Try my version of fried chicken

Made up the recipe myself. Turned out to be quite tasty. About a 1lb of Chicken Breast cut into small pieces Batter – Wheat flour (3 Tbsp), 3 egss, Salt, Paprika, Milk (1 cup). Whip everything until somewhat thick. If too runny add more flour. Mix batter and chicken pieces, until chicken is thoroughly coated. Fry them for 10-12 minutes @375 deg F in deep fryer. Serve with Sauce of your liking. I used Frank’s …

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MediaTomb breaking after Ubuntu upgrade

Yesterday, upgraded Ubuntu Server from 14.10 to 15.04, and somehow it broke MediaTomb. After upgrade, my uPnP server was not showing up in consuming devices. I looked at the logs, and found that MediaTomb was binding to localhost cat /var/log/mediatomb 2015-06-07 12:31:46    INFO: Loading configuration from: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml2015-06-07 12:31:46    INFO: Checking configuration…2015-06-07 12:31:46    INFO: Setting filesystem import charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46    INFO: Setting metadata import charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46    INFO: Setting playlist charset to UTF-82015-06-07 12:31:46 …

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Configuring VNC on Ubuntu Server

I recently configured VNC on my home server. This enables me to log on to the server and work in a GUI environment. I am using GNOME basic. Server – Assumed Ubuntu Server 14.04 Pre-reqs – Install GNOME basic desktop sudo apt-get install –no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop Install gnome-panel sudo apt-get install gnome-panel Install VNC Server. I used TightVNC Server sudo apt-get install tightvncserver Set up VNC initial configuration vncserver Stop the VNC session vncserver -kill :1 …

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AMD Kaveri Dual Graphics R7 250

I finally tried Dual Graphics on my AMD Kaveri A10-7850k based system. Kaveri A10-7850k is an onboard R7 250 GPU, and pairs with any standalone R7 250 card in Dual Graphics mode. However, the standalone card must be DDR3. The card I am using is MSi R7 250 2GB DDR3, and is less than $60. Popping it in, the system immediately recognized it, and AMD Catalyst asked for setting Dual Graphics mode. Easy.. GPU-Z shows …

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