Log Furniture: Bed of choice

Sunday, April 12, 2009

some of us spends almost 1/3 of our time sleeping, making the bedroom one of the most integral part of our home. And every hard working individual deserves a bedroom with a nice bed. As I surf through the internet i stumbled upon a log furniture site which previews a lot of furniture and specially my beloved bed. Browsing through the site showed me a wide array of log furniture's of which I'm sure anybody can find something to love and you can even order them through the site itself.

Now back to our bed, here is the type of bed that I would love in my home:


A very nice elegant log king size bed, according to the website the type of wood used is Walnut Mainframe and Tiger Maple Accents giving this bed a sense of being one with nature, making a good stress reliever and not just a place to sleep. If you want to know more you can visit the site at the URL: http://www.scenicfurniture.com/

Sweet and Spicy Shrimp

Monday, March 30, 2009

Here is one of my favorite and perfected dish, which I haven't done in a while, Sweet and Spicy Shrimp. My version is probably the simplified version without compromising the taste. Here are a few of the ingredients that used. Of course shrimp,


What I did here is that I peeled the shrimps skin but you should not throw the skin away.


You'll also need your spices, the most basic being sugar, pepper,salt, garlic, and chili.

Butter, for this type of dish i would recommend the unsalted butter, and just enough to give that creamy texture...


Tomato sauce for color and to add a bit of flavor.


Here is one of the most important ingredient, clear soda, never use flavored or colored soda. Soda is for family consumption but the best substitute is vodka, to give a slight kick in your meal. As you noticed I didn't give any amount,not that its a secret but Ithe amounts actually differ based on your preference.


Procedure:

1. pour the soda in a pan to heat slightly, use low heat.
2. Add shrimp skin and let it boil until the color of the liquid and the skin changes. If skin is orange and the liquid gets darker, remove the skin and throw it away.
3. add the shrimps and let it cook until the color changes to orange.
4. add the butter, sugar, a dash of salt and pepper.
5. add garlic and chili and let it boil for a couple of minutes under low heat.
6. add tomato sauce and stir lightly, add salt, sugar and pepper as desired and serve.

Very simple but very delicious meal

Baler

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Last 25-28 of February, my office sent me to Baler and despite the long travel (8 hours) and rough roads I have few regrets upon seeing the wonderful town of Baler. Most of my time was spent on the nice beaches and strong waves that make Baler a wonderful place to relax and spend quality time with your family or love one.
Bahia de Baler, this was one of the hotels that was offered to us during our stay, though they only have few rooms they make it up for their quality of service.

Right infront of the hotel is their function room, a building whose walls are made up almost entirely of glass for you to see the wonderful surroundings, most specially the beach.


The beaches of Baler is really top quality,though the sand is not as white as Boracay, they make this up for the wonderful waves that come ashore, making Baler an ideal place for surfers.

If you can survive the trip and want to go to a place that's peaceful, not so crowded with a nice view, excellent beach, waves and wonderful people, this seems to be the perfect description.

How to add a password to a guest account in Windows XP

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

In the today's world security should always be your top priority and that includes one of the most indispensable machines in everyday life, our computers. Here is simple step to add security in your beloved personal computers who uses windows xp as their operating systems, specially if your connected to a network.

Here is a common workplace scenario, your at an office who shares not only computers but files as well through the shared folder of each computer. This is a good way to save cost and at the same time improve efficiency through networking, but of the draw backs is the security issue, since all in the network can see you and all can use your computer whenever your not around. The solution, create a guest account and add a password, this allows you to let people use the guest account if they dont have any account on a particular PC, and also it allows you to choose which people in the network can access your PC, here are the steps:

1. Go to start and choose control panel;
2. Select User accounts and turn on the Guest Account
3. Go back to the control panel and choose Administrative Tools and select Computer Management;
4. Click on the folder "Local Users and Groups"
5. Right click on the Guest and select set password
6. Add the password of your choice and let the people you want to know the password.

OSIST

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

OSIST stands for "One Stop Information Shop of Technologies in the Philippines". The web site is a project of the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) from the Philippines. The website is basically a way for PCIERD to present to the public the number of technololgies available from the Department, whats interesting to note is that these technologies are products of researches and is now ready to be presented and be used by the public, also the website has been nominated as a finalist in the WSA Global Contest and the 11th Philippine Web Awards (PWA) e-Government Category.

The general appearance of the website is very neat, with a very clean look, there is not much clutter and shows only the information relevant to its purpose in a very clear manner. The main options are very visible at the left panel of the site which offers the available technologies, guest book, related links, and a web forum. The left panel also contains the search option of the website, which is very useful since the site contains a lot of technologies making searches easy for any user who wishes to visit the site.

The site shows at the front page the News & Updates and Success Stories, which allows visitors to read the things that are happening about the technologies being presented at the website. This adds credibility to the website and a good source of information especially to first time visitors. The right panel contains the "Most Visited Technology" section, this is a great section for showing all those topics and technologies that are usually being asked by the public, this gives visitors an idea of the content as well as a tool to help visitors look for the technologies that they need. Aside from the basic options, another feature of the site that is really helpful is the option to increase the font size of the content, allowing users to see the content at a font size of their liking.

Access to the website is easy the url si http://www.osist.dost.gov.ph or you can click here to visit the site. I tried to access the site from home and at the office, using different browsers and connection was a breeze, provded of course you have good internet connection and a decent computer.

In all, the site is very well built, Its nice to visit a website that does very good on what its supposed to do, and the OSIST website a very good example. Though not the most fancy of websites with minimal graphic designs that is pretty much acceptable as it removes weight in browsing and showing only the things that you need to see. A very functional website I recommend this website to be a sure winner.

You can vote through the url http://www.philippinewebawards.com/pages/register.asp.