Friday Funnies: Don Draper’s Guide to Picking Up Women
A funny bit from Saturday Night Live with some real world application:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/don-drapers-guide/
Fun Energy Bar Recipes
Energy bars are great for munching on between classes, but they usually run upwards of $1 each. That can be a serious blow to any student’s budget so here are some recipes to make your own:
Classic Energy Bars
Materials:
- 3 cups wheat cereal
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or other)
- 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates or raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped dried cherries
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup agave nectar (found at health food stores; can use honey instead, but not as good)
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- a little extra margarine for pan
Procedure:
Spread margarine in a 9 inch by 9 inch glass pan using a piece of kitchen paper and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix cereal, walnuts, dates, cherries in a bowl.
Mix peanut butter, agave nectar, and corn syrup in a saucepan and bring to boil. Stir constantly afterwards for about 1 minute.
Put peanut butter mixture over cereal mixture in bowl, and stir. Put in baking pan. Bake 10 minutes.
Once done, let the mixture cool, cut into squares, and either eat or store in a zip-lock bag at room temperature for later enjoyment.
[Nutrition Facts: serving size: one bar | 180 Calories | 4 gr. Protein | 8 gr. fat | 22 gr. Carbohydrate]
Granola Bars
Materials:
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup agave nectar (found at health food stores; can use honey instead, but not as good)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 ounce unsalted margarine (get the healthy kind, it is worth it)
- a little extra margarine for pan
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 1/2 ounces chopped dried fruit (apricots, cherries, blueberries, or a mixture)
Procedure:
Spread margarine in a 9 inch by 9 inch glass pan using a piece of kitchen paper and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Click to continue reading…
Stay on Budget During the Tough Economy
I hate budgets. As easy as it is to shop online nowadays, one of the toughest things to do is to stay on budget. It seems however that at times budgets are a necessary tool to help us from spending too much money. Here are some ways you can budget that I have had success with:
The Old Fashioned Way
That’s right, bust out that pencil, paper, and calculator. Write down everything you can remember that you spend money on and try to estimate how much you really need each month. A more effective way to do this is to calculate how much you estimate you are going to spend each year on each category and divide by 12. This is better because it takes into account holidays, birthdays, and other events that do not necessarily occur every month. Think about it for a bit and try to think of everything. Looking at recent credit card statements may help you tremendously so start there if you are having some problems. You can always come back and rebudget if you miss something.
Excel Your Budget
Excel (or if you’re poor: OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet) is one of my favorite tools. I use it for just about everything — from tallying how much running I do each day to organizing my recipes. It is also a great tool to use for budgeting. I just organize all my expenses and list things as categories, amount spent, location/store, etc. It is a great way to organize what you are spending money on especially if you have multiple credit cards or use a lot of cash (just remember to keep receipts or you will forget what you have been spending money on). Once you have organized you expenses take advantage of the nice graphing functions so you can visually see how much money you are spending on each category.
Free Online Tools
Just a few days ago Intuit released their online Quicken version for free. Click to continue reading…
Friday Funnies: College Dropout
Proof That College Dropouts End Up Working at 7 Eleven: Here is an example of a fun way to show people what you learned in college middle school. Don’t drop out (Then again, Bill Gates is a college dropout…).
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Firefox Shortcuts to Use to Save Time During Boring Lectures
Here are some smart shortcuts to use in your Firefox to save you some time. Some of them take a little getting used to, but it will seriously make you twice as productive at being unproductive by browsing the web. I have bolded the shortcuts I find most useful.
ctrl+t : new tab
middle mouse button : new tab if mouse is over a link
ctrl+w : close tab
ctrl+tab : next tab
ctrl+page down : next tab
ctrl+page up : previous tab
alt+num (1, 2, 3, …) : go to tab
ctrl+shift+t : open recently closed tabs
ctrl+r : refresh tab content
ctrl+shift+r : force-refresh tab content
ctrl+u : view tab source
alt+left arrow : back
alt+right arrow : forward
alt+home : home
ctrl+l : select address bar
F6 : select address bar
ctrl+k : select search bar
ctrl+k+down arrow : toggle search engine down
ctrl+k+up arrow : toggle search engine up
Also, if you are extra handy with that mouse, you can try the Mouse Gestures Redox plugin.