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How to Buy a Computer for Cheaper

I originally posted this on Tumblr and it was very popular, so I thought it should be reposted somewhere that won’t disappear and can be more easily searched for. So here it is, with a few edits.

Buy refurbished. And I’m going to show you how, and, in general, how to buy a better computer than you currently have. I’m fairly tech-knowledgeable, but not an expert. But this is how I’ve bought my last three computers for personal use and business (graphics). I’m writing this for people who barely know computers. If you have a techie friend or family member, having them help can do a lot for the stress of buying a new computer.

There are three numbers you want to know from your current computer: drive size, RAM, and processor speed (slightly less important, unless you’re doing gaming or 3d rendering or something else like that)

We’re going to assume you use Windows, because if you use Apple I can’t help, sorry.

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Captain Britain icon round-up

These are from the 1976 Captain Britain weekly series, issuses 1-4. I created them for my Ben-Day Shots blog series, which I’d appreciate being read more if you want something amusing. Issue number is in the icon filename. 45 icons total

Feel free to use the icons any way you want, including editing them. Credit can be given to Silvercat17

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Updated Meatball recipe

I made meatballs again, but added more veggies and spices, so here it is.

Like before, the easy way is to use a food processor (that’s what I did), but you can chop the veggies up yourself too. You can see above they’re just diced. I upped the amount of red and black pepper and they’re a bit spicy. If you don’t like pepper, reduce it back to 1/4 teaspoon each.

Silver’s Eat Alone Meatballs

1 lb ground turkey
1 lbs ground beef
1 cup-ish bread crumbs (about two slices of bread)
2 eggs
1 small onion, diced
4 or so cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 cup-ish carrot, diced or shredded
1 green pepper, diced
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/3 tsp red pepper
2tsp oregano
2 tsp basil
2 tsp parsley

Mix and form into 2 inch balls. It was a pretty wet mixture and I should’ve squished some of them more than I did, but they all turned out fine.

Cook at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I lined the pan with foil and just put them straight onto that and there was no problem.

Let cool and freeze.

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Food is Hard: WAFFLES

These are the best waffles you’ll ever eat*

* your mileage may vary, no guarantee implied. But they are really REALLY good

Cue up Waffle King by Weird Al

I got the original form of the recipe from The Woman’s Companion Cook Book, then one night I didn’t realize we were low on eggs. But I knew you could substitute apple sauce, which we had. And they were AMAZING. So that’s the recipe you’re getting here.

delicious, delicious waffles

Yes, you can also make them into pancakes, but waffles are better.

Makes about 12 waffles or a shit load of pancakes

Ingredients:

Dry:

  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons granulate sugar
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Wet:

  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 of a cup of unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup Canola oil (or similar neutral tasting oil)

Mix all the dry ingredients well, then add the wet ingredients. The batter will be a bit lumpy. Make into waffles (or pancakes, if you’re a heathen)

They’re so good you don’t even need to add any topping (I prefer brown sugar)

You can freeze these. Just put a bunch of them into a large ziploc, no paper between them necessary. Heat in the toaster. I have no idea how long they last, because I always eat them within a week.

They’re not super filling, so eat with something else (some juice and a handful of nuts would probably make a pretty good breakfast. I usually have one waffle and then some cereal and berries)

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Food is Hard: My meatball recipe

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Edit: Updating this for the food is hard series

Meatballs are basically meatloaf in ball form, but I don’t like meatloaf and I do like meatballs. *shrug* I dunno. This is a composite of a couple different recipes I’ve seen.

half eaten meatball

Silver’s Eat Alone Meatballs

1.25 lbs ground turkey
1.25 lbs ground beef
1 cup-ish whole wheat bread crumbs (I did two pieces of bread in the food processor. Pretty sure it was more than a cup)
1 egg
1/2 onion, diced (threw it in the food processor too. Onions kill me)
3 or so cloves of garlic, minced (in the food processor.)
1/2 cup-ish shredded carrot (I did a double handful of baby carrots, in the food processor)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp basil
2 tsp parsley
1/2 tsp red pepper

Mix, form into 2 inch balls, cook at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I put mine on wire racks on foil lined cookie sheets, but they didn’t make as much of a mess as I expected.

meatballs out of the oven and cooling

Mess with these! I’ve used white bread instead or saltine crackers. Pretty sure the bread is a filler so you can leave it out to be gluten-free, or replace with rice.

If you don’t have a food processor, just cut stuff up as small as you can.

I’ve tried putting zucchini in it, but it didn’t turn out well. The zucchini was too wet. You may have ideas on how to fix that (maybe just the peels?)

These freeze really well, last a long time in the freezer, and taste good cold or hot.

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Food is Hard: Books & Tips

If you’re like me and deciding what to eat is HARD and making anything that’s more than two steps is SUPER HARD, then this is for you.

Tips:

Make things you can freeze (I’ll be posting some recipes soon). A lot of things can be frozen if you think you can’t finish all of it before it spoils. Can’t finish that loaf of bread? Divide it into bits you can finish in a week, wrap it up in plastic, and chuck it in the freezer. Defrost in the fridge later.

Convenience foods are your friends. Whether that’s a frozen meal, pre-cut veggies, canned chicken – that’s all stuff that makes getting food into you easier & that’s all that matters.

If you can afford to and you have the space, canned foods are great. Canned chicken or tuna, some frozen veggies, and some bread, rice, or pasta is a good meal.

Make a list of foods you like that are easy and keep it on the fridge so when you can’t think of stuff, you can look at the list. Mine would include miso soup, peanut butter & crackers, bread & cheese, and rice & veggies.

Two books I like:

Cooking is Terrible: This isn’t recipes so much as ideas. But they’re good ideas.

Just Bento: She just came out with a second one, but I haven’t read it yet. It’s full of recipes that are yummy, many of which you can freeze. Browse through the website for lots of recipes too. Most of them are Japanese inspired. Warning: there is some talk of “health” and calories. I ignore all of it because I’m more concerned with getting food into me, but you may not be able to.

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I’ve started a podcast!

If you follow me on twitter or Facebook you’ve already seen me talking (incessantly, on Twitter) about this, but here’s an official announcement: I’ve started producing a podcast. I’m writing, voicing, and editing it, and I’m open to suggestions.

It’s called A Heroic Moment and it’s a short (about five minutes) podcast set at the radio station of a school for heroes. I’m going to try to be just as diverse as I can – there are already scripts written involving trans, fat, deaf,  and wheelchair-using heroes. And, yes, I’ll be providing transcripts.

You can listen and comment at http://aheroicmoment.libsyn.com and it should show up in Itunes, Google Play, and Spotify in the next couple of days if it hasn’t already.

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Got a bunch extra done that Saturday and lots of happy stuff. Didn't get everything done on Sunday.

The Creatives Low-Energy Planner (free download)

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I started listening to Productivity Alchemy, a podcast about productivity methods, planners, and what works and doesn’t work for different people. (It’s produced by Kevin Sonney, with help from his wife, Ursula Vernon, who are two of my favorite people. And Kevin has a very nice voice)

This inspired me to create a planner for myself that would take into account my executive dysfunction and general low energy. And I kept meaning to do a post about it, so here it is.

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Link of the day

http://mcmansionhell.com/post/166413635446/looking-around-on-moving-or-the-story-of-a

Each of the times I’ve moved from apartment to apartment (and finally, on this move, to an actual, full-sized house), there have been great difficulties loading and unloading all of my crap– difficulties innate to the houses themselves. These were usually small hardships, involving the clever rotation of a sofa or armchair in order to wrestle it out the door. 

This time, however, I came to a horrifying revelation: None of my existing furniture would be able to A.) fit within the cramped dimensions of the narrow staircase or B.) make it around the corner in the shallow hallway to my room. 

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How to move art to a new layer in Photoshop

Have you ever been working and then realized you’ve been working on the wrong layer? Of course you have. We’ve all done it. But if you just copy and paste it, by default Photoshop drops the art in the middle of the window, which is… not very good.

Here’s how to move copy & paste it without it moving.

I’m using a render of my DnD character (that I’m using to draw them properly in Manga Studio).

The sad way it used to work…

Select the art work and cut it (CTRL-X on Windows). Now you’re going to ‘paste it in place’. Under the Edit menu, it’s Paste Special > Paste in Place, or Shift+CTRL+V.

The happy good way!

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Recipe – Pineapple Salsa

Me and my mom are going to Hawaii in August for the first time and I kind of wanted something Hawaiian inspired. I just made this for dinner and it’s tasty.  I found it on food.com here, but their formatting is awful and they used too much ginger. They had you marinate the fish too which, after trying, I decided is unnecessary.

Pineapple Salsa

For use on pork, ham, salmon, or other fish.

Prep time: about 30 minutes

Cook time: about 10 minutes

  • Olive oil, about 1 tablespoon
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 medium red or yellow bell pepper, diced
  • 1 small red onion (about 1 cup), finely chopped
  • 16-20 oz of crushed pineapple (1 20oz can or 2 8oz cans), drained
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Heat oil in a medium skillet

Add the onion and bell pepper and saute until soft, about 4 minutes

Add the pineapple, cayenne, ginger, and lemon juice. Saute until warm, about 4 minutes

Makes about 6 servings. Serve over fish or pork on a bed of rice or greens. Can be made up to 24 hours ahead. Bring to room temp before serving.

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