Comments on: How-to Videos and Wikis

How-to Videos and Wikis

netbros — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:25:24 -0800

Howcast shows engaging, useful how-to videos and wiki guides. A few examples include: How to Do Polyphasic Sleeping, How to Make a Fried Onion Blossom, or How to Do a Frontside 180 Ollie. Founded by veterans of Google and Youtube.

By: Uppity Pigeon #2

Uppity Pigeon #2 — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:49:23 -0800

Hulu was recommending some of these to me the other day. One was called something like "How to pick out the right pair of panties." There was also one on how to wear a garter belt right next to it, and I think a sexily-thumbnailed leg shaving one. Does the Howcast specialize in a J.C. Penny catalog level of pornography, or does my Hulu account just think I'm a big ol' perv?

By: Ghidorah

Ghidorah — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:04:30 -0800

I wish this had been around when I was thirteenish. I could never ollie. I learned an important lesson though: If you suck so badly at something that you're unable to even manage one of the most basic elements of it, you should really just move on with your life and find something else.

By: Damn That Television

Damn That Television — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:06:19 -0800

Uppity, no, that's basically their modus operandi. http://www.howcast.com/videos/most_viewed/howcast_studios Their top 10 most viewed videos are: How to have sex in a car, how to kiss like Angelina Jolie, How to perform a striptease, How to rev up your sex drive, How to have safe sex, How to fake an orgasm, How to get laid, How to find out a girl's name after you've slept with her, How to kiss with passion, and how to use Twitter (lol). There are some really good videos throughout the site, but they each get like 400 views, whereas anything that has a sex thumbnail gets at least 100K.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:07:30 -0800

It's going to have to work hard to distinguish itself from the millions of other similar sites. Also, the one I watched (cellphone wingman) was more creepily funny than actually informative.

By: nebulawindphone

nebulawindphone — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:23:16 -0800

Exclaiming "gnarly!" afterwards is totally optional. That's a relief.

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:41:47 -0800

When I saw the video title 'How to Increase Your Odds of Surviving a Disaster', with a thumbnail of several people floating in a yellow raft near the still-floating wreck of an airplane, the thought, "Eat everyone," went through my mind. Should I be worried about that? Should I maybe post this to AskMe...?

By: memebake

memebake — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:29 -0800

Basic Instructions is a more all-inclusive guide to a life well lived.