tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81837311796315490932024-03-13T08:36:13.805-07:00Kitchen Adventures with VinayVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-76516077056123988552011-11-25T12:04:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.374-07:00Hazelnut brown butter cake - my takeThis recipe was inspired from smitten kitchen's hazelnut brown butter cake Here is my rundown:6 ounces hazelnuts1/4 pound (4 ounces) unsalted butter3 ounces olive oil1/2 vanilla bean1 cup powdered sugar1/3 cup all-purpose flour6 large egg whiteshttp://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php3 tablespoons granulated sugarI used half the butter from the original recipe, and substituted the Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-86920806889792341832011-07-31T21:44:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.395-07:004.3.2.1 recipes: Strawberry GelatoAfter months of procrastination, I finally decided to use the strawberries from our local Farmer's market to make some Gelato that we have been dreaming of since our trip to Italy last year.After a bit of searching, I found a recipe that sounded simple - as are most recipes from Italy - to keep to their tradition. So, without much ado, here he is a simple 4-step homemade strawberry gelato. GelatoVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-79418738968027783692011-01-03T22:36:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.384-07:00Quick and Dirty Apple DumplingsAre you feeling lazy? Do you hate baking? Here's a dessert that is practically already made!All you need is:1. Pillsbury crescent rolls - 22. Butter - 2 sticks (loads)3. Granny smith apples - 2 (the only healthy part)4. Sugar - 1.5 cups (may be a bit less)5. Cinnamon - sprinkling6. Sprite - small can (oh! yes, believe you me!)The pictures should really explain themselves. If not refer the link toVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-42162158227625356952010-12-20T23:10:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.334-07:00Pear Cake - my wayToday, I decided to bake a pear cake (I had some lovely pears from my farmer's market) from my favorite baking blog smitten kitchen - a seemingly simple cake that turned out to be a tad challenging!I did not have all the right ingredients, and was lethargic to drive myself to the store (Its cold and rainy, you understand!). So making do with what I have at hand.Its baking as I write, fingers Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-3815788577174158342010-08-14T13:19:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.301-07:00Kitchen Adventures: Almond macaroon torteTried out my first macaroon torte, turned out very tasty and crunchy. Next time around, I need to make sure that the macaroon's are a bit softer!I followed the recipe at Smitten Kitchen's Almond Macaroon TorteIf you try this, I suggest a couple of changes:Check every 2 minutes after the 23 minute mark! Bake macaroon's in the middle of the rack, might cook more evenly!Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-39030905267459468082010-01-11T09:53:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.327-07:00Classic brownies - take 2How hard can baking a brownie be? My first take at brownies was about two years ago - turned out to be a disaster. The brownie stuck to the bottom of the pan and was too thin to sacrifice the bottom part - all that aside, it tasked horrible too.Last Friday, I mustered up courage to give it another go, this time around, I was a bit more careful, and lined it with baking sheet, and made sure I had Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-5763404346885738902010-01-06T22:42:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.357-07:00Baked tofu nuggets & Sweet Potato for dinnerTofu nuggets for dinner? The picture speaks for itself and looks very complicated, can you believe the prep time is just under 30 minutes?Baked Tofu:http://chowvegan.com/2008/03/18/crispy-baked-tofu/Garlic sauce:1 teaspoon minced garlic1/4 cup chopped scallion2 teaspoon sesame seeds3 tablespoon soy sauce1 tablespoon sesame oil1 teaspoon red pepper flakes1/2 teaspoon sugaradapted from: http://Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-4699758558093661032010-01-03T20:46:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.341-07:00Quest for the perfect Pad Kee MaoI love Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles). It is one of the things on the menu that jumps at me whenever we are at a Thai restaurant. I judge Thai restaurants by their Pad Kee Mao :)So, Madhu has been trying to perfect Pad Kee Mao in our kitchen for a while since I love it so much. Today's was the best. It looked and tasted fantastic - It is better than some Thai places around (no offense, Madhu knowsVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-36815653638811181432009-12-21T22:16:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.290-07:00Kitchen adventures: Masale doseFor a south Indian, me making this dish and blogging about it could be 'duh! big deal' - well fellas welcome to my world, anything that needs constant attention near the stove is a big deal - so bear with me.Over time, I have almost mastered making some things just right, coconut chutney and potato palya - both very important for a successful dose (dosa for other south Indians)In simplistic termsVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-90778569620318231792009-12-21T21:13:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.407-07:00Kitchen adventures: Baking an apple cakeRule #1 in baking - You have to precise with the measurements. Unless you are a pastry chef and know what you are doing, stick to the measurements - 1tbsp is 3 tea spoons - not more not less.We had a dessert potluck at lunch Friday last and I decided on baking a apple-cake this time - bundt style.Found a recipe online which was a 'tube pan' version. Also found a variation of it using a 'Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-32588641591845475712009-10-21T15:48:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.272-07:00You see what I see? Search war?Microsoft today struck a search deal with twitter and facebook -.. Microsoft has reached collaboration agreements with Twitter and Facebook to get their members' public status updates and messages indexed and presented in useful ways on the Bing search engine...Read more here: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174061/microsoft_strikes_search_deals_with_twitter_facebook.htmlAnd Google Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-76605385676406438122009-09-15T11:12:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.380-07:00Call me crazy, but I jumpedJumped off a 40 foot cliff at the southern most point of the United States! Risky, might not do it again, but could not resist the temptation at that time! Madhu took the pictures.Full size pictures here:http://picasaweb.google.com/vinayms/MyCliffJumpVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-46681930349283784202009-02-20T10:07:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.338-07:00Pronounce Linux as LinuxI have heard a lot of pronunciations for "Linux", anything from Lienux, Lienex to Linux - I always wondered who was right, until I heard it from the creator - Linus Torvaldshttp://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/Listen for yourself: http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/torvalds-says-linux.wavVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-68801900995235244482009-02-02T17:26:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.369-07:00Sorry, you are not my [blood] type!A conversation in a Japan's night club, could go something like this:Boy: Hey there, what's your [blood] type?Girl: I am a A, and you?Boy: Sorry, you are not my type [literally]Japan, as advanced as it is - is apparently obsessed with blood types of peopleRef: http://www.physorg.com/news152723712.htmlIn the year just ended, four of Japan's top 10 best-sellers were about how blood type determines Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-48768452791965477972008-09-29T17:03:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.346-07:00[link] Renting Makes More Financial Sense Than Homeownership ?While in the back of our head we are still contemplating the idea of buying a home, I came across this article explaining why Jack wants to rent until a foreseeable future instead of owning a home.Following is his summary, but the article is a good read. He does answer common questions that people might have like "home owners get a tax break.", "why throw money down the drain", "I just made a Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-9516994509319957652008-01-09T09:19:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.413-07:00[link] Why we eat the way we doThe found this article through a reference -The author Ruth N. Davidar is a nutritionist and a food writer. Explains how vegetarian indian cooking compensates for the nutrition the body needs as compared to meat based cooking.http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo0004/00040260.htmSome excerpts from the article:Experts will also tell you to watch your intake of iron and calcium in vegetarian Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-27980527309024194652007-11-20T15:21:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.253-07:002 of the "most important" developer toolsCoffee powers my brain and Vim powers my codingYou can also see the "Official VIM Mug" in the background!Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-57795955401947803902007-10-31T17:52:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.362-07:00Bay area traffic map on the halloween eveningand yes, that is my iphone ;-)Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-12967360897507159812007-09-28T16:16:00.000-07:002012-07-28T15:56:19.248-07:00Indians and cricket - Religion or Stupidity?Recently India won the much celebrated and a new cricket world cup format Twenty20I could not be more happy after a humiliating defeat in the recent normal (one-day) world cup, but look at the sheer media attention, and the amount of money that each of these players made in comparison to our national Hockey team players who recently won the Asia Hockey Cup 2007 beating Korea 7-2 to defend the Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-51528754856208126342007-02-23T14:08:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.350-07:0010 great things about testingClick: 10 great things about testing I have seen some people frown on a testing career! Simply put it, they are just naive. Although my business card says "developer", I could have been a great QA personnel. I have great respect for any individual with a passion for QA, which makes any product presentable to the customer.If it were just for the developers.. well, let me not write anymore Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-10030443331774746762006-12-22T14:07:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.243-07:00Red means STOP!oh! crap. That is my car. Plain and simple, I am going thro' hell with the insurance company right now. Even though the other driver accepted fault that she jumped the red, with the cop on scene, and the incident report clearly says so, the insurance company "respectfully denies liability"!Now, after being robbed off my transportation vehicle for the next 2-3 weeks, I have to run around for no Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-86474986022838987752006-12-17T14:05:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.388-07:00Smoking, a nasty habit - takes away the best from youPrologueI took a jogging class this semester at De Anza College, to kick start my healthy living schedule. The assignment paper was to write something health related, something we like and are passionate about. And here it goes:IntroductionTobacco smoking is the act of burning the dried or cured leaves of the tobacco plant and inhaling the smoke for ritualistic purposes, or more commonly out of Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-58586268741921203192006-12-14T14:04:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.365-07:00My first interview - TestGen4WebAlright, not as big deal as it sounds, Alan decided to ask me a few questions about my experience during my project TestGen4Web, Before boring you much, here is the link on spikedevnews.About TestGen4Web:I am always big on automation, call my lazy, but I hate doing repetitive jobs! Once firefox came out, and was seeing all these wonderful extensions, the idea of TG4W struck me. All I wanted to doVinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-56909893796526748002006-11-15T14:02:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.353-07:00Firefox 2 vs IE 7 - anti phishing resultsFound this on my Mozilla Developer News feed today.Out of the 1040 known phishing sites tested, Firefox came on top of IE with better resultsMode Sites Blocked % Blocked Firefox 2 Local List82078.85% Firefox 2 Ask Google84881.54% IE7 Auto Check OFF161.54% IE7 Auto Check ON69066.35%The text from the post here As part of our ongoing commitment to security analysis and testing we Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8183731179631549093.post-35737548914772686582006-10-30T13:59:00.000-08:002012-07-28T15:56:19.283-07:00getting ctrl-forward/backward working on cygwin and slesI am used to jumping forward and backward a word on the console while typing a command. As the command gets bigger, moving around the command to change things get tougher if you cannot move one word at a time. I am working on windows cygwin, and i use the cygwin sshd service to give me ssh access to the windows machine, so that i can work from a familiar linux environment! Now cygwin did not Vinay Srinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422850554964997403noreply@blogger.com2