Perhaps you have gazed in terror at a plug and had to admit the awful truth deep in your soul that you don't have a clue how to change a fuse. Or maybe you have considered trying to cause small explosions to unblock your toilet.
Stop, you useless person! And take backward steps away from whatever it is you are about to make a mess of, because help could be at hand.
A new website, Videojug ("Life Explained. On Film"), has a growing range of videos showing you how to do various everyday tasks and has been described as the DIY manual for the 21st century.
A look today on the front of Videojug, which is still in its beta phase and will be officially launched later this month, shows a variety of helpful videos. They include: how to make chicken stock, how to fit a cat flap, how to change a car hub cap, how to use highlighter and bronzer to bring out highlights, and how to check for testicular cancer; which could of course be life-saving advice (you must log in and be over 18 to view it). My favourite, though, is how to look after ferrets (a quick tip - you are going to need some wood shavings).
Videojug was made by the creators of the 365 websites. It looks to me like the site will evolve into having lots of quite useful videos and some which are rather more tongue in cheek. It has a little bit of the vibe of the entertainingly patronising public information films from years gone by, and stirs memories of those great stories about the BBC issuing guidelines for how to walk through doors.
The site's creation might be an indication of the fact that many of us from the video game generation, while good at defeating end of level baddies, are useless at doing practical things. This, of course, is in stark contrast to our more resourceful forbearers who could all, no doubt, darn garments full of holes while simultaneously digging rescue tunnels at a collapsed mine.
