blind_html Fwd: Fred's Head Companion - American Printing House for the Blind
- From: Nimer Jaber <nimerjaber1@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 08:00:05 -0600
The user manuals is good, but so are the recipes.
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Subject: Fred's Head Companion - American Printing House for the Blind
Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 12:36:44 +0000
From: Fred's Head from APH <fredshead@xxxxxxx>
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How Do You Say That Name?
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Posted: 04 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT
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While a mispronounced name here and there is unavoidable, saying
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Blue Screen of Death Survival Guide
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Posted: 04 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT
Have you ever seen it? The blue screen that comes up in Windows that
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Find the Best Priced Prescriptions
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Posted: 04 May 2009 11:29 AM PDT
The internet makes comparison shopping a breeze. Thanks to medication
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Use Twitter to Control Your PC
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Posted: 04 May 2009 09:24 AM PDT
TweetMyPC is a small Windows application that uses the Twitter network
to relay command messages to your PC. You install the program, give it
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from there it checks the feed of the control account every minute.
Anytime the feed account Twitters the following commands: Shutdown,
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Great Garlic Bread
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Posted: 04 May 2009 07:37 AM PDT
We don't put a lot of recipes in Fred's Head and when we do, we try to
keep them really simple. Here's a good recipe for Garlic Bread.
For this recipe, hamburger buns, hotdog buns and bread work great!
1. Cut the bread in half (down the middle) if not already split.
2. Butter each strip.
3. Sprinkle with garlic powder.
4. Add some shredded cheese.
5. Toast in a toaster oven for 4-5 minutes or Broil in a regular oven
(watching closely) for 1 to 2 minutes until cheese melts, and just
starts to brown.
Your family will love the change.
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Tips On Marinating Meat
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Posted: 04 May 2009 07:20 AM PDT
If your family is like mine, summer is for spending time in the pool,
not cooking in a hot kitchen. We love to fire up the grill, but some
evenings it just seems that we run out of time to let something
marinate. Here's a little trick that may save some time.
The next time you go shopping, place each serving of fresh meat into a
large resealable plastic freezer bag.
Mix your favorite marinade and pour into the bag and seal well.
Place the bag in a large storage container (in case your bag drips) in
your freezer.
Now when you pull each serving out and defrost for dinner, your meat is
marinating itself while you are having fun in the sun!
If you like marinating meat the regular way, here's some things to
remember.
When marinating meat to grill, try to only marinate for one to four
hours before cooking.
If you are using acid based marinade, remember that it can start to
break down the texture of the meat if you let it sit in the marinade for
longer than four hours. Acid based marinades would be marinades that
include vinegar, lemon juice, or wine.
When grilling the marinated meat, apply extra coats of the marinade just
before turning.
Do not add any more marinade during the last five minutes of cooking.
Toss any marinade that you have left over. Do not re-use marinade for
another meal if it has come in contact with meat.
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How to make a Breakfast Casserole
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Posted: 04 May 2009 06:04 AM PDT
Something that I've been hooked on for a while now is breakfast
casserole. It's easy to fix and can really save you some time in the
morning. Here's what you'll need to make one with a yield of 8 servings,
note that any vegetables can be substituted for the mushrooms, or they
can be omitted:
* 1 1/2 lb sausage
* 6 slices bread; cubed
* 1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese; shredded
* 6 eggs
li> 1/4 teaspoon Salt
* 2 cups milk
* 1 cup mushroom; sliced
* 1/2 cup onion; minced
1. Brown sausage in a large skillet, drain well.
2. Add onions and saute.
3. Place Bread cubes in the bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
4. Sprinkle sausage mixture over bread.
5. Sprinkle cheese and mushrooms over sausage.
6. Beat eggs, milk and salt together well.
7. Pour slowly over cheese/sausage/mushrooms.
8. Refrigerate overnight.
9. In the morning, bake in a preheated oven at 325 for 45 minutes.
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User Manuals for Any Gadget
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Posted: 04 May 2009 05:29 AM PDT
SafeManuals
SafeManuals is one of those services that must be bookmarked. This handy
site has over eight hundred thousand downloadable user manuals for all
kinds of gadgets and appliances. You can search for instruction manuals
by manufacturer, by device model number or browse them alphabetically.
When your find the manual you need you can instantly download it to your
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for your Blackberry, iPod nano, Nokia N95, some TFT screen or whatever,
simply search for it on SafeManuals.com
Click this link to visit http://safemanuals.com
<http://www.safemanuals.com>.
The Product Manual Archive
OK gadget lovers, it's time to take a fun trip back in time, thanks to a
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online gallery of not only manuals, but diagrams, catalogs, and how-to
books as well, and if you really want to go all out, The Product Manual
Archive even offers high-res images for die-hard vintage ad enthusiasts.
Some vision is helpful to enjoy all the features of this site.
Click this link to visit http://productmanualarchive.org
<http://productmanualarchive.org>.
OwnerIQ
Find the manual for your product online at OwnerIQ, a site that catalogs
thousands of manuals for consumer devices and offers forums for
discussing their features and quirks.
OwnerIQ provides not only manuals, but also extended on-site information
about your products. You can use the site without registration to
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Registration adds the ability to ask questions in the product forums and
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OwnerIQ will send you an email notification.
Click this link to visit http://owneriq.net <http://owneriq.net>.
The Manuals
Simple title, but thousands of product and software manuals. The site
was designed to give you the Google effect when searching, and there are
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Click this link tto visit http://www.the-manuals.com
<http://www.the-manuals.com>.
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