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How To Make Instant Miso Soup

My instant miso soup is full of live enzymes, and as simple as boiling water. You can get very tasty packaged miso soup but they are much more expensive and I suspect that their enzymes have been killed during the processing.

Miso is fermented soy with rice, therefore it is complete protein. The fermentation makes it very digestible. The enzymes makes it really healthy, it is the Asian equivalent of mom’s chicken soup. There are 3 kinds of misos, the light, the medium and the dark. I recommend the medium, you can try the light version for a sweeter taste. I like Eden’s organic miso. Continue reading →

 March 28, 2013 Food/Cooking

How To Make Chocolate Cocoa Delights

Sweets are delightful to make and eat. Perhaps, it is a good entry way to making your own delicious and healthy food. This recipe is easy to make and once you get the hang of it, you can vary the ingredients to your favorites.

1 8oz pack Ghiradelli 100% cocoa chocolate bar from cooking section
1/2 c of coconut flakes
1/4 c of raisins or any thing of your choice such as dates, or more nuts
1/4 can of coconut milk fat – fat only not jus
3 tbsp or so of agave syrup, or any sweetner of your choice Continue reading →

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How To Start A Business On a Shoestring

If you are looking to be your own boss but don’t have the necessary
capital to invest in large start up costs, there are still ways to
achieve your dream with a bit of careful planning. It’s possible to
start a business on a budget of 100 dollars, although if you have a
few hundred dollars available then that would, of course, make it much
easier. Either way, if you are starting out on a very limited budget,
it’s best to open a business that has the capacity to start earning
income for you straight away. Next, you need to focus on minimizing
your start up costs, and there are a number of steps you can take to
help you do this.

Draw Up a Budget

If you want your new business to be a success, then you must be
realistic. Draw up a budget of income and expenditure for the first
six months and compare it to the amount you have to invest. Continue reading →

 March 27, 2013 Finance

How To Test Your Internet Speed

Internet seem slow these days?

You swear Youtube buffers constantly?

Scared that the internet you pay for isn’t as fast as advertised?

Good news, checking the speed of your internet is not only ridiculously easy these days – but also completely free! Most service providers have their own speed tests (Verizon, Comcast, etc) however, I find that the third party guys typically give you the most accurate results. My two favorite (because it’s always good to get a second opinion right?) are Speedtest.net and DSLReports.com.

 

  1. Speedtest.net: My favorite tester these days, recently edging out everyone else offering similar services. Why? Because I get the best speeds, and they make it as easy as eating Chef Boy-R-Dee from a can: Step 1 – go to website, step 2 – click begin test. That’s it! Even Grandma can figure this one out (with you helping her over the phone of course). They choose your test server by pinging a bunch and choosing the closest and I haven’t had a problem with their system yet.
  2. DSLReports.com: My old time #1 just got bumped down. To be clear – these guys are still great; and if you need something more specialized (mobile testing, ultra high speed testing etc) this is where you want to be. I suppose it’s a matter of preference, but when I’m troubleshooting the last thing I want to do is worry about how may people are connected to the server that I am and if that’s what’s affecting my speeds and not my ISP. Little things matter so that’s why Speedtest gets the top spot, but DSLReports is a close second for all those wanting something a little more advanced.

 

Hope this helps you guys out! As always, if you’ve got a site you like better let me know in the comments, I’m always looking for the next thing.

-Fink

 March 21, 2013 Technology

How to Make Money Teaching Online Classes and Free College and University Certificates and Degrees

Have you been hungry for continuing education to stimulate your mind, to meet more people, or to increase your skills?
In the book The Future by Al Gore; he recommended free on-line education at the university level. They are Udacity.com and Coursera.org. There are a wide range of fun, serious, and thought provoking classes. There are also business and professional skill development classes. The students are recruited from all around the world. The classes are structured with feedback and workshops. You receive a certificate upon completion.

There is also Udemy.com where you can get courses at very reasonable prices. Furthermore, you can offer courses there. If you teach there, students’ course fees are shared with Udemy.

The English Composition course at Duke University draws upon the global society for students and there are group workshops. It is quite interesting and we will have additional reports on this course in future blogs.

Let’s meet each other on online university classes.

 March 17, 2013 Education ,

How To Fine Tune Your Google Search and Avoid Ads

There are many ways to fine tune your Google search so that you find the information you are looking for in the top results and avoid all of the meaningless advertisements.

Keywords: With Google, it is most important to understand the keywords that are going to zone in on the information you are looking for. For example, if you are looking for information about George Washington, the President, in is important to put the keyword President in the search. This will avoid all hits related to Washington State, Washington D.C. etc. If you are looking for biographical information then use the keyword biography or bio (Google will usually find equivalent forms of the word. Be as precise and exact as possible in defining all of the search words.

Operators: You can further refine your query by using Google Search Operators.   For example, in order to find and exact phrase, e.g. “To be or not to be”, put the full phrase in quotations. An * can be used anywhere in the phrase as a placeholder for any word. So if you are not sure of the exact word in a phrase just use an * in its place. Continue reading →

 March 12, 2013 Technology ,

How To Make a Healthy Simple Seaweed Plant Salad

The word weed may be a misnomer because harvesting seaweed is tapping into the  foraging movement and receiving the bounty of mother earth as a free gift.  In reality, I imagine these sea plants are farmed.  Nevertheless, they are full of wonderful minerals, and are highly nutritious.

This recipe is inspired by the  Sea Plant Salad on  Maangchi.com.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of dry sea weed: wakami, hajiki or kombu. (After soaking 3 ½ cups)
  • 6 tbs of soy sauce (more or less depending on your taste)
  • 1 tbs of sugar, or agave
  • 1 tbs of minced garlic
  • chopped green onion
  • 4 or 5 tbs of vinegar
  • sesame seeds optional

Directions:

  1. Soak  the sea weed in boiling water for at least an hour, until the sea weed is fully softened. Soak kombu longer. Drain and save the water for soup.
  2. Rinse in cold water. Gently squeeze sea weed to get rid of any excess water, and cut to the size that you like to eat.
  3. Put the sea weed in a big bowl  and add the soy sauce, vinegar, minced garlic, sugar,  and chopped green onion. Mix it up by hand.
  4. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. Enjoy!

 

Variation:  cut up lettuce or cucumbers and put sea weed on top.

Children: Have them soak the vegetables, engage in discussion how they expand.

Community: Do a pot luck of different sea weed recipes.  See my miso soup recipe next.

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