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calla_s

Computer

Oct 23, 2009 19:15

Have a working computer! It's great. And there I was so close to swearing off consumerism ( Read more... )

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mandysbitch October 23 2009, 12:37:22 UTC

I have a rice cooker. It's also a damn fine steamer, just in case you were looking for something a bit more versatile.

calla_s October 28 2009, 08:03:42 UTC

Ah, steamer, yes! That's good. I was quite taken by one that specifically has a risotto setting (although I think others do risotto too?), and it can saute stuff as well first, which I like. Unfortunately it's a large one, and I'm wondering about the minimum amount. Like, maybe the smallest sort would be able to cook a smaller minimum? Do you cook one-person's worth with yours?

Oh! And are you free this Friday for catch-up and dinner that I'm doing?

mandysbitch October 29 2009, 03:46:52 UTC

Catch up this Friday? Where and when and how? I am indeed free (big day Sat - Pride and all - so was thinking of having a quiet one).

calla_s October 29 2009, 05:13:49 UTC

Am having a couple of people around to my place in Inglewood for dinner, with danamaree being here from Brisbane. Am making Indian food, not too spicy as requested by Dana, so should be fine for you too. Will probably be pretty quiet...

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calla_s October 28 2009, 08:05:16 UTC

Where which? My computer is from the internet cafe down the road from me. They sell parts and repair computers on the side.

I made 6L of vegetable soup with it, which was good, and then about 4L of stock.

exp_err October 25 2009, 22:36:16 UTC

I used to have a rice cooker, but when it burnt out, I didn't replace it, since the microwave works just as well for rice for me.

Yay for your new computer, and adblock plus!

calla_s October 28 2009, 08:06:46 UTC

I downloaded adblock plus, but then couldn't open it. Might try an earlier one.

planeterry October 26 2009, 07:02:03 UTC

Chrome instead of firefox might speed up interweb a bit? (But then...maybe no ad-block? dunno...)

Grew up with rice cooker, but then moved out and didn't have one for years, then got one but it broke way too quickly considering it wasn't a totally cheap one, and I haven't replaced it for years and apparently don't miss it despite cooking rice a couple of times a week = not as necessary as I thought it was growing up. Maybe if it was daily?

Ha re 512...surely...

calla_s October 28 2009, 08:12:23 UTC

Yes! SURELY!

Hm, might try chrome. I don't know where the problem lies. There's a counter on my dial-up connection thingy, that as well as number of bytes sent and recieves, counts errors, and after a while it's just the number of errors that keeps adding up. I don't know if it's more now than usual, since I didn't have that counter before. Bloody computers...

I'm used to cooking rice on the stove. But it seems that so many people think a rice cooker is best, that I've been swayed towards trying one. But maybe it wouldn't make that much difference. I did see a program on energy efficiency that said they used less energy than the other methods.

jay_summers October 31 2009, 11:30:02 UTC

Did they end up fixing all the holes in Chrome?
I recall reading a while ago that google was ignoring a lot of security problems and I think privacy concerns with Chrome. However, I have a sketchy memory.

As for 512MB while XP can technically handle with that as the maximum, there's no way I'd go less than 1GB. Actually, since I play games I wouldn't go less than 2GB.

And considering the cheap price of RAM lately, even cost isn't that much of a dissuader.

Also, hi.

calla_s October 31 2009, 12:37:54 UTC

Hello!

I ended up with 1GB, though I was considering a computer with 2. I don't play games though. It seems so excessive. Bloody XP...

meteordust October 29 2009, 11:29:24 UTC

I grew up with a rice cooker, and I can't imagine cooking rice any other way. I like being able to put the rice and the water in, push a button, and come back twenty minutes later. (If you're cooking rice every day like me, that's a lot of time saved for other stuff.) As for minimums, I have heard of small rice cookers that can do a single bowl of rice, like the coffee plungers that can do a single cup. Anyway, good luck on your search!

calla_s October 31 2009, 10:50:31 UTC

I was always a bit resistant because I find that cooking by the absorption method is about as convenient as people describe using a rice cooker to be. (Ok, except for having to remember what the time is). Now my issue is that the one(s) that claim to do interesting things like saute stuff first (which I do fairly often when I cook rice) are larger, so *presumably* have a larger minimum. But they don't seem to say. Hm, I'm still torn.