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Recipe: Devil Burgers

In the spirit of 'the braindump', this is my first recipe of many to come. Mostly so I don't forget how to make them. This is one of my own creations and owes its name to the sauce used on the chicken, otherwise known as devil sauce. Quick, delicious and very easy to prepare, this is perfect for those with a limited kitchen (or kitchen skills!).

Kwoon - I Lived on the Moon

12 years ago 23496 Comments

"Dear little lad
Here's the story of my life
I lived on the moon
I lived on the moon
Grey flying snakes along
Mountains of destiny while
The three tailed moneys
Were drawing the stars
Light from the Sun and I
Hide myself on the dark side, alone"

A Thin Red Line

13 years ago 18935 Comments

"We were a family. How'd it break up and come apart, so that now we're turned against each other? Each standing in the other's light. How'd we lose that good that was given us? Let it slip away. Scattered it, careless. What's keepin' us from reaching out, touching the glory?"

HOWTO: Customise your Gnome 3 desktop in Fedora

13 years ago 5828 Comments

The default theme for Gnome shell in Fedora 15 is quite pretty, no doubt about it. But what if you want to change the window borders, icons or GTK theme? A quick browse around the "System Settings" and you'll soon notice there's no way to customise it straight out of the box.

HOWTO: Install official NVIDIA drivers in Fedora 15

13 years ago 4865 Comments

Installing the proprietary NVIDIA video drivers in the latest Fedora Linux is easy. Getting them working, however, can be a hair-ripping affair - I've documented the process to save my hair in the future.