I came across this lentil soup one day and couldn’t believe how tasty it was. It’s very spicy, though, so unless you can handle hot and spicy food, you may want to skip this or exclude the 3 green chili peppers.
This recipe is for cooking in a pot. A similar recipe for cooking in a slow cooker is also available.
If you linked your Google Account with your phone, if you lose your phone, you can go to the Google Android Device Manager and 1) lock your phone and 2) locate it on Google Maps so you can get it. If necessary, you can also erase the data on the phone as well.
USB debugging allows you to transfer data between a computer and your phone. It’s handy if you broke your phone’s screen or otherwise can’t get into your phone to back up data. Many backup utilities only work with USB debugging enabled.
If you back up all your data such as photos and WhatsApp messages to Google Drive, then if you lose your phone, you’ll still be able to access your data.
Install a app like WheresMyDroid to be able to control your phone from other another phone or computer. This can be handy when you want to unlock your phone, make your phone ring, etc.
Today I worked on rerouting some copper pipes in my bathroom so they wouldn’t be exposed. I wanted to install a local shut-off valve so I wouldn’t have to turn off the main water supply outside just to work on the pipes in the bathroom. I bought a 1/4 turn ball valve which needed to be soldered onto the copper pipe. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to heat up the connection, both copper pipe and valve, in order to get the silver solder to melt and leave a tight seal. Some of the reasons include
After getting fed up with soldering and wasting tons of time, I discovered an amazing, but expensive, product by Shark Bite. They make push-in removable pipe fittings and installing them takes literally 5 seconds. Just push the fittings into the pipes and you’re done. See pics below of some of their fittings.
Believe it or not, these fittings ACTUALLY work! Continue reading Shark Bite: Plumbing Made Easy – No More Soldering!
In case you didn’t know this, if you need to dispose of large amounts of stuff in or near Hayward, California, you can do so at the following places:
Customers of Waste Management (WM) get 2 free bulk curbside pickups a year. Contact WM to schedule a pickup.
Landfill Management
4001 W. Winton Ave.
Hayward, CA 94545
(510) 784-0825
There may be times when you’ll want to create some animation with Javascript that runs in an infinite loop and does different things at different times. Below is a skeleton of code that may help you get started.
See the Pen VaNxmv by Abdullah Yahya (@javanigus) on CodePen.
For at least the last 10 years, I’ve been doing what probably most guys do when it comes to hair care – the bare minimum. We use a 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner to save time, quickly towel dry our hair, comb it and we’re done. And we do that every day. While that may seem like an innocent process, it turns out it can easily damage your hair resulting in dry, tangled, and/or frizzy hair at best. Personally, I noticed that my hair became very dry and frizzy. It also felt rough and tangled when I’d run a comb or my fingers through it. And for some reason, the front section was in worse condition than the rest. So, I decided to figure out WTF was going on and try to repair my hair since, apparently, I was unknowingly damaging it. Below are some tips that have made a big difference for me. The products below are used in the order listed.
i used to use a regular cotton pillowcase but now I use a silk one. When you sleep, your hair is constantly in contact with your pillow so having a pillow made of a super soft and silky fabric will help lessen any roughness done to your hair as you lay your head and turn around while you sleep. Plus, silk feels very good on your skin and especially your face. The pillowcase I bought is Spasilk 100% Pure Silk Facial Beauty Pillowcase which costs $20. With a 4 star rating from 764 customer reviews, apparently many other people like it as well.
Continue reading Hair Care TipsTo roll back (undo) a specific revision in Cornerstone, select the Advanced Merge tab and compare the revision you want to roll back against the revision you want to roll back – 1. For example, if you want to roll back revision 22570, compare it against revision 22569 as shown in the screenshot below.
Continue reading Reverse-Merging / Rolling Back a Revision in Cornerstone
When you’re developing websites at work, while you can set up a self-signed certificate to test pages over SSL, it’s better to use a trusted certificate which you can do for free if your employer has set up a CA certificate which you can sign against. Also, since certificates are only valid for one level of a domain, e.g. abdullahyahya.com is different from foo.abdullahyahya.com which is different from foo.bar.abdullahyahya.com, you can add Subject Alternative names to your certificate and wildcards like *.abdullahyahya.com, *.foo.abdullahyahya.com and *.foo.bar.abdullahyahya.com to use the same certificate over many domains.
Following are steps to set up a certificate with SANs on a Mac with Apache.
1. Install OpenSSL
$ brew install openssl
Continue reading Create SSL Certificate with SANs (Subject Alternative Names)
Recently I needed to clean my glass coffee table so, as most people would do, I sprayed on some glass cleaner solution and used a paper towel and began wiping the table. For some reason, I noticed a LOT of streaks on the glass and there was some kind of white rough residue all over the table. I thought it was because I used a cheap glass cleaner solution but wasn’t sure. After doing a bit of research, I was surprised to find that simple vinegar and water does a better job at cleaning glass. There’s a little more to it though so here are instructions:
Continue reading Clean Glass, Mirrors, Plastic, Faucets and Many Other Surfaces with Vinegar
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