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Food & Drink > Desserts Recipes: Amazing desserts: 20 of 107

Chocolate Pear Sauce - One day when we had the family and the in-laws round for lunch, we realised after the main course that we hadn't prepared a desert. At least, my wife had make crepes but we hadn't really anything to put on them. I went into the kitchen and concocted what follows. It worked perfectly the first time. The...
Computers & Technology > Networking & IT Management Tips on maintaining PC health: Home networks: 3 of 7

A home network can be wired and/or wireless. If your network includes wireless (WiFi) then the most important thing you can do to avoid problems is to secure it. This means turning "encryption" on. When you do this, all data sent on the network is scrambled so any eavesdropper cannot, for example, see your logon ID and passw...
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development LINUX - The stable open source: 1 of 1

Linux is an operating system for PC's - an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Purists will tell you that it should be called GNU/Linux but I'll carry on using plain Linux here - Google will tell you more. First of all, what is Open Source? There are some "official" definitions of this but I'll describe what it actually means ...
Computers & Technology > Hardware (Other) How to renew your computer casing: 2 of 3

Renewing your computer case (the box which contains most of the components)can be done by following these steps: 1) Decide what type of new case you want and buy it 2) Note all the connections in the existing case 3) Remove all the components from the existing case 4) Assemble all the components in the new case 5) Connect al...
Relationships & Family > Male / Female Communication Styles Helping your partner with health issues: 18 of 26

About ten years ago my wife slipped and fell heavily on her right knee. It seemed to recover OK, so she did nothing about it. A few years later she did it again. From then on it always hurt. At first just a little but over the next few years it got worse and then she had to use a stick. Finally it got so bad that walking - a...
Computers & Technology > Hardware (Other) The basics of hard disks: 3 of 3

Part 1 - The Physical disc drive It is intended that this article will be followed by Part 2 - The Disc to Computer Interface and Part 3 - Filing Systems and Files. Hard discs are the main form of permanent data storage used in computers and, increasingly these days, portable music players, video recorders and even car music...
Autos > Motorcycles & Scooters How to choose your first motorcycle wisely: 3 of 3

Start small, live long! If you live out of town then a 250 or 350 makes sense because even when learning you're likely to be doing fairly long journeys. However, if you're in town then start off with a 125. Plenty of people get hurt starting on bigger machines because it takes quite a while before you get used to just how qu...
Computers & Technology > Software & Web Development History of the 'goto' command: 3 of 3

The "goto" command (strictly speaking it's a "keyword" and not a "command") first showed up in the original high level languages used on computers. These included Fortran and Cobol. To these were later added PL/1, Basic and many others. The keyword was necessary because it was often the only way to alter the flow of a progra...