Archive for November, 2008

Disable Your Caps Lock Key

Friday, November 14th, 2008

If you are a fat-fingered programmer like me, and frequently hit the Caps Lock key when you mean to hit the Tab key, it's helpful to just disable the Caps Lock key. Does anyone actually use it intentionally? For X11 (Linux and some Mac apps if you have X installed), add this ...

Qabili Pilau

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

I found this middle-eastern (Afghani) recipe at http://www.acrossboundaries.ca/ps_adult_skills_kitchen.html#qabilipilau It's apparently also known as Kabuli Palau, Qabili Palau, Kabuli Pulao....in essence, it's a rice dish (Pilau) from Kabul. It's become a favorite of mine, so I thought I'd share it here: cooking time: 1.5 hours, serves 4 Ingredients: 2 cups basmati rice 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 pound ...