Last month an arti­cle appeared in The New York Times Mag­a­zine prais­ing how-to web­sites. Now it’s act­ing as my per­sonal list of how-to web­sites, help­ing teach me every­thing from Chi­nese din­ing eti­quette to sur­viv­ing zom­bie attacks and plat­ing fet­tuc­cine Alfredo.

That reminds me, I need to learn how to do the robot.