Leek Colcannon

* 1kg/2lb 3oz floury potatoes, such as King Edward or Maris Piper, peeled and cut into large chunks
* 250ml/9fl oz milk
* 500g/17½oz leeks, washed and cut into rounds
* 2 tbsp butter
* 1 tbsp double cream
* sea salt flakes and white pepper

Cook the potatoes in a pan of simmering water for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Drain the potatoes and set aside.

In a separate pan, bring the milk to a simmer and poach the leeks for 4-5 minutes, or until tender. Drain the leeks, reserving a few tablespoons of the milk.
Mash the potatoes and fold in the butter and the cream. Add the leeks and a few tablespoons of the reserved milk and mash together until creamy. Season, to taste, with sea salt and white pepper.

Yellow Split Pea Dahl Recipe with Potatoes and Coconut Milk

1 cup yellow split peas

1 can coconut milk

1 tablespoon curry powder

2 russet potatoes

salt

pepper

1/3 cup yoghurt

for garnish cilantro, minced for garnish

1. Pick over lentils and rinse.

2. In a heavy pot with a lid combine peas, milk curry powder and one cup of water. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer.

3. Partially cover the pot and let cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Peel potatoes and chop into large chunks. Add potatoes to the pot and cover, cook for 10 minutes. Give it a good stir and add a big pinch of salt. Continue cooking until lentils and potatoes are tender, if it seems dry you can add a bit more water.

5. When tender add a big grinding of fresh pepper and adjust for salt. Serve topped with yogourt and fresh cilantro.

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 60 minutes

Some Useful DOS Commands

Some useful commands I don't use often enough to remember:

• CLS - Clear Screen
• WMIC QFE List Full - List Windows Service Packs and Patches
• Help - DOS Commands Help
• SystemInfo - System Info
• Dir "filenamesearch" /s - Search for filenames with string
• FindStr "filecontentsearch" *.* - Search within files for string
• NET Session - connected sessions
• NET LocalGroup - local groups
• WhoAmI /all - Information about current user, environment etc.

Install Telnet Client

To install Telnet Client by using a command line
1.Open a command prompt window. Click Start, type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2.Type the following command:

pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771275(WS.10).aspx

Execute VBScript or Batch File from C#

Can never remember the correct syntax to get this working properly:

System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = fileName;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.Start();
proc.WaitForExit();
var error = proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
proc.WaitForExit();
var output = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
proc.WaitForExit();

Coffeescript 101

Resources:
Website: coffeescript.org
Book: CoffeScript by Trevor Burnham
VS Plugin: Mindscape Web Workbench Extension
Windows Compiler: bit.ly/coffeewin

Other Stuff:
Nancy: nancyfx.org
Knockout: knockoutjs.com

Taken from the handout at DDDNorth by @markrendle. Copying it here as I don't keep pieces of paper...

MSIEXEC Application GUID

Can never remember where to find the GUID, hopefully this will remind me:

Search in REGEDIT in the following location for the name of the application:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall