Intel setting VGA output on laptop right of screen
xrandr –output LVDS1 –auto –output VGA1 –auto –right-of LVDS1
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Foolproof Pie Dough
From http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/11/cooks-illustrated-foolproof-pie-dough-recipe.html
2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons sugar
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup cold vodka
1/4 cup cold waterProcess 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, and sugar in food processor until combined, about 2 one-second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogeneous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 15 seconds (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour). Scrape bowl with rubber spatula and redistribute dough evenly around processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Empty mixture into medium bowl.
Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into 4-inch disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days.
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Pomegranate Molasses
Ingredients
4 cups pomegranate juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juiceDirections
For Molasses: Place the pomegranate juice, sugar and lemon juice in a 4-quart saucepan set over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has completely dissolved. Once the sugar has dissolved, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the mixture has reduced to 1 cup, approximately 70 minutes. It should be the consistency of thick syrup. Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the saucepan for 30 minutes. Transfer to a glass jar and allow to cool completely before covering and storing in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.
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Warm Bananas with Brown Sugar and Bay Leaf
Stolen from food network
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup fresh orange juice
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons brandy
Pinch salt
6 ripe bananas, peeled and cut on the bias into 1/3-inch slices (about 1 quart)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon fresh coarsely ground black pepper
Store bought chocolate cake or ice cream, for serving
Directions
In large skillet over high heat, melt the butter and cook until it browns, about 3 minutes. Add the bay leaves and stand back (it may pop). Add the lemon juice, orange juice, brown sugar, brandy, and a pinch of salt. Bring the mixture up to a boil. Stir and cook until the liquid has reduced by half and it has reached a syrupy consistency, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the bananas and pepper. Stir to coat the bananas evenly. Serve immediately spooned over cake or ice cream.Cooking Notes: You can make the sauce hours ahead of time. Just add the fruit after you bring the sauce back to a simmer. The fruit should be a little cool inside. Serve it with a good, store bought chocolate cake or spoon it over your favorite ice cream.
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranates and Vanilla-Pecan Butter
Stolen from food netowork
Ingredients
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
1/4 cup toasted pecans, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound Brussels sprouts, trimmed
3 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
Seeds from 1 pomegranate
1 lime, finely zested
1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
Directions
Combine the butter and vanilla bean seeds in a small bowl. Fold in the pecans and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the Brussels sprouts in a medium roasting pan and toss with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast in the oven until lightly golden brown, 20 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven, add the pomegranate molasses and stir to combine. Return to the oven and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes longer.
Transfer the sprouts to a large bowl, add the pomegranate seeds and lime and orange zests. Transfer to a platter and top with some of the Vanilla-Pecan butter.
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Mushroom Risotto
Stolen from allrecipes
Ingredients
6 cups chicken broth, divided
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 pound portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 pound white mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 shallots, diced
1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
1/2 cup dry white wine
sea salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper to taste
3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
4 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
DirectionsIn a saucepan, warm the broth over low heat.
Warm 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the mushrooms, and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Remove mushrooms and their liquid, and set aside.
Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, and stir in the shallots. Cook 1 minute. Add rice, stirring to coat with oil, about 2 minutes. When the rice has taken on a pale, golden color, pour in wine, stirring constantly until the wine is fully absorbed. Add 1/2 cup broth to the rice, and stir until the broth is absorbed. Continue adding broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring continuously, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is al dente, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove from heat, and stir in mushrooms with their liquid, butter, chives, and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. -
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Streaming Live TV to Android through http
I use a dvb device to record HDTV on my linux box, and want to stream the video to my new droid bionic. I found a decent solution using vlc. I mostly use this for football when I’m out of town.
vlc command
Took me a while to work this out:
cvlc -vvv dvb:// --dvb-frequency=FREQ --dvb-modulation=256 --sout '#transcode{soverlay,ab=42,samplerate=44100,channels=1,acodec=mp4a,vcodec=h264,width=640,height=352,vfilter="canvas{width=640,height=352,aspect=16:9}",fps=29.97,vb=400,venc=x264{vbv-bufsize=500,partitions=all,level=12,no-cabac,subme=7,threads=4,ref=2,mixed-refs=1,bframes=0,min-keyint=1,keyint=50,trellis=2,direct=auto,qcomp=0.0,qpmax=51}}: standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=IP:PORT}'
where:
FREQ is the channel frequency (2nd column in your dvbscan file)
IP is the IP address to bind to
PORT is the port (I use 8080)You can see if its running properly with:
vlc http://IP:PORT
on another machine.Playing on android
I evaluated two apps to play http streams: Daroon Player and MoboPlayer. I couldn’t get MoboPlayer to work for more than a split second.
I use Daroon Player. It is free and in the Market. when you open it, hit the streams->menu->add. Give it a name and enter
http://IP:PORT
You can tell daroon player to use the hardware decoding on your phone to save batter/CPU.
Go to menu->settings->Decoding Mode and change http to Hardware Decoding.
The above encoding works on the hardware decoder on my droid bionic. I’ve heard it has a TI decoding chip (vs other ones on, say, the iphone) so you may need to change things.There are still some issues I have to work out:
- I couldn’t get audio to work using the software decoder in the Daroon Player. I really didn’t mind since I prefer the hardware decoder, but may be an issue for other phones.
Script
I use the following script to parse my channels file from DVB scan, and startup the server.
#!/bin/bashSCANFILE=~/.mplayer/channels.conf
WIDTH=640
HEIGHT=352
ASPECT=16:9
VB=400if [ $1 ] ; then
FREQ=`grep ^$1: $SCANFILE | awk 'BEGIN { FS = ":" } ; { print $2 }'`;
if [ $FREQ ] ; then
OP="#transcode{soverlay,ab=42,samplerate=44100,channels=1,acodec=mp4a,vcodec=h264,width=$WIDTH,height=$HEIGHT,vfilter=\"canvas{width=$WIDTH,height=$HEIGHT,aspect=$ASPECT}\",fps=29.97,vb=$VB,venc=x264{vbv-bufsize=500,partitions=all,level=12,no-cabac,subme=7,threads=4,ref=2,mixed-refs=1,bframes=0,min-keyint=1,keyint=50,trellis=2,direct=auto,qcomp=0.0,qpmax=51}}:standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=192.168.1.102:8080}"
CMD="cvlc -vvv dvb:// --dvb-frequency=$FREQ --dvb-modulation=256 --sout "$OP
echo $CMD
$CMD >& /dev/null
else
echo "COULD NOT FIND CHANNEL $1!!!!"
exit 1
fi
else
echo "Usage: $0 [channel]"
fi
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louis
Mom’s Cookies
1 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 cups flourSift flour, salt, and baking powder, set aside. Cream butter and sugar, add
egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture and mix well (by hand). Chill in fridge
overnight. Roll out, cut, and bake at 400ยบ 6-8 minutes.Frosting:
1 lb powdered sugar
1 stick margarine
1 tsp vanilla
Dash salt
3 tbls milk (more or less, to desired texture)
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Christmas Salad
This is a salad I make around the holidays. I don’t recall which greens I buy, typically just get what looks good. I like to mix in some bitter greens cause it goes well with the dressing and candied walnuts. I don’t know the proportions, but its a salad, so figure it out.
Ingredients:
Candied Walnuts
Poppy Seed Dressing
Dried Cranberries
Crumbled Gorgonzola Cheese
Mixed greens (I like a mix between red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, arugula, a few bitter greens, whatever…) -
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Orange Vanilla Cupcakes
Tastes like orange cream popsicles.
Stolen from 52 cupcakes.1 box Duncan Hines Orange Supreme Cake Mix
1 box Jello Vanilla Pudding (not instant)Follow directions on box and add in the box of vanilla pudding
Follow rest of box instructions.I use the marshmallow frosting she mentioned as filling:
1/2 c. Marshmallow Fluff
1 egg whites, at room temperature
1/2 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. cream of tartar
dash salt
1/8 c. water
1/2 tsp. vanilla extractCombine all ingredients but vanilla in a double boiler over hot (~200 degrees) water. Beat with a hand mixer till soft peaks form. remove from heat, continue beating until stiff. Beat in vanilla.