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How to Draw a Dragon

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Do you have trouble drawing mythical creatures? It’s not as straightforward as drawing a frog or a car, but you have more room for creativity because no one can ever say it doesn’t look like the real thing! Once you get a simple dragon down, as instructed here, you can embellish and personalize it as much as you want.

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Making Images seamless horizontally or vertically using The GIMP

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If you try the “Make seamless” plug-in in GIMP, it will make the image seamless both horizontally and vertically at the same time. It will not allow you to make it seamless in only one dimension.
This instructable will help you to make images seamless in only the dimension of your choice.

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The Fools Mate Move in Chess

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Fooled

 

The famous four-move checkmate, also known as Mate-in-four is explained here. The principle is to focus your attack on the Black King’s Bishop’s Pawn (F7). The only piece protecting this pawn at the start is the Black King, if you can take control of that square, you can put black under a lot of pressure. Fool’s mate is a great way to intimidate an amateur player, but you won’t get far with this move on a more advanced player. It is also not the kind of thing people fall for twice, once they understand how it works. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Make an Origami Heart

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How to Connect Two Paper Clips without Touching Them

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“This is a pretty cool trick. It works, it requires minimal materials and no setup, and it is super easy to do. Amaze your friends by connecting two paper clips without touching either one”

What you’ll need: 2 Paper Clips, 1 paper or a Money Note.

 

What you'll need

 

Steps

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Create A Blank File of Unlimited Size!!!

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This is a cool trick to freak your friends out!!! Or How about simply make a file of 10GB in 3sec. and place it in your friends C:\Windows folder and tell him that he’s ran out of space!!! :)

You can create a file of any size using nothing more than what’s supplied with Windows. Start by converting the Read the rest of this entry »