Disable Certificate Error in IE8 for VMWare Server

Posted By Noah on June 25, 2010

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Server\SSL and double click the rui.crt file. Click the “Install Certificate” button and add the certificate to the Trusted Root Certificate store.

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Grandmamma’s Orange Cake

Posted By Noah on June 1, 2010

Courtesy of Chowhound user Tehama

Orange Ring Cake

1 c. sugar
1 c. butter *
3 eggs
1 c. sour cream *
1 3/4 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
grated rind of one orange
(* please have these ingredients at room temperature)

Cream butter and sugar well. Add egg yolks, sour cream, and orange rind; beat until light and fluffy. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder into the first mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry, and fold into the mixture.

Turn into a well greased and floured bundt pan; bake at 325 degrees for one hour. Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes. Loosen carefully around edge and turn-out onto a rimmed plate. Deeply and repeatedly pierce the top of the cake with a very thin skewer (eg, like a wooden skewer used for chicken satay) and then spoon the hot orange sauce over the top of the cake slowly. (The hot orange sauce will “leak” from the cake, so make sure it is placed in a rimmed plate.)

Hot Orange Sauce

Juice of 2 oranges (a little less than 1 cup); Juice of 1 lemon (about 2 TBL); 3/4 c. of sugar; dash of salt

Combine ingredients; let sugar first dissolve over low heat, then bring to a rolling boil for 3 to 4 minutes.

(1 orange = 1/2 c. so, if you are in a pinch, 6 oz. of frozen orange concentrate could be substituted)

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Healthy “Béarnaise Sauce”

Posted By Noah on May 22, 2010

Not exactly Béarnaise, but it’s way healthier and still tastes delicious.

3/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt
4 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon, or 1 teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste

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Monkfish w/ Broccoli & Ginger

Posted By Noah on May 3, 2010

1 tbs. butter
1 leek trimmed and chopped
2 cloves of garlic finely minced
1/2 inch ginger peeled and chopped
1 roasted red pepper chopped
3 heads of broccoli broken into small florets
1 lb monkfish
1/2 tsp tumeric
2/3 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup mild cheese (I used cheddar)

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the leek, ginger and garlic. Cook until soft.
  2. Add the pepper, brocoli, fish and turmeric. Cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add the broth, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the cheese into the pan. Stir well and heat gently, do not boil.
  4. Stir in a bit of nonfat yogurt for extra richness
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PHP Compile from Source

Posted By Noah on April 28, 2010

Compile PHP on 64bit CentOS:

./configure --prefix=/etc/php --bindir=/usr/bin --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc/php --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc --with-mysql=/usr/bin/ --with-libdir=lib64 --with-pear --with-mcrypt --enable-mbstring
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