Onam is a big festival celebrated in the south Indian state of Kerala. Widespread celebrations go on throughout the months of August and September. For 10 days within those months, a grand harvest festival is held in which more precise...

Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery and celebrating Black culture. It dates back to June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the abolition of slavery and the...

If you're used to going to bed early, it can be tough to stay awake until midnight on New Year's Day. No one wants to fall asleep too early to see the ball drop. This year, keep your eyes open long enough to countdown to the New Year! Talk...

The Day of the Dead is a widely celebrated holiday and has a distinctive style of makeup that is traditionally associated with the holiday. The style is known as "sugar skull" makeup because of the way it mimics the skull candy which is...

Are you spending your holidays sitting around bored with nothing to do? Don't waste your precious days off - there many, many things you can do to occupy yourself, even if the holidays are a week-long or longer. You can find many ways to...

Eid ul-Fitr, or the Feast of Fast-Breaking, is an important Muslim holiday that is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, when the 30 days of fasting is over. It begins on the first day of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar.

Time capsules are fun to make, and even more, fun to open years down the line. A time capsule can be any container that holds objects meant for people to open in the future, whether that be in 5, 10, or even 100 years. A good time capsule...

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or "the Great Spiral Galaxy" is one of the most distant objects that the unaided human eye can see. Use the constellations around the Andromeda Galaxy to help you pinpoint its location in the...

Mousepads are an essential accessory for any desktop computer user. Customizing your mousepad can be fun. If you make your own, you'll be able to adjust it to your size preferences and decorate it to match your desk area. Select a piece of...

Whether it be used as a media center, web server, gaming console, or simply a computer, there are countless reasons why you might need a particular program or script to automatically start when you boot your Raspberry Pi. This wikiHow...