This is a good set of tutorials for getting started with the statistics package Stata.

Here's a how-to on how to scrape websites for content for further analysis.

These are instructions for building a DIY tilt-shift lens.

This tutorial shows how to use After Effects to create the parallax effect used in The Kid Stays in the Picture.

Jeff Atwood offers some tips and tricks for extending the useful life of those nickel-metal hydride batteries.

This site offers video tutorials on bicycle repair and maintenance.

This is a treasure trove of howtos for maintaining mountain bikes.

I'm sure I should already know how to do this.

Here are instructions for making a camera-stabilization device using string and washers.

Here's how to get a scratchy film effort for Flash animation using action script.

I'm not a plushie, but I do have a collection of little plush dolls. I noticed Dogbert is looking a little beige, and he could use a good scrub.

Maybe this will save a trip to the bike shop. It's been almost five years since I've had a tune-up, so it's probably about time.

This tutorial explains how to make a durable textile by fusing several plys of shopping bag.

This video describes how to use a wiki as a collaboration tool in organizations.

I wish I had the time to build one of these. The switches in my cheapo Radio Shack model are worn out, and the prices of new models give me sticker shock.

This cool project reminds me I need to get some business cards made.

These CSS layout templates are licensed under Creative Commons. I'm pretty sure they will come in handy when we make Blogger templates in the class I'm teaching this semester.

Via Jon Lebowsky

I got my dad – and myself – some of these pens, which were apparently the geek stocking stuffer 2K6. They're pretty nice pens.