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Posted by Matias at 11.05.2012 14:46 (5 days ago) | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
Sony Vaio P, Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Mobile Broadband
Let's see if this long-awaited post starts a new era in updating this blog, hopefully the era won't be as nerdy as the contents of this post, though.
I have a lovely Sony Vaio P (VGN-P31ZK) ultraportable, which came with Windows 7. Unfortunately the hardware was just too flimsy for that operating system, so I have been using Ubuntu. Windows 8 Consumer Preview works even better than Ubuntu, with the exception of out-of-the-box support for mobile broadband.
After some trial and error I found the way to install the correct set of drivers that enable mobile broadband. These instructions are likely to work in other Vaio models also, at least those sold in Europe, in which the 3G modem / GPS combo device is Option Globetrotter MO40x.
Install Sony Shared Library
Go to Vaio Support and download Sony Shared Library. Extract file and run setup. It should install to Windows 8 normally.
Install Sony Smart Network
Go to Vaio Support and download Sony Smart Network from Updates. Then use Universal Extractor to extract the actual installation files. Set compatibility for the extracted setup.exe to Windows 7 (right click the file and select Properties).
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Categories: Computers, Gear, Information, Programming
Posted by Matias at 22.04.2012 14:57 (3 weeks ago) | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
Gothic Beet Pasta
Even with the impending threat of this site quickly turning into food journal, here is another great food recipe, one that looks and tastes great. The recipe was inspired by two other recipes (here and here).
Ingredients
Yields 6 portions.
- 1 kg fresh beets
- 300 g fresh parsnips
- 1 leek
- 1 garlic
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon dried ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- salt
- 2 dl sour cream
- 150 g cream cheese with blue mold (such as Bavaria Blu)
- vegetable oil
- olive oil
- black sesame seeds
- pasta (for extra scene points, use pasta that is dyed black with squid ink)
Instructions
Wash and peel the beets and parsnips. Cut them into about 5 mm thick slices. Put the slices in a deep pan, add water until covered and boil until they are soft. This should take about 25 minutes for beets and 15 minutes for parsnips.
Wash and slice the leek. Peel and crush the garlic cloves. Put some vegetable oil, leek slices and garlic into another pan and stir them in medium heat.
When the root crops are soft, pour out the water. The beets should have dyed the parsnip, which have quite strange glowing purple color now.
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Categories: Creations, Food
Posted by Matias at 16.09.2007 16:28 (4 years ago) | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
Melonpan
Melonpan (melon bread) is a Japanese snack food resembling little bread rolls. Western people might find them a little strange as they are a combination of sweet and non-sweet foodstuffs: bread wrapped in cookie with cream cheese filling. The name appears to originate from the fact that they resemble melons (which might not be evident from the images) - they do not necessarily contain melon.
Here are the perfected instructions on how to make melonpan, based on several recipes I found on the Internet and the iron chef -grade insight from Yakitate!! Japan. The recipe yields 16 melonpans.
Please note that this is just impression of a gaijin who is not even sure if he has ever tasted genuine melonpan. Tradition infringements are bound to exist and apologies extended if necessary.
Instructions
Bread dough
- 7 dl wheat flour (replace half of the flour with spelt for extra flavor)
- 1,5 dl water
- 1 package of dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 50 g butter or margarine
- 1 egg
Warm the water to about 45 degrees Celsius and place in a bowl. Mix in dry yeast and sugar. Wait a few minutes until the yeast has activated, which causes fine foam to appear. Add salt, melted butter and the egg. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Kneed the dough for 10 minutes. Cover the bowl and place in a warm location. Let the dough rise for an hour.
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Categories: Creations, Food
Posted by Matias at 19.08.2007 22:04 (4 years ago) | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
Rasterbator on Mac
Chris Knight has written a detailed answer for the most often asked question about The Rasterbator - how to run it on Mac OS X!