In the do-it-yourself culture born of The Great Recession, making things yourself is chic, and Howcast finds itself in the zeitgeist sweet spot. It has more than 100,000 videos on its site so far—some ...

The mobile version of the Web service, which does have some shortcomings, includes a neat feature that gives users a random video every time they shake their Apple smartphone. Josh Lowensohn joined ...

Howcast is a resource for how-to videos that don’t take themselves too seriously. To be sure, some of the topics or instructions are so specific or random that they become slightly tinged with ...