EDUCATION
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A picture's worth a thousand words, so a moving picture must be worth a million or so, right? If you prefer some visual aids in your educational experience, try the multimedia presentations at VidBook.com. Choose your category and topic to find guides with text, graphics, and video clips that'll teach you how to dance, how to redecorate your kitchen, or how to train your puppy. If the video clips aren't enough for you, in many cases you can order a full-length videotape too.
There are several things you probably can't learn how to do online—riding a bike and swimming come to mind. For everything else, though, there's FindTutorials, a search engine that can direct you to the best cyberlessons available. Search by keyword or drill down through categories to find how-tos on subjects from arts to sports, with a healthy dose of computing topics thrown in. You'll find everything from making your own candles to writing SQL database queries.
What do you know that Heloise doesn't? Share your best tips and tricks for anything -- finance, travel, household maintenance -- at Hints-n-Tips.com. Or search through the index for advice on a subject that's currently stumping you. Also included: links from each section to more online advice on the topic that interests you.
Any site that helps you convert to Buddhism in just five screens is obviously a model of clarity and brevity. Explore SoYouWanna.com, a destination that will remind you of other Incredibly Useful Sites, such as Learn2.com and eHow, as it teaches you how to tackle hundreds of life’s little tasks and challenges. Choose a category and then a topic for instruction in activities such as shooting pool, getting a pet ferret, renting a tuxedo, and even winning an Oscar pool.
