Building a portable projector screen can be a fun way to allow you to watch movies in any location that has electricity.  The screen and frame will require you to purchase some easy to find materials from nearly any hardware store.  Take a look at the following materials and tools that you will need to get started:  Something to cut PVC pipe with. A glue for PVC pipes. Twenty feet of rope or cord. A drill to make holes in the PVC pipes. 6 10' long sections of 1” diameter PVC pipes. 8 1” diameter, 90 degree PVC elbows. 2 1” diameter, 45 degree PVC elbows. 1 straight connector 6 1” diameter T connectors Tape 1 6'x8' white tarp. The PVC pipes that you bought will need to be cut down to the right sizes before you can begin assembling them together.  It's important that you measure them carefully and make your cuts accurate.  Double check that your cuts are the right ones by taking a look at this list:  Cut two pipes to be 8' 6”.  Save the parts you cut away. Cut two pipes to be 6' 6”.  Save the pieces you cut off. Cut two pipes to be 6' 3”.  Don't throw the scrap away. After you have all of your pieces assembled and your pipes cut to the length you can begin assembling the screen.  Since PVC pipes are standardized, building the screen will require you to simply connect the pieces to one another.  Take a look at the following order of connections to build your frame:  Connect the two 8'6” pipes to the 6'6” pipes using your 90 degree connectors.  This builds the bottom rectangular base. Add three T-connecters to the 8'6” pipes.  They should be spaced two feet apart from each other and the corners. On the back of the base, place the 3'6” pieces of pipes into the T-connectors closest to the corners. Put ninety degree elbows on these 3'6” pipes and then add the 1'6” piece out of them.  Add a 45 degree elbow on the end of that pipe. From those 45 degree elbows, connect the 6'3” pieces and connect them down to the front T-connectors. Use a straight connector to join the two 3'9” pipes. Add a ninety degree elbow to each end. Take a small 3” piece of pipe and join this long pipe to the center T-connectors. After your screen is setup you can add your tarp to finish off your portable projector screen.  Adding the tarp will require you to drill some holes in the pipe, running your cord through them and attaching the screen to the frame.  Drill holes in the four corners of your frame. Put your cord through the holes. Thread the cord down the length of the frame, putting it through the eye-holes of the tarp as you go. Tie the cords off to secure the screen in place.

Summary: Gather your materials and tools. Cut the pipes. Build the frame. Attach the tarp.


You’re probably not pinning all your hopes and dreams on the ability to wiggle your ears, but just in case you are, brace yourself. Accept the possibility that you may not be physically capable. So don’t beat yourself up if nothing happens! Blame your ancestors instead.  Wiggling your ears is what’s known as a “vestigial” trait. This means that, once upon a time, our ancestors were all able to do this quite easily. But since it doesn’t serve any real purpose, people just quit doing it, so over time humans lost the ability to do it so easily. There’s some debate about how many people are still able to do it. Some believe that only a small percent are capable, while others believe that more people than that can relearn how to do it with practice. To truly master wiggling your ears, concentrate on not one, but three different muscles: the auricularis anterior, posterior, and superior. Don’t worry about the fancy names, though. Just focus on what each muscles does.  The auricularis anterior lifts the ear both upward and toward your face. The auricularis posterior draws it toward the back of your head. The auricularis superiors only lifts it upward. Some people have found that learning to control other specific muscles in your face makes learning how to wiggle your ears easier. So if there’s another trick that you find easier to do, start off with that instead. Then, once you learn how to manipulate one small cluster of muscles, switch back to your ears. You could try learning how to:  Raise only one eyebrow. Roll or dart just one eye at a time. Flare your nostrils.  Shrink and dilate your pupils.

Summary: Keep your expectations realistic. Identify the muscles needed. Practice other facial tricks first.


Find a pair of clean socks that match your hair color. Cut the toes off, then roll each sock from top-to-bottom to form a doughnut shape. The socks need to be long enough to cover your ankle, otherwise your buns will turn out too small.
Summary: Create a set of sock buns.