Preparedness for when

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nuatha wrote: »

Or you could run Firefox as a portable app from a USB dongle and take your bookmarks and favourite extensions with you.

There's a portable version of Chrome too.

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Softstuff wrote: »

We use AVG here

Same here.

We run Chrome currently as a browser

Again, same here.

and on the super duper puter (hubbys work one) Windows 8.

Again, same here.

Indeed, my laptop came with it.

I didn't like it one bit, but Classic Shell made it more "user friendly".

I like how it boots up fast. :cool:

nuatha

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

There's a portable version of Chrome too.

True, and the same site will be helpful in that regard. For anyone regularly using other people's computers its worth thinking about portable apps in general.
I remembered that GQ prefers not to use Google so presumed that would extend to Chrome for the same reasons.

I carry a USB key with a full Windows / Office environment as well as a *nix with diagnostic and networks tools. However for general use, the Portable Apps launcher will let you have a selection of useful tools for most uses.

greenbee

nuatha wrote: »

True, and the same site will be helpful in that regard. For anyone regularly using other people's computers its worth thinking about portable apps in general.
I remembered that GQ prefers not to use Google so presumed that would extend to Chrome for the same reasons.

I carry a USB key with a full Windows / Office environment as well as a *nix with diagnostic and networks tools. However for general use, the Portable Apps launcher will let you have a selection of useful tools for most uses.

I'm sure many of you know this .. but... just bear in mind that you might want to make sure that the 'portable' version of the app you are interested in is genuine. There are a lot of counterfeit products in the portable space and they're not just cheap, they are stuffed full of nasties...

nuatha

greenbee wrote: »

I'm sure many of you know this .. but... just bear in mind that you might want to make sure that the 'portable' version of the app you are interested in is genuine. There are a lot of counterfeit products in the portable space and they're not just cheap, they are stuffed full of nasties...

One of the reasons for recommending that particular site. Major name commercial software rarely appears in portable versions (my office suite is fully licensed and was a pain to produce a portable version of). Even established software that is free to use can fall victim to being repackaged with all sorts of nasties (as I was reminded with Scribus today).

Broomstick

Mojoworking wrote: »

Ooh broomstick an idiots guide to drop scones and welsh cakes please x

For drop scones I've used Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's recipe http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/21/recipes.foodanddrink1

For Welsh cakes I use one I picked up at Cogges Manor Farm Museum years ago:

8oz self-raising flour
4oz butter
1 1/2 oz brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
3oz currants
1 egg

Rub in the fat to the flour.
Add the rest of the ingredients. (No extra moisture.)
Roll out fairly thinly, cut out and cook on a hot griddle turning once.

I've still to try cooking on the wood burner but I've discovered that my cast iron skillet without a long handle (don't know what to call it!) will just fit on top of the stove so I might do a bit of experimenting on Saturday.

B x

StanwithaPlan

Morning everyone

There are signs everywhere in town for 'Black Friday' today...I've never heard of it before! I think I will brave town and Aldi today - Aldi particularly as they are opening their warehouse with 70% reductions so I'm hoping to stock up on tins, pasta, tomato puree, cat food and bottled water etc

Town because I STILL haven't bought a camping stove for emergency cooking will fix that today though! x

thriftwizard

Black Friday is an American import, StanwithaPlan, dreamed up & imported by people desperate to sell us yet more stuff we don't need at prices we can't afford. Just plain Not Relevant, as far as I'm concerned.

Our stove is being installed next Monday & Tuesday - two days because it's not completely straightforward; the 80s brick fireplace will have to be dismantled to get back to the original opening, and the flue's not straight as there's a small, covered-over fireplace in the room above that it kinks around. I've saved & saved for this, but OH is far from happy about it as he's not seen ANYTHING about power cuts (maybe because it wasn't printed in the sports pages) so it'll be an interesting weekend! Hopefully he'll be pleased once it's all over; change of any kind, even when it's obviously for the better, always upsets him.

Anyway, a busy day to get on with; taking DS1 back upcountry, stocking up on fresh groceries for the coming week at the local market, checking & tidying my static stalls & preparing for a pop-up Christmas Market tomorrow, and an AGM where I have to give a speech, which is going to have to be mostly off-the-cuff! And not easy, because a positive, motivating & encouraging kick up the rear end is what's needed for the organisation concerned...

Butterfly_Brain

Broomstick wrote: »

For drop scones I've used Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's recipe http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/21/recipes.foodanddrink1

For Welsh cakes I use one I picked up at Cogges Manor Farm Museum years ago:

8oz self-raising flour
4oz butter
1 1/2 oz brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of mixed spice
3oz currants
1 egg

Rub in the fat to the flour.
Add the rest of the ingredients. (No extra moisture.)
Roll out fairly thinly, cut out and cook on a hot griddle turning once.

I've still to try cooking on the wood burner but I've discovered that my cast iron skillet without a long handle (don't know what to call it!) will just fit on top of the stove so I might do a bit of experimenting on Saturday.

B x

Thanks for the recipes

I use a cast iron fajita pan that I got in Aldi it isn't a huge surface but it is fine for cooking in batches and it fits neatly on one side of my small stove.

I also have a cast iron pan and a small skillet so I can cook soup, beans, etc and a toasting fork so we can always have hot buttered toast on a cold winter's night when the power goes down.

Failing that I have the dutch oven and a tripod

GreyQueen

:j Wa-hay, he's let me put Firefox on his PC, and now we can reeaalllly begin to move. Yippee!!