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Food & Drink > Fruit & Vegetable Recipes Recipes: Mouth-watering cauliflower the easy way: 1 of 12
Cauliflower is extremely nutritious and tasty, but it's all too easy to get into a bit of a rut preparing it in just one or two ways. This recipe has become the favored way to prepare cauliflower at my house, very simple and extremely flavorful. Even those who normally don't like cauliflower enjoy this recipe.This recipe is m... More..
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Focaccia bread: 1 of 6
Easy spiced focaccia breadThis is a very quick home made yeast bread recipe, just an hour from start to finish and no kneading required. It's excellent cut into small pieces and eaten for a snack, served with soup or salad for a light meal, with pasta instead of garlic bread, sliced in half and used for sandwich bread or with... More..
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Cinnamon rolls: 2 of 7
There's nothing like the smell of cinnamon rolls baking in the morning. These make an absolutely wonderful breakfast and any leftovers make good snacks as well. You can make them up the night before and put them in the refrigerator overnight instead of the final rising, just let them come to room temperature before baking.My ... More..
Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Simple French bread: 1 of 3
This is a really easy and very tasty, but not fast, recipe for French bread or rolls. Baking with a pan of hot water in the oven creates a chewy crust, if a crispy crust is more to your taste, use an egg wash instead of the coating of flour and skip the water.You can prepare this up to the baking stage a few days in advance. ... More..
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems What is virtualisation: 2 of 5
Virtualization is the method by which "guest" operating systems can run within another "host" operating system, with little or no modification of either the host or guest operating system.For home users this means that one computer can run Windows, Linux and/orOSX simultaneously, each operating system in its own sandbox, with... More..
Computers & Technology > Operating Systems OS previews: Microsoft Windows version 7: 4 of 8
The Beta version of Windows 7 is a solid, fast-performing, stable operating system, far more usable than would usually be expected of an operating system still in beta testing.*New Features in Windows 7The first thing you'll notice once the desktop loads is the new taskbar. It's been completely revamped for this version of Wi... More..
Arts & Humanities > Canadian History Causes of the Rebellions of 1837: 1 of 2
The rebellions of 1837 were brought about by a mixture of economic, climatic and political circumstances, which had created a desperate situation for the farmers of both Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). The 'Panic of 1837' and the 6 years of economic depression which followed it meant that there was little m... More..
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Understanding the ping command: 1 of 1
Ping is one of the most basic tools for diagnosing network problems, and as such is an essential part of the toolkit for anyone involved in computer networking. It's a very simple test - determining whether there is a response from the system at a given IP address.*HistoryThe ping command was created in 1983 by Michael Muuss... More..
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Explaining virtualization: 1 of 1
Virtualization, to put it simply, is using one physical computer to function as multiple systems, each totally independent. A virtual machine was originally defined by Popek and Goldberg as "an efficient, isolated duplicate of a real machine". The software layer which enables this is referred to as a 'hypervisor' and can eith... More..
Computers & Technology > Phone Technologies & Issues The benefits of VoIP: 7 of 12
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), also sometimes called Internet phone or digital voice systems, is an alternative to the traditional POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) landline. For people using broadband Internet services other than DSL, VoIP offers several benefits compared to POTS services, as well as two major disadv... More..