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Homesick for Broadband


It isn’t uncommon to feel a little homesick while traveling abroad. You might miss your friends, parents, food that is familiar to you, or perhaps just your daily routine.
I suppose I miss all of these but nothing like I miss broadband. I yearn for the days when I had speedy downloads and Skype video conferences [...]

Hidden Process Download for Windows (Cyber Cafe)


Suppose you’re in a foreign land and the only internet you have is a cyber cafe that considers 5 kb/sec as “broadband”. Obviously, downloading your 600 MB CD Image file is going to take you longer than a good sitting, so you need a plan. To further complicate the problem, these computers have no cd [...]

Indian Breakfast - Uttappa with Green Coconut Chutney


Uttappa Ingredients:
Besan 2 cups
Rice flour 1 cup
Onion 2-3
Tomato 1
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves 1/2 cup
Salt.
Uttappa Method:
First cut onions and tomato into small pieces.
Make batter of besan and rice flour.
Add onions and tomato pieces in above mixture.
Mix all the remaining [...]