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Food & Drink | Food & Drink

How to Tell If Your Wine Has Gone Bad

Learn how to tell if your wine has gone bad. The most common wine faults include Brettanomyces, cork taint, volatile acidity, and oxidation.

Home Improvement | Home Improvement

How to Use the 57 Inches Rule for Hanging Artwork

The 57 inches rule for hanging artwork will guarantee your artwork is hung correctly almost every time. Here's how to use the 57 inches rule, experts say.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

8 Things to Know About Your Self-Cleaning Oven | The Kitchn

After using our ovens pretty much non-stop for the last 12 months, we decided it was time to air out the truth about the self-cleaning feature on your oven.

Music | Music

How to stream every performance at Coachella live on YouTube

YouTube will be streaming live from six stages at Coachella 2023 - here's what you need to know to watch your favorite artists.

Advice & Self-Help | Helpful Advice

12 Ways You Can Help Your Local Food Bank

More than 34 million Americans face food insecurity. Here are some ways you can help at your local food bank.

Entertainment | Netflix

How to Remove Someone From Your Netflix Account

There are steps you can take to detect and remove unwanted users.

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

How To Master The Martini, Shaken or Stirred

Want to feel like James Bond on World Martini Day? Here are three tips for mastering the classic cocktail every time.

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Completely delete your Facebook account, loose ends and all - CNET

Deleting your Facebook account isn't as simple as clicking a button. Here's everything you need to know.

Music | Music

Songwriting basics: how to turn a 4-bar loop into a complete track | MusicRadar

Sick of being stuck in the same old cycle? Here’s how to break out of it...

Business & Finance | Business

How to Turn Your Idea into a Business

Have an idea for a business, but don't know where to start? These resources are available to help bring your vision to life.

Science & Technology | Tech

How to Delete Your Old Online Accounts (and Why You Should)

You’ve probably signed up for a lot of online services that you no longer use. Most of those accounts probably still exist, and they likely contain a mix of your personal data, identity details, and credit card numbers. Don’t leave juicy targets lying aro

Business & Finance | Business

How to Start a Consulting Business: Get Ready to Launch

Learn the step-by-step process to launching or scaling your consulting business.

Entertainment | Podcasts

How to Start A Podcast To Attract Money And Clients

What is the secret of podcasting success? Ask a person who has reached three million listeners.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

How to make a career out of copywriting

If you’re a wordsmith looking to make a career out of copywriting or take your skills a step further, these copywriting mastery course bundles can show you how to use your experience, knowledge, and creativity to write copy that actually converts.

Food & Drink | Sandwiches

How to Make the Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich - Chowhound

  Does the world need a guide to making grilled cheese sandwiches? Probably not. They are one of the most basic things you can make, after all.

Recipes | Recipes

The 8 Essential Methods for Cooking Eggs (All in One Place)

Use this as your cheat sheet for every method for cooking an egg — from hard-boiled to over-easy.

Recipes | Recipes

Yes, You Can Make These Stunning Layer Cakes at Home

Pastry genius Natasha Pickowicz shares her best tips and tricks for baking, assembling, and decorating an impressive, multi-tiered cake.

Science & Technology | Tech News

How to Block Robocalls and Spam Calls

Are you getting too many phone calls from spammers and telemarketers? You can take several steps to battle against those annoying, unknown callers.

Books | Books

How to read poetry like a professor | Books | The Guardian

Thomas Foster, an ex-literature professor and author, explains how to get the most out of poems while avoiding intimidation

Business & Finance | Blogging

How to Research and Plan Your Blog Content for a Year

Discover how to use your blog's editorial calendar to plan and publish strategic content on a consistent schedule.

Entertainment | Movies & Other Stuff

How To Make Your Own Wes Anderson Soundtrack!

Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson’s newest film. Like the other aspects of his films, the director’s soundtracks are always quirky, eclectic and lots of fun.

Visual Arts | Visual Arts

Want to experiment with painting knives? Here are five pointers to get you started

Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s number 1 magazine for original art. Buy original artwork direct from the artists.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff!

A Simple Trick For Figuring Out the Day of the Week For Any Given Date | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

5 Ways Anyone Can Create a Profitable Podcast | Inc.com

Looking to get into podcasting? Here's how to gain -- and grow -- a following.

Business & Finance | Business

How to make millions on Instagram

Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic shift in the way companies execute marketing campaigns. Today, marketers are using social media platforms and influencers to spread awareness of their products and services. Instagram is one of the most popu

Science & Technology | Technology

How to Download and Install iOS 11 | WIRED

It’s that time of year again: The weather’s cooling down, the leaves are changing color, and Apple’s latest iPhones are on the way.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

8 Ways to Schedule Job Interviews While Working Full-Time | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

How to Smoke a Cigar Like You Actually Know What You’re Doing

Wondering how to smoke a cigar without looking like a greenhorn? In this guide, we'll teach you how to puff one like a seasoned pro.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

What makes a perfect grilled cheese sandwich? We ask the chef behind the Grilled Cheese Truck

So what does it feel like to sell roughly 1 1/2 million grilled cheese sandwiches? We asked Grilled Cheese Truck creator Dave Danhi this and more.

Miscellaneous | Social Media

This trick lets you upload to Instagram from a computer

Instagram's new mobile web app also works on a desktop with this trick.

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

How to Crack an Egg Without Looking Like an Idiot

The best way to crack an egg without getting eggshell in your food, according to science.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How to Become An Influencer By Accident (With Smart Automation)

You don’t need a business to become an influencer; in fact, you don’t even have to know why you are doing it. Once you have an audience, opportunities come.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How To Sell On Instagram - business.com

Emerging Instagram trends and tools for every business owner. Learn to master the skills of social selling.

Recipes | Recipes

How to Make a Pie Crust

Pie is an iconic American dessert, and there are few kitchen projects as rewarding as baking one. The best pies start with a flaky homemade crust, which is a lot easier to make than some people fear. We'll teach you how to make it here. Then go off and ex

Science & Technology | Tech

How to Remove Other Data from iPhone/iPad

Remove other data from your iPhone and iPad, and create some space. You can smoothly use your iOS device by removing other data from iPhone and iPad.

Gaming | Gaming

How to play 'Pokémon Go' if you live in the suburbs

When it comes to 'Pokémon Go,' not all locations are create equal.

Recipes | Recipes

How to Make Fried Chicken

For a remarkably simple dish, fried chicken can be controversial. There are debates over brining the meat (yes, you should). People argue over what starch is used to coat the chicken, about the fat used to fry it, about the temperature at which it cooks.

Travel | Travel

Here’s How You Can Get a Flight to Europe for $150

If you’re already thinking about how you’re going to spend your time away from the office this holiday season, please allow us to offer up a few suggestions: Why not catch a show in London’s West End or take a wander along the picturesque canals of Amsterdam?

Science & Technology | Tech

How to see everything Google knows about you

You can access a lot of the information Google is collecting on you.

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

How to find out everything Google knows about you

Here's how to find out what Google knows about you and is sharing with advertisers, and how to get Google to stop.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

How to Fail Your Way to Success - Fortune

Creativity can be a difficult concept to pin down, but it is a key component of any successful company. Though not everyone may have the artist’s eye for creativity, I believe that creativity as applied to business is something that every person has the potential to develop.

Business & Finance | Business

Here's A Toolkit for Creating a Loyal Instagram Following

These brands were built on Instagram. They share their strategies for creating a loyal following and driving sales on the platform.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links!

How to Transform Social Anxiety With One Simple Question

Have you ever done this? You're at the grocery store, holding two boxes of cereal reading the nutrition information, trying to decide which one to buy. U...

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

The Ultimate Guide to Learning Anything Faster

Want to master business skills, a new language, a musical instrument? Use these six principles.

Food & Drink | Food

The Foolproof Steps to Making a Perfect French Omelette at Home

A classic French omelette has a smooth, silky exterior with little to no browning that cradles a tender, moist, soft-scrambled interior. The technique for making one is something every cook should learn—as long as you know these key steps, it's easy

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

4 Timeless Ways to Boost Your Intelligence

Although intelligence means something different to everyone, psychologists and scientists have tried to pin it down to just our IQ, as if a number can be representative of our entire mind.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

15 Things You Didn’t Know Your Hair Dryer Could Do | Mental Floss

You know a good hair dryer can fight frizz, tame cowlicks, and accentuate curls and layers. But its other functions might blow you away. You don't need to be a stylist to use your hair dryer as any of these things.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

Want to Win the Argument at Thanksgiving Dinner? A Successful Trial Lawyer Says Do These 10 Things | Inc.com

Thanksgiving is the #1 time during the year when distant family members wind up in heated arguments. If you're going to engage, why not win?

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

How to stop a colleague from taking credit for your work - Fortune

Is a coworker taking credit for your good work? The real question may turn out to be whether you're working for the wrong boss.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!

Chronic Procrastination – How To Cure it and Get on With Your Life!

To stop postponing important decisions and start living now you should left behind procrastination. I'll show you how.

Visual Arts | Photography

How to Improve Any Photo in 8 or Less Steps | Light Stalking

When perusing photography articles and tutorials across the Web it’s not uncommon to encounter various takes on “getting it right in camera.” From exposure to white balance to composition, the idea is to get as many things as possible right in camer

Visual Arts | Photography

A Beginner's Guide to Buying Camera Gear on eBay

Camera gear can be expensive, but one way to work around this issue is to purchase equipment used from online auction websites such as eBay. But it can be

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

How to Write a 2000-Word Article in 2 Hours

You could create more content, drive high-quality traffic from search engines, and generate more leads.

Business & Finance | Business

5 Steps to Creating a Viral Video? Do Tell. | Inc.com

There are probably five steps you can take to make your video go viral. I wonder what they are.

Science & Technology | Tech

The Proper Method to Resurrect a Wet Phone With Rice

Even if a wet cellphone seems dead, there's a good chance it can be resuscitated as long as you act fast. This is a DIY moment: Your phone's warranty probably doesn't cover water damage.

Travel | Travel

Travel tip: How to get the most awards points from your credit card on the road

Let’s say you’re in an unfamiliar city and you want to grab a bite to eat. You’re also hungry for more awards points. You carry several cards and you don’t know which to use to maximize your balances.

Miscellaneous | Other Stuff

How to perfect the 'Irish Goodbye'

The Irish Goodbye, also known as "ghosting," is as tricky as it is fulfilling. The concept: While out on the town, leave your party without saying "toodle-oo" and,...

Science & Technology | Social Media

How to Create Viral Moments on Social Media

Alberto Perlman, CEO of Zumba Fitness, explains why it's important to remember that you're dealing with real people on social media.

Family & Parenting | Parenting

Early Years: How to protect your kids on social media | Local News - WDBJ7.com Central and Southwest VA

New research shows nearly three quarters of teenagers between 13 and 17 are on Facebook. With social media everywhere, it's important for parents to be aware of what's on their kid's profile.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

How to Flirt With A Girl at the Bar, According to Women - 17 Dating Tips

To find out how not to totally blow it when talking to members of the fairer sex, we consulted a group of women who've collectively been romantically flailed at by thousands of hopeless men. Here's their advice, in their own words.

Home Improvement | Household Tips & DIY

How To Strip and Refinish Wood Furniture — Apartment Therapy Tutorials | Apartment Therapy

You'd never know it, but this Mid-Century Modern credenza was once disguised in flat white paint. For twenty bucks, it was really hard to resist buying it and testing my skills at striping off paint. Learn how after the jump...

Health & Fitness | Health

How to get kids to eat healthy school lunches - CNN.com

Healthy food selection in school lunches increased with professional chefs, marketing techniques and bribes

Science & Technology | Social Media

How To Solve 6 Common Facebook Frustrations

If you're a Facebook user, you know that Facebook updates their software to introduce new features that claim to improve your experience -- and they do it without warning....

Travel | Travel

How to Survive Long Road Trips Without Going Crazy

Long road trips can be a blast—or they can be boring, exhausting endeavors. Here’s how, with a bit of preparation, you can make sure you survive your trip with your sanity intact.

Science & Technology | Technology

This Chart Shows How Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Affect Your Photos

Learning even just the basics of photography takes a bit of work and one of the more complex ideas is the relationship between ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. German photography blog Photoblog Hamburg has a graphic explaining how it works.

Advice & Self-Help | advice and self help

10 Questions To Finally Change Your Habits | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

Stop fantasizing about how you're going to change. Ask yourself these questions, and make it happenwhatever your goals are.

Travel | Travel

8 Simple Ways to Be More in the Moment When You Travel

Be fully present by creating space for spontaneity in your travels. You can't remain in the moment if you always adhere to a strict schedule or plan. Say yes to the voice within you that urges you to step off a marked trail, even if just for a brief ...

Health & Fitness | Health News

How To Make Sleep A Necessity

In honor of Stress Awareness Month, we've made it our goal to strengthen your resilience (

Food & Drink | Cooking Tips

How to Cook a Porterhouse Steak - Bon Appétit

We get it: Cooking a steak can be intimidating. Especially a $50 steak. But this technique, from H. Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa, the genius folks behind cooking blog Ideas in Food, is fool-proof. Read on for 8 steps to porterhouse perfection—and check out the video for the step-by-step.

Science & Technology | Tech

How To Delete iPhone Apps For Good

What Apple’s iPhone platform provides in ease of use, it takes away in control. As easy as it is to learn how to use an iPhone, it can be tricky to get it to behave exactly like you want it to — that’s why almost nobody was particularly thrilled when Apple decided to upload U2’s newest album onto iPhones across the world without asking first.

Travel | Travel

8 Ways To Zap Your Fear Of Flying Forever | Conde Nast Traveler

by Nina Kokotas Hahn Writer Nina Hahn was once on a plane that was struck by lightning mid-flight--but instead of letting that incident curtail her ability to fly, she regained control over her fear of flying. Here's how. Dennis Hallinan / A...

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

How to Hack Whole Foods

If you're one of those people who complains that Whole Foods is too expensive... you are probably a lot of fun at group dinners. But also, you're doing it wrong! You don't have to spend a whole lot of money to get a ton of great food, as there are plenty of ways to maximize your experience and become one of the many people you see in Whole Foods every single day.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

How to beat jet lag, from a CEO with an insane travel schedule

From Microsoft chairman and Virtual Instruments CEO John Thompson who has insane travel schedule.

Science & Technology | Tech

14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do!

VIDEO: Make life easier. Every iPhone comes with a pair of "EarPods," which are capable of doing a lot more than you think. Make life infinitely easier and learn these 14 things you can do with your pre-packaged iPhone headphones.

Home Improvement | DIY

17 DIY Kitchen Tips That Will Forever Change Your Favorite Room

The kitchen is hands-down our favorite room in the house... and not just because of food prep. The kitchen is a place where form meets function, and if things are streamlined, every task flows as smoothly as melted butter into a bowl. Thank goodn...

Science & Technology | Tech

How to fix a cracked iPhone or Samsung screen without leaving your house - Business Insider

You can always take it into the store, but if you don't have a warranty or you're feeling lazy, a nifty startup called iCracked will come to you and repair your broken phone on the spot They'll even beat Gazelle's price!

Home Improvement | DIY

Common Household Repairs

Sometimes you don't need to hire a pro. In her new book, DIY Home Repairs: 100 Fix-It-Yourself Projects, Sarah Berry provides a step-by-step home improvement guide so you can do it on your own. We've rounded up 12 solutions to your most common household problems.

Business & Finance | Business

How to transform your resume and cover letter for the better

A personality-pumped resume and cover letter can catapult someone's career.

Entertainment | Mad Men

WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Mad Men | WIRED

If we're talking about alcoholism and adultery, then we can only be talking about an epic binge of one show: Mad Men . Here's how to watch it all before the series finale.

Business & Finance | Business

How to Craft an Agile Marketing Campaign - HBR

Meticulously designed marketing campaigns are a relic. As research on disruption and market transitions suggests, you’re better off these days if you can quickly identify and adapt to changes in your environment. Sure, you can anticipate multiple outcomes...

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

These 5 Things Will Make You Smarter

Caffeine increases the speed of brain activity and nicotine enhances short-term working memory

Recipes | Recipes!

How to Decorate Holiday Cookies Like a Pro!

Holiday cookie decorating 101: Everything you know for cookies that look as good as they taste.

Advice & Self-Help | Photography Tutorials

Exodist Photography Blog: Learn How To Export Photos In Lightroom 5, Plus Understanding PPI & Image Size | Video Tutorial

If you enjoyed last weeks video tutorial on importing and managing your photos in Lightroom. This weeks tutorial will delight you. In this video tutorial I cover how to export your photos in Adobe Lightroom 5, plus I go into detail about the image size an

Advice & Self-Help | Photography Tutorials

Exodist Photography Blog: Learn How To Import & Manage Your Photos In Lightroom 5 | Video Tutorial

One of the first things and likely also the most important thing someone should understand in Adobe Lightroom 5 is how to import & manage your photos. In this video I step you through the many different options one has when importing files in Lightroom, h

Advice & Self-Help | Photography Tutorials

Exodist Photography Blog: How To Download & Install Magic Lantern 2014 On To Your Canon 600D | Tips & Techniques

Are you looking to repurpose you older Canon camera, or just add some more functionality to the current one you have. Chances are may be in luck. Magic Lantern software adds many new features to your camera like intervalometer, HDR video, focus peaking an

Advice & Self-Help | Photography Tutorials

Exodist Photography Blog: Learn How To Download And Use GIMP | Video Tutorial

Looking for a free alternative to the all to popular Adobe Photoshop? In this video tutorial I can help you do just that. Let me show GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), the best free image editing software available. With this video I step you through

Advice & Self-Help | Photography Tutorials

Exodist Photography Blog: Learn How To Correct Architectural Perspective In Adobe Lightroom 5 | Video Tutorial

Do you love taking photos of cities, forest or tall architecture? But do not like how your camera lens distorts the perspective of your photographs? In this video tutorial I will show you how to correct perspective distortion in Adobe Lightroom 5.

Miscellaneous | This is stuff I like

5 Ways to Transform Your Look From Daytime to Playtime | Zoey Gulmi

Coco Chanel once said "before leaving the house, a lady should look in the mirror and remove one accessory," and while I am never one to disagree with the iconic Coco Chanel, in this case I'm going to go ahead and tell you to do the exact o...

Style & Fashion | Fashion & Beauty

Internet Shopping Hacks - Fashion Hacks - Marie Claire

The best tips for scoring the best deals on the internet and how to find those must have items that are sold out everywhere else. Tips on sites like Net-a-Porter, Stylebop, MyTheresa, Farfetch, Zara, eBay, The Outnet, Bluefly, and more.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

How to Run a Business and Keep Your Weekends Too

Entrepreneurs sacrifice a lot for their businesses. Money, time, social life --all of these tend to go out the window. What I didn’t expect to lose, however, were my weekends.

Science & Technology | Tech

How to charge your phone with a 9-volt battery - Boing Boing

The Crazy Russian Hacker makes a cell phone charger with a 9 volt battery. [via]

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

How to Iron a Shirt in 90 Seconds: The GQ Eye

You can have a wrinkle-free button-down in less time than it takes to pick the pants to go with it. GQ creative director Jim Moore shows you how, step-by-step STORY: The Smart Man's Guide

Advice & Self-Help | Miscellaneous

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie, Part 2 | Video Tutorial

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie iMovie Tutorial Series. Part 2 - Working In iMovie. Ever considered using iMovie? Thought it was only for home movies? Take a l...

Advice & Self-Help | Miscellaneous

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie, Part 1 | Video Tutorial

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie iMovie Tutorial Series. Part 1 - Introduction To iMovie. Ever considered using iMovie? Thought it was only for home movies? Tak...

Advice & Self-Help | Miscellaneous

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie, Part 3 | Video Tutorial

Learn How To Use Apple iMovie iMovie Tutorial Series. Part 3 - Advanced iMovie Techniques Ever considered using iMovie? Thought it was only for home movies? ...

Advice & Self-Help | Education

How to Take Free Courses from Top Universities | TIME

You can continue your education with some amazing and free online resources available from top universities.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

How to Accept a Compliment With Class

You hand someone a gift and they eagerly tear off the wrapping paper and lift the lid on the box. But as they pick up and examine the present tucked inside,

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Netflix pro tip: How to find movies that don't suck

Netflix is a fantastic service that has and will continue to change the home entertainment landscape. But despite how disruptive the service have been — and this is one of those rare cases where

Pets & Animals | Animals & Pets

HOW TO Treat Flea Allergies in Dogs

Flea allergies in dogs is the most common veterinary dermatologic condition in the world. Here's how to recognize and treat this irritating condition.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

Becoming a Man of the World: How to Learn Another Language

Editor's note: This is a guest post by Benny the Irish polyglot who writes at Fluent in 3 Months. Imagine being able to blend in undetected in another co

Travel | Travel

How to travel around the world in 80 days!

In Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, Phileas Fogg had a devil of a time trying to travel around the world in 80 days. But in the 21st century, circumnavigating the globe has become a bit of a breeze: all you need is...

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

How to cut your summer energy bills!

Turn off lights, maximize the efficiency of your air conditioner — here are ways to lower your summer energy bills sand still keep your cool.

Advice & Self-Help | Helpful Advice

Want more bang for your Starbucks? We tested 8 money-saving hacks

Even if you’re a die-hard penny pincher, your daily Starbucks routine may be a habit you’re just not willing to kick. Fortunately,...

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!

27 Tips for Mastering Anything!

What does it take to become a master at your craft? Here are some pointers to get you started.

Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Interior Design

A Simple Way to Get Those Nasty Cable Boxes, Routers and Wires Out of the Way

Everyone needs a cable modem and router these days, but they aren't exactly the most beautiful things to look at. Fortunately, Sweet  Sanity has a solution that helps you hide the boxes and wires inside some simple, white storage boxes.The solution i

Travel | Travel

How Does Counting Cards in Blackjack Work?

Owning a casino isn't much of a gamble. In almost every game, the casino has a statistical advantage—so for every one gambler raking it in, there’s more than enough people leaving with empty pockets to net an enormous profit. But between the roll

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!

6 Ways to Learn to Radiate Charisma If You Don't Have It at First

Here are the easy-to-implement suggestions of a formerly shy girl who's now a CEO coach.

Visual Arts | Photography

How to Effectively Combine Aperture and Shutter Speed

It’s probably safe to say that nearly everyone reading this has not only heard of the famed exposure triangle, but has also dedicated a decent amount of time contemplating this triple-faceted protocol of using aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to produce

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

10 Phrases Great Speakers Never Say

Want to ruin a presentation in seconds? Just drop in one of these sentences.

Science & Technology | Computer & Coding Tips

How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows

If you've got a problem with a program in Windows, you may be wondering how to show someone the errors you're receiving. Luckily, taking a screenshot of your current display is just a quick keystroke away. Follow this guide to take a...