Shuttle SFF PC and Solaris Nevada (b77)

I’ve taken quite a hiatus from this blog – I’ve been working on a new project that has been consuming most of my time these days. After much consternation, I’ve gotten Solaris Nevada (build 77) up and running on my “ancient” Shuttle PC. I got it nearly three years ago – back when a single-core AMD 2200+ was decent, and you didn’t need more than a gig of RAM for most things. It was a Windows box for most of that time, and sat buried in my closet, or hooked to my television – powered off. Now it’s running Solaris and ZFS, and the CoolStack packages.

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Ex-peri-mental Stir Fry

Ingredients:

• 2 bell peppers (any color)
• 1 small white onion
• 2 chicken breasts, cubed
• Olive Oil
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Lettuce
• Small tomato
• 1 smoked sausage (optional)

Preparation:

Cook the onions and the peppers in a saucepan with a lid. Start them cooking in olive oil. Once they start to soften, add 2 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar and 1/4 cup of hot water. Put the lid on the pan, let simmer till most of the water has boiled off. Turn the heat up, and add the chicken, and cook till the chicken is looking almost done. Add the sausage – sliced up thin, and add 1 tablespoon of Bird’s Eye Chili sauce. (I’m using Nando’s Hot Peri-Peri Sauce). Add a little more water, and let it all simmer down again.

Serve on a bed of lettuce and tomato.

Fake Tilt And Shift Effect

Cool tutorial on how to fake tilt and shift lenses in Photoshop.