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Make Milk Foam in Your Microwave for Gourmet Froth at Home [Coffee] By Sarah Rae Trover (Lifehacker)
and the heat from the microwave will help stabilize it. • Pour the milk into your coffee using a spoon to hold back the foam. Then scoop the foam on top!
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:30:00 AM
Wish you could get a good froth on your coffee but don't want to shell out for a frother? Cooking weblog The Kitchn details how to make your own gourmet froth at home with your microwave and a mason jar. You can save a ton and still make amazing coffee at home, but if you miss the finer elements of your coffee shop brew—like, say, a good, frothy foam—you're not out of luck. The Kitchn walks us through the process of heating and shaking your filled mason jar, to create maximum foam. • Find a jar with a lid and fill it
with as much milk as you normally like in your coffee (or other hot beverage!). The milk should fill the jar no more than half way to allow room for the foam. • Shake the jar with the lid on as
hard as you can until the milk has become frothy and doubled in size. This takes us about 30 seconds. • Take the lid off and microwave for another 30 seconds. The foam will rise to the top of the milk
Although the milk will add that soft, creamy texture you've come to expect from your favorite local coffee shop, it won't have the sweet tang that's usually a biproduct of the more traditional steaming method. While you're making the most of your at-home coffee shop, read up on making other coffee shop addictions at home to maximize your out of pocket spending. How to Make Milk Foam (Without a Frother or a Machine!)[The Kitchn]
By Marcelo Soares (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:15:00 PM
The CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes breaks the remarkable news that a massive 2007 electrical blackout in Brazil was caused by computer hackers. But the electric utility involved denies a hack attack. It should know -- it was fined over $3 million for failing to maintain the high-voltage insulators that actually caused the blackout.
Confirmed: Snow Leopard Update Kills Atom Hackintoshes By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:50:00 AM
Kindle for PC Beta Brings E-Books to Bigger Screens [Downloads] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:05:00 AM
Windows: Amazon has released a Windows application, Kindle for PC, that tells you everything in its name. It syncs with other Kindle devices, offers color pictures, font size control, and other controls for reading on your computer. Amazon seems to be pitching Kindle for PC as a supplement to,
Brazilian Blackout Traced to Sooty Insulators, Not Hackers
not a substitute for, a standard Kindle experience. Kindle for PC doesn't offer blogs, newspaper, or magazine subscriptions, and the interface doesn't offer much over
along with the joys of reading through free sample chapters for any and every book. Kindle for PC is a free download for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 systems only. A Mac version is "coming soon," according to Amazon. Kindle for PC[Amazon the Kindle device it sprung from. via Resource Shelf] That said, those without iPhone/ipod Touch or Kindle devices might be eager to try out the instant-on e-book experience,
Just as we feared, the latest update to Snow Leopard, version 10.6.2, drops support for the Intel Atom processor. This means that anyone with a “hackintosh” who tries to update to the latest operating system version will see their computer die, going no further than the gray Apple logo on startup.