman” on guitar. He goes through each note individually and puts them together gradually to create the tune on the guitar. He tells what note is being played. He also says what string is being hit. He plays the song for you so you can ...more
This video shows in great detail how to slap the strings of a bass guitar with the thumb or pop the strings with the finger. The various angles of the video make it easy for a viewer to see what it looks like as they slap or pop the guitar, especially the over the shoulder ang ...more
Tim Gilbert breaks down the task of singing & playing the acoustic guitar into 3 simple steps. Step 1: Strumming You could hold a chord, but that isn't necessary when you are getting used to the down-up strumming motion. It helps to talk along, as it will prepare your to do t ...more
Got 3D glasses leftover from the Superbowl? Time to break them out! You will need cheap 3D glasses from television promotions or you can grab them off eBay for this demonstration. Or you can simply make your own 3D glasses red and blue or yellow and blue cellophane. NOTE: Get ...more
Learn how to play "Your Universe" by Rico Blanco, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: G Tell me something Em When the rain falls on your face C How do you quickly replace Am It with G A golden summer smile ...more
It's time for some golf! Doug Hammer, PGA, from Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona says, "Making solid contact is the key to hitting the golf ball farther. But a proper impact position with an iron is significantly different than that of a driver." Learn how to do ...more
Check out this instructional acoustic guitar lesson that shows you how to play the classic song "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett. Improve your guitar playing skills by learning this song by Joan Jett with this tutorial video. Practice your guitar technique and soon you will ...more
Getting to know your scales are important to understanding music theory, learning your fretboard, improving your technique and training your ear. Check out this instructional acoustic guitar video that shows how to play C major scale in first position. Playing a scale on one s ...more
Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist ...more