While I am a writer with a degree in Creative Writing, I haven't published any Steampunk fiction. However, as a panelist and track director, I've been on panels with many well-known Steampunk writers and have gleaned insight from the things they've said. I've compiled some of those things into this post, which will hopefully be helpful to all of the writers out there!
Last year, your iPhone's Weather app received some great features, but things are even better now with the latest iOS 17 version.
Unlike Apple Maps, Google Maps can tell you when a restaurant, bar, club, or other business you're thinking of visiting is busy. It's extremely helpful if you want to avoid peak times or wait for the place to be empty. If you can't pry yourself away from using Apple Maps, there's an easy alternative to see the popular times of most businesses.
Open-source intelligence researchers and hackers alike love social media for reconnaissance. Websites like Twitter offer vast, searchable databases updated in real time by millions of users, but it can be incredibly time-consuming to sift through manually. Thankfully, tools like Twint can crawl through years of Twitter data to dig up any information with a single terminal command.
We see Steampunk props all the time and wonder where the maker found all their pieces. In fact, for some people it's almost like a game to examine each prop and see if they can name all of the original parts.
I don't know how many of you had this experience in your youth, but when I was a kid, I used to actively think about what would happen if I suddenly woke up in a fantasy land, or were to pass through a portal into another space and time. I knew it wouldn't really happen, but when you're a kid, these can be important issues to you. So I slept with my glasses on every night, just in case. Photo from George Pal's The Time Machine.
Andre was enjoying the carefree life of a 12-year-old with his friends, riding his bike and playing sports, like all kids that age. Schoolwork wasn't hard for him, and his grades showed that.
First off, don't be frustrated. YOU CAN DO IT! Contrary to the message in the image above, it's NOT over. It's just beginning. And when it comes to solving the New York Times crossword puzzle, the old cliche does apply: practice makes perfect.
Offline maps help you get around an unfamiliar area whenever you anticipate encountering bad cellular reception and no internet connectivity. Google Maps and other map apps have had offline maps for a while now. But Apple Maps only had a little-known caching workaround to produce something even remotely similar to full offline maps — until now.
For all intents and purposes, Google could have called its 2023 developer conference A/I instead of I/O. Capitalizing on the artificial intelligence hype, Google devoted most of its keynote address to AI research, experiments, and developments. But there's some substance behind the hype in the form of new features in the Google services you already use on Android, iOS, and desktop.
There are two types of people in this world: those who recognize Wordle grids of yellow, green, and gray/black blocks and those who do not. No matter which category you fall in, there's a Wordle-inspired game that's perfect for you.
Welcome to the first annual Next Reality 30, our list of people who've made the biggest impact on the augmented reality space in the last 12 months — and what a 12-month roller-coaster ride it's been. Apple introduced ARKit-powered apps last fall, Google launched ARCore for Android soon after, Snapchat began monetizing AR, and the Magic Leap One headset finally came out. These are historic times.
A dead man's switch is a fairly simple concept. If you don't perform a specific task before a set amount of time, it'll perform a specific action you set. They can be handy not just for hackers but for everyone who wants to protect themselves, someone else, or something tangible or intangible from harm. While there are more nefarious uses for a dead man's switch, white hats can put one to good use.
Smartphones are now indispensable when traveling. Domestic and overseas travel alike require food, navigation, translation, and so much more to make work or vacation successful. Gone are the days of lugging multiple tourist books around with you everywhere you go — you need to let your smartphone handle the dirty work.
The biggest problem with Netflix (which is hardly a real problem) is the overwhelming amount of content available for streaming. Browsing through profile-specific categories might help narrow down your search on something to watch, but some of those categories come and go without warning, and it's impossible to find them again—but not anymore.
Harvest your herbs Harvest your herbs before they flower (unless you are harvesting chamomile or any other herb flower)
Carol Klein demonstrates how to plant culinary herbs in a window box, with tips on what to plant, drainage, and companion plants to keep garden pests at bay.
Sunflowers are more edible than just the seeds! This is a delicious, unique summertime salad. Apart from 4 large sunflowers, you will also need: dry white wine, lemon juice, lemon zest, bay leaves, olive oil, garlic, thyme, basil, parsley, mint, salt, white pepper, ricotta, lemon zest, nutmeg, unseasoned breadcrumbs, gold raisins, rinsed capers, anchovy filets and honey. Make braised sunflowers with herbed ricotta salad.
Monty Don shows how to plant the herbs, peppermint and thyme in pots, with advice on watering, drainage and when to prune.
Beans don't have to be boring! This recipe shows you how to make a delicious side dish using primarily navy beans and white beans. After soaking and cooking the beans, you can add herbs and pancetta and end with this palate pleaser. Make an herbed navy and white bean side dish.
This quick and easy monkfish with garlic & herb butter Recipe makes a mouth-watering change to pan-fried fish. Serve with potatoes or vegetables. Make monkfish with garlic and herb butter.
Want to serve five-star quality finger foods at your next holiday cocktail party but not in the mood to cough up hundreds of dollars to do so? Then fret not. Simply check out this food tutorial to learn how to prepare bite-sized versions of sunchokes (artichokes) topped with seared scallops and herb salad.
In this tutorial, Susan Belsinger tells us how to harvest herbs. Don't let your basil flower because it's an annual herb and it will set seed if you do this. When you put the plant out, you have to cut the plant so it doesn't grow out to much. When you cut, more leaves will grow and it will get to a foot tall. Cut all of your basil like this, and cut it once a month. By cutting the seeds, you will get 20 cups of leaves per plant during a season. If you don't cut your plant back, you won't get...
A tribute to Julia Child that you will love for its intense flavor! For this dish, you will need: 3 live lobsters or 6 lobster tails, olive oil, 1 medium carrot, 1 medium onion, 3 tablespoon minced shallots, 1 clove mashed garlic, 1/3 cup cognac, 1 tablespoon chopped tomatoes, 2 tablespoons tomato paste, 1 cup fish stock, 2 cups dry white wine, 2 tablespoons parsley, 1 tablespoon tarragon, 6 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon, juice from 1/2 a lemon, salt and pepper. Make a Homar...
You will need a cleaned eel, and fresh herbs including oregano, citronella, sage, mint, thyme, bay leaves, parsley, tarragon, wild chervil, chives, and basil. Also use spinach, fresh butter, shallots, double cream, lemon, white , water, salt and pepper. Fillet the eel and remove the spine. Cut it into very large pieces. Lightly fry it in butter and add diced shallots. Season it with ground pepper and salt. Add white wine and water and simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove the pieces of eel and ...
This was a picture my wife took as I made the herb dryer...my son wanted to help!
Delicious rice cakes with an exotic Asian flavor which can be served as canapés. They also go well with grilled fish or seafood. Make ginger and herb rice cake canapes.
While the roasted (or, if you're Paula Deen or one of her followers, deep fried) turkey is the star and centerpiece of your Thanksgiving dinner, it simply wouldn't be as good without its supporting cast of sides including gravy and mashed potatoes.
There is nothing more simple and tasty to make than herby pasta. Go out to your home garden pick up some of your favorite herbs and get them ready for this pasta recipe. Follow along with this cooking how-to video as the two Crash Test Kitchen chefs shows you the secret to herb infused pasta. Don't forget to top off with crunchy crumbs and chili flakes. Make herby pasta topped with crunchy crumbs.
Try this mouth-watering cod out for dinner tonight. It's the perfect fish meal—very tasty and easy to make. So watch the full video recipe to learn how to make a cod fillet with Béarnaise sauce. Very good.
This is an easy recipe that also shows you the proper way to sear fresh fish. All you need for this recipe is: skinless monkfish fillets, fine sea salt, ground black pepper, Wondra, olive oil and thyme or other fresh herbs to garnish. Make a tasty, elegant sauteed and seared monkfish.
6 boneless, skinless chicken-breast halves (5 ounces each) 1/2 cup of fine, dry bread crumbs
Designer Xavier Calluaud offers a simple solution for the urban dweller with a green thumb. The "urb garden" enables those living in small spaces (without a yard) to grow food at home, or more specifically, herbs. The best part? The eco-conscious system has an integrated worm farm.
Chef Barriere Deauville prepares bull fillet and farmhouse rice. This recipe takes 30 minutes to cook and prepare. The ingredients you will need are bull fillet, rice, shallots, onion, Provence herbs, laurel, chicken trussing, salt, pepper, olive oil and butter. Prepare bull fillet and farmhouse rice.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Tonight he demonstrates who to cook up a deliciously tender herb crusted rack of lamb. Cook rack of lamb with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay.
Steamed mussel canapés served with herb mayonnaise, a roast pepper relish and a lime and mango relish. Delight in our steamed mussel canapés recipe. Make steamed mussel canapes.
Sweet honey glazed trout seasoned with fresh herbs to taste. An appetizing meal. Make honey glazed almond trout.
Lamb chops served full of flavor from their honey and herb glaze, perfectly complemented with a mustard potato salad. Make grilled honey rosemary lamb chops.
Chef Jasper White demonstrates how to make fish stock; A luscious blend of herbs and fish for a perfect stock. Make fish stock.
