This is a pretty simple one. It involves nice rare london broil, mint and a jalapeno lime sauce. Check out the video for a step by step.
Here is the recipe. Remember, I doubled it up in the video.
Let me know what you think of this one, leave some comments.
But I can cook, and pretty well too. Tonight we are gonna start something new — Cooking with The Derelict. Just because you are a guy who is into technology or sports or whatever that’s no reason to not be able to cook. It just takes practice, besides chicks dig it. Nearly every girlfriend I’ve had, the deal was sealed with a fine home cooked meal. Boy do I feel bad for some of the older girlfriends, I used to not be so great in the kitchen.
PRACTICE!
Anyway, we are having a Halloween party at the house tomorrow, so I am cooking up a storm. On the menu tonight ‘Thai Chicken Spring Rolls’, ‘Thai Steak and Mint Skewers’, and ‘Chicken Satay’. Appetizers are my favorite kind of food to make, and well that just works out for parties. This is my first time trying to record myself while cooking, I am sure to sound like a goon.
Like my girlfriend’s father says to me: “You are gonna make a good wife for someone someday”
And there I go, already sounding rather goon-ish.
Sonos has released it’s own remote control software for the iphone. A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the Zones for iPhone application. Now let’s check this one out!
This is a great free application! (although the Sonos system comes at a price) If you have a Sonos and an iPhone this app is indispensable.
And think about this, a 1st generation iPod Touch is under $200 used, instead of one Sonos remote for $399, get 2 iPods and put this free application on them.
Today in the App Store I saw Air Mouse by R.P.A. Technology. You can control the mouse on your Mac or PC via the iPhone, and even type remotely? Surely a feat such as this could not be accomplished for a mere $5.99. Alas it is true, it controls your computer, and it does it well. Take a look.
Click to purchase in the App Store.
You know I just thought of another use for this. You can install the server software on multiple machines. Now you can hijack someone’s mouse and keyboard with your iPhone. That would be a great joke!
Where to start… Well let me start by saying that I went into this hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. I have been burned so many times in the past by no name electronics companies that promise greatness, and deliver weird dongles and incompatible codecs.
In this case I didn’t even trust my normally trustworthy Amazon ratings which gave it an average score of 4.5 stars out of 5; 234 people surveyed.
I heart Amazon Prime. The cost is $79 a year. The benefit? Free two day shipping on almost everything, and overnight shipping for only $3.99, for anything. I mean anything. I ordered a 68LB inversion table from Amazon, selected overnight shipping, what did it cost? Huge box on my doorstep the next day for $3.99. It certainly pays for itself if you like stuff to arrive fast.
So what did I order?
The Flip Mino 60 Minute Camcorder
This thing seems pretty slick. Tiny one piece rechargeable instant USB video camera, there and ready to go when you need it. I am not expecting this to replace my HD camera, but I am expecting it to actually fit in my pocket. I of course ordered it overnight, so I will have it tomorrow.
A review will follow.
When I was growing up, man did I love that game Risk! I used to carry it around on a 5 1/4 floppy disk in the inside pocket of my jean jacket. You know, just in case I came across an Apple IIC, IIE or IIGS. Yes I was a nerd, yes I wore huge glasses and yes I will beat your ass in some Risk if given the chance.
Greyscale Goodness
Now here is your chance to relive your old days of greyscale global domination…except now in color on your iPhone. The game is Lux by SillySoft, and it is already poplular for the Mac and PC. They now have a free version for the iPhone, and I can’t get enough of it.
This version Lux Touch is what they are calling the free version for the iPhone. The company says that they will be coming out with Lux Dlx (deluxe) in the near future which will have more levels and better AI. I can’t even imagine Risk on any other playing field besides the continents, but it is on its way to the iPhone.
For more, take a look at the video review below:
Click to Purchase in the App Store
The Sonos music system is one of the coolest things ever made. It can play music from your archive, Sirius, Rhapsody, Napster or Pandora in any room of your house. Play the same song in all of the rooms or a different one in each. The Sonos is an amazing and versatile system, but one thing it isn’t is cheap. The remote alone is $399. I really want a second remote for upstairs, but don’t want to pay $399 right now. The solution? Zones.
Zones is a Sonos remote control application for the iPhone. Although it is not perfect yet, it is functional and only $14.99. Still that is priced on the high side for an iPhone application. But the idea of having a Sonos remote integrated into something I always have in my pocket made me take the plunge.
I am impressed with the functionality so far. It runs very smoothly, and like the Sonos, setup is effortless. It is missing a couple of core functions for now, but there are work arounds. Take a look at the video below to the see the rest of the review.
Click to purchase in the App Store
Derelict Afternoon is a fairly new site, and I am still trying to figure out the direction I want it to go. As I might have mentioned already I am a born again mac freak. In the near future I will be using the built in camera on my Macbook Pro to record video content instead of text. I will start out with some video reviews of things I like and dislike, and see where it goes from there. The good news is I have a tendency to buy everything I see, so there are plenty of things to review. Here goes nothing…
The Derelict
If you are like me, you are paranoid. Perhaps not paranoid enough. Everyone has that random misplaced phone jack hidden behind a couch, now you can make good use of it. Take a look as the website instructables.com shows you how to build a hidden usb thumb drive into a phone jack. And with 32GB thumb drives costing only $100 that is a lot of room for your plans to take over the world.
