If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening.. and still not get it right.

And prolly bust hammer a nail- my fingernail, that is.

But now I'm a little more confident. That's because I've just listened to How To Hammer A Nail Properly, the latest in the how to do stuff  Podcast series.

Hosted by Canadian technology journalist Tod Maffin, how to do stuff is a series of five-minute (give or take), light-hearted (as opposed to step-based linear) instructions on those life tasks that somehow don't get taught in school- or have books devoted to them.

Hit the nail straight on the head, and place your hand on the base of the hammer for maximum leverage. That's according to Vancouver Island carpenter Betty Barton, who Todd traveled to interview.

The show titles are self-explanatory: How To Chop Onions Without Crying; How To Drive (A) Cab, and How to Pour and Drink the Perfect Guinness. I've never done the first or the second, and as to the third, well, isn't every Guinness perfect?

My guess, though, is that you don't want to drink that "perfect Guinness" while hammering that nail. Now drinking that Guinness to get nailed, welllll....