Fully a quarter of the top stories are straight how-tos or otherwise helpful or informative.

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Special FX expert Marc Fields, for example, hosted a seminar explaining some of the how-tos of creating movie props.

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Kopple draws multidimensional portraits of labor leaders and representative workers (from diehards to scabs), and also fills you in on the how-tos of negotiating.

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People are interested in recipes, food photography, how-tos and behind-the-scenes content.

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We've talked about a lot of the topics he mentions with some of our articles and how-tos, so it's good to hear someone like Cory banging this drum.

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Damn, it's only been a week since the Sony dropped the PlayStation Portable on us and people already pieced together a ton of different hacks and how-tos for the new game console.

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You've got to fight for your favorite gaming system by coming up with the best possible hack you can muster, and documenting it with a proper write-up (we'll consider really amazing tips and how-tos as well).

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