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How to Get Fully Qualified Route Urls from GetRouteUrl
The new Routing features in ASP.NET 4.0 are pretty awesome. However, one issue I ran into recently was trying to get the fully qualified urls from Page.GetRouteUrl as string urls to be used in emails messages. Unfortunately, I wanted something that worked...  more »

How to Keep Your Motivation Up While Losing Weight
It’s the same old story: you’ve begun a weight loss program only to give up just before you started making some real progress. Sometimes, it’s just the completely wrong time to try to change your life and sometimes, it’s just a...  more »

How to Make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you're like me and love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, then you'll love the cookies that you make with this recipe. Prep Time: 15 Min ~ Cook Time: 11 Min ~ Servings: 32 cookies Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) of Butter 1/2 cup granulated Sugar 1 cup...  more »

How to Add Printers selection to Vista Start Menu
If you like having the Printers selection button on the Vista Start menu, you can easily add it to the menu. Follow these steps to add the Printers button to the Vista Start menu: Right click on an empty area on the Taskbar and then select Properties....  more »

How to Create a Monthly Budget
Creating a monthly budget takes some hard work and patience to create, but can ultimately outline the rest of your life and how you are going to achieve the best quality of life possible. This information will help you to determine what your total amount...  more »

How to Make Creamy Cucumber Salad
Ingredients 2 Cucumbers, thinly sliced 6 Tbsp Miracle Whip 1/2 Onion, chopped / diced 2 Tbsp Milk 3 Tbsp Cider Vinegar 1/4 Tsp sugar 1/2 Tsp Salt Pepper to taste Directions In a large bowl mix together Miracle Whip, milk, cider vinegar, sugar, salt and...  more »

How to Break Through a Fitness Plateau
It is easy to take your progress for granted. Steadily you have been losing weight, shedding inches, gaining muscle and then all of a sudden it just stops. This is called a plateau and occurs when your body becomes accustom to the resistance being placed...  more »

How to Understand Nutritional Labels
Nutritional labels were developed in order for the consumer to understand what was in the food that they ate – in an effort to control to growing obesity epidemic and the rising cost of healthcare due to bad eating choices. To properly understand...  more »

How to Make a Red Wine Cooler - Cocktail Recipe
This red wine cooler can be a refreshing drink all year long, but goes down especially well during the summer months. Ingredients 4 fl oz red wine (chilled), dry red wine is best 2 fl oz lemon-lime soda 2 fl oz ginger ale 1 lemon twist, for garnish...  more »

How to Make Pancakes From Scratch - Recipe
One of the nice things about making pancakes from scratch is that you almost always have the basic pancake ingredients in your kitchen. The other nice thing about making pancakes, is that you can usually whip up a great tasting batch in just a few...  more »

How to Show Desktop in Windows 7
By default the Quick Launch bar is no longer enabled in Windows 7, which is where the Show Desktop shortcut icon button resided in previous version of Windows. Don't worry, the Show Desktop feature is still included in Windows 7, it's just been redesigned...  more »

How to Write ISO files to CD or DVD in Windows 7
Windows 7 has made definite improvement to the CD/DVD burning software that is included for free in the Operating System. It's now possible to burn ISO image files directly from the explorer window in Windows 7 using your CD or DVD burner. In past...  more »

How to Enable the Quick Launch bar in Windows 7
By default, the Quick Launch bar is not enabled on the Taskbar in Windows 7, as it was in Vista and XP. Instead, you're able to drag and pin programs to the Taskbar in Windows 7 for quick access to programs. However, if you want to bring back the Quick...  more »

How to Add More Clocks to System Tray (Windows Vista or 7)
It's pretty simple to add more than one clock to your system tray in Windows Vista or 7. Follow these steps to have up to three clocks in different time zones added to the system tray: Open the Control Panel -> then Clock, Language and Region ->...  more »

How to Enable and Access "GodMode" in Windows 7
GodMode is a hidden system control panel in Windows 7 that lets you access all the operating system's control panels from within a single folder without the need to browse options and folders in the Control Panel. To access "GodMode" follow these steps:...  more »

How to Refresh Previously Deleted Podcast Episodes in iTunes
Have you ever deleted an old podcast episode in iTunes and then wanted to re-download it? To get deleted podcast episodes to show up again in iTunes you could just delete your subscription to the particular podcast, and then resubscribe to the podcast for...  more »

How to Move & Position the Cursor within Text on iPhone
When writing out a text message on the iPhone (or iPod), you may need to go back and correct a spelling mistake that you wrote. Positioning the cursor in the exact location to make a change isn't always easy unless you know how to bring up the magnifying...  more »

How to Test the Speed of your Broadband Connection
There are a number of online websites that allow you to check the speed of your broadband connection. They are useful, especially when you need to check your internet connection to determine if it's slow and to be able to benchmark it versus other...  more »

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here's how to make delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies. Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! Ingredients 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1...  more »

How to Make Homemade, Crusty Bread
How to Make Homemade, Crusty Bread Nothing beats the smell and taste of a fresh, home baked loaf of bread. The incredible fluffy lightness, the chewy texture, and the delicious crunch make for a perfect addition to a home cooked meal. Here are a couple of...  more »

How to Remove a Friend from Facebook
So are you sure you're ready to cut ties with your friend on Facebook for good? You may want to take a few days before you decide to remove them from your friends list to think about the decision, since this act could really cause more drama than you...  more »

How to Prepare Frog Legs
Frog legs, a delicious delicacy served in Europe and throughout France, China, Indonesia, Portugal, and India. Often, frog legs are lightly fried before adding into dishes. As frog legs are consumed in huge quantity per year, as much as four tonnes in...  more »

How to Un-mute Speaker Volume in Windows (Vista & 7)
No longer getting any sound from your computer? Well the fix for this could be as simple as un-muting the volume control in Windows. I've mistakenly muted the speakers on my laptop many times, due to accidently hitting the volume mute button on the front...  more »

How to Get Smooth, Clear Skin
With the onslaught of technological and medical advances in the last decade, getting clear, smooth skin is now as easy as going to your local drug store for an arsenal of products for picture perfect skin and implementing a twice daily routine for optimal...  more »

How to Make Vegetarian Lasagna
Lasagna is a staple in Italian cuisine – offering countless variations to the ingredients, sauce, and cheese combinations. Here is a fantastic vegetarian lasagna recipe which can be played around with and changed to add your signature flair to it....  more »
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