Month: June 2010

Indian Saffron rice

 

Indian Saffron Rice

 

Serves: 6

·         Ready in: 25 mins (5 mins Prep – 20 mins Cook)

Indian saffron is a darker red-orange colour than the Spanish or Italian, and gives a better flavour to rice. The saffron should always be steeped in hot water ahead of time and used as part of the liquid in the recipe. The following is a recipe prepared in the Indian manner.

 

Ingredients

 

1/8 teaspoon powdered saffron
2 cups boiling water, divided
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice, not rinsed
1 teaspoon salt

 

Preparation method

 

1.      Steep the saffron in 1/2 cup boiling water.

2.      In a heavy based frying pan that can be tightly covered, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the rice and salt and cook, stirring constantly, until the rice begins to absorb the butter and becomes opaque but not brown.

3.      Quickly add the remaining 1 1/2 cups boiling water, along with the saffron water. Cover immediately, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes, or until all of the liquid is absorbed. For best results, do not remove the lid while the rice is cooking.

 

http://allrecipes.com.au/recipe/4802/indian-saffron-rice.aspx



Time for a new computer system

Purchase new system for ET

Scorptec Firefly

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2.5Ghz), Intel G31 Chipset, 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2, 1TB SATAII HDD, 20X Dual Layer DVD Burner, 5.1 Audio, Onboard LAN, Coolermaster Elite 330 Case with 420W PSU

Manufacturer

 Scorpion Technology

Model

 Firefly

Warranty

 1 year

Availability

 Order Only

Cash Price

 $895.00

Upgrades: 4GB PC-6400 (800mhz) DDR2, 1TB SATAII, 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, Acer 23″ 16:9 Widescreen LCD, Black, 1920 x 1080, DVI (HDCP), 5ms, 40,000:1 ACM, 300 cd/m2

Additional Warranty

 United Electrics 12 Month Onsite Warranty (Does not include monitors,printers,scanners or software)

 

Acer X233H 23″ 16:9 Widescreen LCD Monitor Black, 1920 x 1080, DVI (HDCP) 5ms 40,000:1 ACM, 300 cd/m2, 5ms

3 year warranty – pick up and return
This is the monitor option on the Beetle and Firefly systems.

Plus ASUS VENTO keyboard and mouse

Here are some pictures of the system on the balcony.

 

Also installed XpertVision Radeon X1950GT Super 512MB PCI-E that NJ gave me from her video card upgrade:

Writer: How to edit the published date?

Technogran MVP

If you did create all of your travel posts in Windows Live Writer, here’s a step by step of how to change the publish dates of any of your previous posts.
1. Open Windows Live Writer and click on FILE and then OPEN.
2. If its a very old post, say about 200 posts back, then click on the SHOW box and open up to 500 past posts.
3. Scroll down all of your previous posts until you find the post in Question.
4. Highlight that post by clicking on it and then click on OK.
5. The post will then appear inside the editing window with the publish date empty. (as it is a previous post.)
6. Next Click on the Calendar box to the right of the Set publishing date right down on the right hand side.
7 Now work you way back through the Calendar until you reach your chosen date and choose it, your new date will then by applied to that post.
8. Now re-publish that post. NOTE! It will no longer be in the same sequence of posts in your blog!
Simply repeat this for all your other previous blog posts that you wish to change publish date of. NOTE. This ability to change the publish dates will only work with any previous posts that you have made and composed using Windows Live Writer.
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Windows Live: Help with blogging in Word

This article provides information for the Help links within the blog-related dialog boxes in Microsoft Office Word 2007. It also includes troubleshooting information for the More Information button in error messages related to blogging from Office Word 2007.

For more information about blogging in Office Word 2007, click a link in the See Also section.

Which link did you click in Word?

  Microsoft Office Online: blog providers that work with Office Word 2007

  My provider isn’t listed

  I don’t have a blog yet

  Show me how: Windows Live Spaces

  Help me fill out this section: SharePoint

  Help me fill out this section: Community Server

  Help me fill out this section: WordPress

  Help me fill out this section: Other providers

  I don’t have an image provider

  My image provider isn’t listed

  More Information

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/ha101640211033.aspx

 

Lexmark P350 photo printer

 

General

  • Device type Photo inkjet
  • Dimensions (H x W x D) 127 x 235 x 147 cm
  • Weight 1.84 kg kg
  • Memory CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, Secure Digital, mini-SD, xD Picture Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick DUO, MultiMediaCard, SmartMedia card MB
  • Connections USB, Bluetooth

Other

  • Other features Mac and PC compatible

Paper features

  • Paper sizes A6 

Print features

  • Print resolution (B&W) 4800 x 1200 dpi
  • Print resolution (Colour) 4800 x 1200 dpi

Went into ALDI to buy carrots and apples for the horses and picked up one of these for I think $79 – clearing them?

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Purchased two of the P350 + Paper media kits for $39.50 from INKREDIBLE INKS.

http://www.inkredibleinks.com.au/all.asp?brand=Lexmark

 

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Lexmark part numbers:

#43 (XL) Ink Cartridge only 18Y0143A
#45 Ink Cartridge + Paper 18Y0146A (P350 + Paper above)

Lexmark P350 supplies

Purchase ink and paper for P350.

Lexmark part numbers:

#43 Ink Cartridge only 18Y0143A

#45 Ink Cartridge + Paper 18Y0146A (P350 + Paper above)

From Inkredibleinks

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IP Camera: connect AP to router

 

DWL-900AP+ Access Point

Emulator:
http://support.dlink.com/emulators/di824vup/hwiz.htm

Firmware:

Release Notes.txt (2 KB)

Download

 

v2.62b1 (983 KB)

Download

 

Wireless Client mode

Client – Site Survey

 

With firmware version 2.20, we’ve added a Site Survey feature which will display all available wireless networks.

Step 1 Open your web browser such as Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the DWL-900AP+ (192.168.0.50).

Step 2 Enter username (admin) and password.

Step 3 Click on Advanced at the top and then click Mode on the left side.

Step 4 Select Wireless Client and then click on Site Survey

Step 5 Click on the radio button to the left of the wireless network you want to connect to. Click Connect.

Step 6 Click Apply and then click Continue.

 

 

Client to 614+

Step 1 Log onto the DI-614+ configuration page (192.168.0.1 in your browser). Log in by entering your username into the login box (admin by default).

Step 2 Select the Status tab. Under Device Info, locate the LAN MAC address. This is the address you will enter into the configuration of the DWL-900AP+. Make sure you write it down correctly.

Step 3 Click on the Home tab and select Wireless on the left pane. Write down the SSID.

Step 4 Log into the configuration page of the DWL-900AP+ (192.168.0.50 in your browser). Log in by entering your username into the login box (admin by default).

Step 5 Select the Advanced tab. Under Mode, select Wireless Client. In the Remote AP MAC box you will enter the LAN MAC address that you copied from the configuration of the DI-614+. When entering the MAC address, do not include colons (:) or dashes (-). Click on the Apply button to save your settings. Click Continue.

Step 6 Click on the Home tab and select Wireless on the left pane. Enter the SSID as it is on the DI-614+ (case-sensitive). Click Apply and then Continue.

Step 7 Turn the DI-614+ and the DWL-900AP+ off for a few seconds. Turn the DI-614+ on first, wait until the lights are steady, then turn the DWL-900AP+ back on.

Step 8 The DI-614+ and the DWL-900AP+ should now be able to communicate wirelessly, if not, then verify the LAN MAC address you entered into the DWL-900AP+ configuration is correct.

Note: When the DWL-900AP+ is in client mode, other wireless clients will not be able to connect to the DWL-900AP+.

 

Bracken Fern

 

  

Plant name: Bracken Fern (alternative names: Common Fern and Austral Bracken
Botanical name: Pteridium esculentum
Declared: An environmental weed….

Bracken Fern is a native of Australia and is prevalent throughout the coastal area of the north coast and also occurs in all states of Australia. The plant will survive in most soil types and tolerates both fire and drought. The complex underground system called rhizomes makes Bracken Fern a difficult plant to control as it is prone to regrow following both chemical and mechanical treatment. Cultivation assists in the regrowth due to the broken rhizome pieces with each section capable of producing new plants. Bracken Fern is suspected of causing cattle deaths by stock eating the fronds of plants and death may still occur weeks after the stock have been removed from infested areas. Leaves known as “fronds” are deeply divided and leathery on robust brown stalks approximately 60-120cms high.

Been trying to get rid of this stuff along one side of the house in a raised garden bed. The root system is amazing, keeps coming back but I do have it under control.